What to do with excess livebearers

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lumi
 
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What to do with excess livebearers

by lumi

I feel like, at the rate things are going, I'm going to end up with too many livebearers for my tanks. Probably quite soon. People aren't joking about their breeding abilities! :o

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friend_of_fish
 
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Re: What to do with excess livebearers

by friend_of_fish

Maybe put in some fish that will eat them when they're teeny tiny fry? Fry can get predated on very easily, even by their own parents. If there's a lot of hiding places the fry may be able to keep out of sight until its big enough to not be eaten though.


lumi
 
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Re: What to do with excess livebearers

by lumi

Yes I had assumed that excess fry would be eaten given that the tank doesn't have a lot of cover in which to hide (there must be enough!) but apparently not. I don't necessarily want them to be eaten though either; they're such pretty fish :(

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