What do you do with your fry?

CaysE · 04-18-2008, 05:50 PM

So what does everyone do with their fry after they mature? Do you breed the best looking ones and sell the rest? Set up new tanks and keep them? Give them away?

trashion · 04-18-2008, 06:10 PM

I've never bred anything, but I've heard of people giving them to stores for store credit.

electricblue1 · 04-18-2008, 06:15 PM

thats what i do i sell mine to the local fish store for credit plus half off anything in the store but ive been doing trades with them for a long time and i sell the others i only keep a few females out of every batch to breed

emc7 · 04-18-2008, 06:36 PM

Fish club auctions and sales to other members.

CaysE · 05-06-2008, 01:19 PM

What's a fish club auction?

Buggy · 05-06-2008, 02:30 PM

The only fry I've ever had make it to maturity is one rainbow cichlid which I still have, a few mollies which I traded for store credit, and three batches of kribensis that are still in the grow out tank waiting for the lfs guy to make room for them.

**JustOneMore20** · 05-06-2008, 03:36 PM

I still have Platy fry growing out. I plan on keeping a couple and giving/selling the rest to the LFS, if they'll take them.

I have some Multi fry as well and I plan on keeping those in the tank. If they start to get really prolific, I'll either sell them to the LFS or to other people.

jones57742 · 05-06-2008, 03:52 PM

Selling or trading to individuals/LFSs are not options in San Angelo.

This may sound terrible but I raise the guppy fry to juvies and keep the very nice looking (if any) males and females. The remaining juvies go into my main tank where I have four angels.

TR

CaysE · 05-06-2008, 04:09 PM

Nothing wrong with that. I eat fish, too.

emc7 · 05-06-2008, 07:59 PM

There's always aquabid

Sock Yee · 05-07-2008, 02:14 PM

I usually trade my guppies with the local fish shop in exchange for fish food

04-18-2008, 05:50 PM	#1
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 355 User Feedback: (0)	What do you do with your fry? So what does everyone do with their fry after they mature? Do you breed the best looking ones and sell the rest? Set up new tanks and keep them? Give them away? __________________ 20gal tall! Display tank Flourite, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 14+ furcata rainbow fry!, 1 albino longfin BN pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 10gal! Holding tank Eco-Complete, Aquaclear 30, 36W CF retrofit @ 10hrs, 50W Visi-Therm Stealth 4 furcata rainbows, 1 neon blue Endler, MTS 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, ramshorn & physa snails.

04-18-2008, 06:10 PM	#2
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	I've never bred anything, but I've heard of people giving them to stores for store credit. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

04-18-2008, 06:15 PM	#3
electricblue1 cichlid craze Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sheridan wy Age: 28 Posts: 92 User Feedback: (0)	thats what i do i sell mine to the local fish store for credit plus half off anything in the store but ive been doing trades with them for a long time and i sell the others i only keep a few females out of every batch to breed __________________ 65 G 7 african cichlids 1 large picosmis 20 G 2 blood parrots 1 jellybean 1 albino pleco 29 G 78 melanochromis chipokae's fry 4 yellow labidochromis 1 brooding melanochromis chipokae's female 1 albino pleco MORE TO COME and if you dont know my name its Danny

05-06-2008, 01:19 PM	#5
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 355 User Feedback: (0)	What's a fish club auction? __________________ 20gal tall! Display tank Flourite, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 14+ furcata rainbow fry!, 1 albino longfin BN pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 10gal! Holding tank Eco-Complete, Aquaclear 30, 36W CF retrofit @ 10hrs, 50W Visi-Therm Stealth 4 furcata rainbows, 1 neon blue Endler, MTS 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, ramshorn & physa snails.

05-06-2008, 02:30 PM	#6
Buggy Soon to Be Proud Granny Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 41 Posts: 669 User Feedback: (0)	The only fry I've ever had make it to maturity is one rainbow cichlid which I still have, a few mollies which I traded for store credit, and three batches of kribensis that are still in the grow out tank waiting for the lfs guy to make room for them. __________________ Fish are people too! My animal family Dixie - Boxer/Lab Peanut -Chihuahua Cali - American Short-hair Cat B.B. - Parakeet Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle Aquariums 55 gal tropical Fresh Water -23 various fish 29 gal tropical Fresh Water -12 various fish 10 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 barbs, 3 black neon tetras 10 gal tropical Fresh Water - krib fry grow out tank

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04-18-2008, 06:36 PM	#4
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 2,693 User Feedback: (0)	Fish club auctions and sales to other members.

05-06-2008, 03:36 PM	#7
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (1)	I still have Platy fry growing out. I plan on keeping a couple and giving/selling the rest to the LFS, if they'll take them. I have some Multi fry as well and I plan on keeping those in the tank. If they start to get really prolific, I'll either sell them to the LFS or to other people. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

05-06-2008, 03:52 PM	#8
jones57742 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 55 Posts: 543 User Feedback: (0)	Selling or trading to individuals/LFSs are not options in San Angelo. This may sound terrible but I raise the guppy fry to juvies and keep the very nice looking (if any) males and females. The remaining juvies go into my main tank where I have four angels. TR __________________ Hook Em Horns ... Keep Austin Weird

05-06-2008, 04:09 PM	#9
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 355 User Feedback: (0)	Nothing wrong with that. I eat fish, too. __________________ 20gal tall! Display tank Flourite, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 14+ furcata rainbow fry!, 1 albino longfin BN pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 10gal! Holding tank Eco-Complete, Aquaclear 30, 36W CF retrofit @ 10hrs, 50W Visi-Therm Stealth 4 furcata rainbows, 1 neon blue Endler, MTS 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, ramshorn & physa snails.

05-06-2008, 07:59 PM	#10
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 2,693 User Feedback: (0)	There's always aquabid

05-07-2008, 02:14 PM	#11
Sock Yee Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 26 Posts: 13 User Feedback: (0)	I usually trade my guppies with the local fish shop in exchange for fish food __________________ All About Aquarium Fish \| Types of Aquarium Fish \| Ranchu Goldfish \| Setup your own Aquarium

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