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mousey · 01-22-2005, 02:28 PM

well last year i walked about the street asking people if they could use a few guppies for any tanks they had. That worked last year!
Then I decided it was ridiculous to keep getting tanks( lot of work to keep up with the cleaning) so I separated the boys from the girls. This worked well until I was down to 3 females and one male. I gave the male to my neighbor and borrowed a male from a lady up the street. Now I have an abundance of fry again. I am learning to collect a few and let future litters become food! This goes against my maternal instinct and desire to save all living creatures but I am learning to do it.
I have not had much luck with giving to the pet stores. they seem to have contracts with dealers and so if they take any it is for feeders. Would rather let them get eaten as soon as they are born than to let them become feederfish. My girls are too magnificent to go for feeder food anyway.(red fantail)
It is a dilemma and i am having the same probs with swords and platys. I have decided to only buy males or egg layers next time I need fish.
The responsibility is too great.

01-22-2005, 02:28 PM	#18
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 800	Re: Guppies well last year i walked about the street asking people if they could use a few guppies for any tanks they had. That worked last year! Then I decided it was ridiculous to keep getting tanks( lot of work to keep up with the cleaning) so I separated the boys from the girls. This worked well until I was down to 3 females and one male. I gave the male to my neighbor and borrowed a male from a lady up the street. Now I have an abundance of fry again. I am learning to collect a few and let future litters become food! This goes against my maternal instinct and desire to save all living creatures but I am learning to do it. I have not had much luck with giving to the pet stores. they seem to have contracts with dealers and so if they take any it is for feeders. Would rather let them get eaten as soon as they are born than to let them become feederfish. My girls are too magnificent to go for feeder food anyway.(red fantail) It is a dilemma and i am having the same probs with swords and platys. I have decided to only buy males or egg layers next time I need fish. The responsibility is too great.