Tostada
Aquarium Advice Freak
I just wondered what the average person does with baby fish. I'm sure most people actually bothering to intentionally breed fish have a plan for what to do with them, but what about all the average people who have livebearers?
I'm just wondering because I have 3 pregnant swordtails. I have a 5.5 gal with just a small betta and a snail that I can move them to, and several would probably survive before the betta ate them all, but then what would I do with them? My other tank is a 30 gal, and it's full. It's not like I can just stick 10 more swords in there.
Maybe the most reasonable thing would be to just leave them in the 30 gal. and let them (and the other fish) eat their own babies. I'm not sure how I feel about that, though.
Maybe I could give them to people (or the LFS) before they got too big... I might just stick them in the 5.5 gal, and then if a bunch of them make it, just pick 4 or 5 to keep. That would be the most practical thing, but it's a little weird doing the whole "playing God" thing with your fish.
I'm just wondering because I have 3 pregnant swordtails. I have a 5.5 gal with just a small betta and a snail that I can move them to, and several would probably survive before the betta ate them all, but then what would I do with them? My other tank is a 30 gal, and it's full. It's not like I can just stick 10 more swords in there.
Maybe the most reasonable thing would be to just leave them in the 30 gal. and let them (and the other fish) eat their own babies. I'm not sure how I feel about that, though.
Maybe I could give them to people (or the LFS) before they got too big... I might just stick them in the 5.5 gal, and then if a bunch of them make it, just pick 4 or 5 to keep. That would be the most practical thing, but it's a little weird doing the whole "playing God" thing with your fish.