55 gallon tank with Platys (actual number undetermined) 5 zebra danios, 6 rasboras, and 2 algae eaters.
I read about platys being live bearers, but I thought that conditions had to be "just right" in order to happen. Four months ago we started out with 2 males and 6 female platys. At last count we have about 15-18 little ones of various sizes.
We did nothing special, must be the fry have a good place to hide and find food. Every morning we have this adventure to try and find new babies and to check on the others. Our seven year old has come up with a system of descriptive names. We have called the smallest who stay hidden under things "babies," When they venture out, but mostly in the tangle of plants and such, we call them kids. Teenagers swim out in the open around other adults, and Graduates go to the top and eat with the big dogs.
Two questions
1) What does a person do with all these fish? I understand math and can see a whole tank full of fish in a hurry. I asked the lfs and they told me that they could not take them. Is there a fish adoption agency somewhere?
2) Is there a Platy "salt peeter" out there that can help with population control? Am I going to have to resort to sending the males to the local water treatment plant?
I need some advice
I read about platys being live bearers, but I thought that conditions had to be "just right" in order to happen. Four months ago we started out with 2 males and 6 female platys. At last count we have about 15-18 little ones of various sizes.
We did nothing special, must be the fry have a good place to hide and find food. Every morning we have this adventure to try and find new babies and to check on the others. Our seven year old has come up with a system of descriptive names. We have called the smallest who stay hidden under things "babies," When they venture out, but mostly in the tangle of plants and such, we call them kids. Teenagers swim out in the open around other adults, and Graduates go to the top and eat with the big dogs.
Two questions
1) What does a person do with all these fish? I understand math and can see a whole tank full of fish in a hurry. I asked the lfs and they told me that they could not take them. Is there a fish adoption agency somewhere?
2) Is there a Platy "salt peeter" out there that can help with population control? Am I going to have to resort to sending the males to the local water treatment plant?
I need some advice