View Full Version : What do u guys do with ur fry?
Catlid
12-07-2003, 9:41 PM
As the title says...
katyrose
12-07-2003, 11:16 PM
what do you mean? How to ake care of them, or what to do with them after that, or what?
Catlid
12-07-2003, 11:17 PM
as in who do u give them to?
SayersWeb
12-08-2003, 10:23 AM
Seems that fish stores are less willing to give you store credit these days. I used to breed both American and African cichlids and would trade them in for credit. It became a self-supporting hobby.
I've got a bunch of newly hatched Midas Cichlid fry and I'm wondering if it will be worth the effort to setup a 10 gallon and raise them. I'm not sure what I will do with them in a few months when they get bigger. Maybe someone local will want to trade for them....
sumoschro
12-08-2003, 2:07 PM
If the stores wont take them there are often people you can sell them to in the paper (make an ad in the classifieds) or even on here...
valerie
12-08-2003, 5:16 PM
Trade them to people in my aquarium club, sell them to LFS or sell them directly to people buy placing an ad in the paper
Grandmastr
12-08-2003, 6:31 PM
i got a good number of red devil fry if anyone is interested
about 1/2 inch already and growing fast
mogurnda
12-09-2003, 9:11 AM
Maybe my favorite LFS is run by a softie, but I have had no trouble getting rid of many broods of cylindricus and platy fry. Then again, I don't haggle much over the trade-in value.
Probably depends on the species, though. Cylindricus are still a bit rare, and platies are "bread and butter" fish that sell fast. Might be harder to get rid of convicts or red devils.
tricksterpup
12-09-2003, 11:46 AM
I have no problems getting rid of my fry, mostly i keep them but I do have store workers ask for some of my fish, such as my dwarf livebearers and endlers. I also will pass them on to friends. A trio here, a trio there and soon you are passing out your populations.
But good quality live bearers are always an easy sell. They are fast selling fish and if you have some really pretty fish, they are snatched up really fast.
jim
Aquarius0015
12-09-2003, 11:52 AM
If a LFS refuses to buy fish, would it necessarily not accept free ones? Has this ever been a problem for anyone? I do not intend on breeding, but if I get a few platies this might become an issue for me (I know they eat the babies-- but just in case).
i work at the best fish store around, its like a freakin used guitar shop they way people are always trading fish! we give them half of waht we can sell em for, and if they wanna just give them to us for free, we usualy just take them home ourselves, ig ot a nice big bala taht way for free :) just make sure your fish you wanna trade in are in great health, thats the only thing we look for, we always make room for a few healthy addtions to the shop
Toro Driver
12-09-2003, 2:57 PM
I feed my guppies to my angles, but that is why I breed them.
Catlid
12-09-2003, 3:48 PM
any way to make some money with selling fish, any places online that u can sell?
valerie
12-09-2003, 6:58 PM
Its doubtful you will make much money by selling fry. You would need a lot of tanks. Most people raise and sell their fry for hte fun of it, and if in the end you gt soe money it barely covers the cost of raising them to sellable size(foods,water etc).
Here is a link that talks about breeding fish for money http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=30579&highlight=money