We have 3 batches of baby guppies, we've been trying to find a place to get rid of them. Schools won't take them, all the stores we checked wont take them, friends don't want fish. We don't have the funds to keep buying tanks.. what do we do with them?
2007-04-24 05:29:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Most of them are fancy guppies
2007-04-24 05:56:18 · update #1
That can be the problem with breeding a fairly easy and common fish. Most breeders solve this problem with a "culling assistant". A fish that will eat young fish. Keeping only the very, very best 2-3 fish from each brood will help thin them down. Try going to the shop where you do most of your business and explain that you are trying to breed good quality guppies and ask if they will take the culls for free feeders. Most usually will if you have done any significant business with them. Assuming you then raise some really nice fish to adulthood, offer the shop a few pair as a way to say thanks for the help in getting rid of the culls.
This usually works out with a little persistance.
MM
2007-04-24 05:42:06 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many people keep guppies as food for larger fish to give them more protein. Feeder fish. I leave them all together & not seperate the babies out of the tank. I provide lots of plants so the babies can hide. I plan on getting some swordtails, black lyre tail mollies & another couple of life bearers. All the babies are subject to be eaten but it is food none the less. I also want to get some angle fish and they too will be eating babies. That's just the way of nature so I let nature take it's course.
My guppies are not fancy, infact they are so over breed that they all look like the plain guppy. So I don't care about the babies. If they were fancy guppies I might have a different attitude towards them. I remember the day when I did seperate and I had gallon jugs sitting all over. But at that time I also had over 20 tanks set up. Each with a different kind of fish. 50's, 30's, 20's & 10's.
I got over run when I had Convicts, they are so prolific that I had to keep flushing 'em down the toliet. Never again will I have convicts.
2007-04-24 05:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by bluebonnetgranny 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This may sound cruel, but if you can't find an outlet, you will have to cull your baby guppies. Choose the best of the batches and keep them.
The outlet for the rest may be that as food for other fish. There is no other choice that you can make.
2007-05-01 16:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by smiley0_1_1999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may sound crazy but... we had the same problem so I started bugging my friends to save empty jars for us. I'd wash them out with vinegar and water triple rinsed then we had a yard sale ... the unwanted fish were put into groups of 4 or more (based on size of jar) and when people asked we GAVE them a jar! The kids thought it was great and we got rid of a ton of guppies!! Just remember to keep them in a shady place so that they don't cook while they wait for thier new owners... We also used this trick at our annual block party ..
2007-05-02 05:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by miss eileen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aquabid.com or ebay.com.
Sell a bag of 10 for $1or $2, that's about what they are worth. Before it gets too hot, you could get away with priority mail shipping, which generally is 1 day for places even 1,000 miles away if you ship in the AM and much cheaper than Express Mail. You might get away with 2 days and still have a good survival rate.
Late April and May are good shipping months. So are September and early October.
If they are half way to maturity, you might even get $3 for 10.
Lots of people buy fish like this, if the shipping isn't too high.
2007-04-24 08:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by something_fishy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know this may sound cruel, but what i do is feed any unwanted livebearer fry to my arowanna and oscars. it saves on buying feeder fish. also if you are breeding for a certain type you can cull all the fish that don't have the traits you desire. It happens in nature this way.
2007-04-24 05:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by stan in china 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to you local Aquarium Society. They may have members looking for guppies. They may also host a auction that you can sell them at.
2007-05-02 02:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by fishbarn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have Bettas, so they tend to eat them all!
Have you considered using them as live food or are you against that kind of thing?
Keep trying the shops, someone will take them off your hands in the end.
2007-04-24 05:33:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a bigger fish like angelfish so they will eat the fry. ALso you could separate males from females.
2007-04-28 01:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will take them. My Oscars LOVE guppies. =)
2007-04-24 07:02:51 · answer #10 · answered by Kari R 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋