gazob Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Been a few years since I have kept fish, and recently returned to the hobby. Was unsure which way to go and saw a colony of saulosi on gumtree which looked nice and colorful, and the tank I bought was about the right size. The picture below is shortly after setup, cycling, and introduction. Since i have changed a bit. That being said around a month ago the first female started holding, 3 of the 6 females followed suit, and late last week fry started appearing throughout my tank. If i had to guess there must be 40-60 in the tank by now, 2 females still to spit. What do I do from here, the fry have lots of hiding spaces and are growing well, largest over 10mm, smallest around 5. How many can I expect to sell through gumtree ads, and what about the rest. Aside from Gumtree where else should i post, when they finally get to size I knew that buying a breeding colony would result in breeding, who knew it would be so succesful, my previous experiences with bn cats and angels breeding had such low survival rates in a community tank that too many was never an issue. Thanks in Advance Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamgatt Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Hi Gary Welcome back to the hobby. I will be interested to hear what others have to say about moving fish on too. I am relatively new to the hobby and have an abundance of fish I need to move on. I don't have the patience to deal with scumtree so I have refrained from using it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipshodman Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Try your local fish stores, they may take them , may not - you will probably get a bit of store credit or something, that works out ok towards food etc They may not actually give you cash depending though, and i wouldn't do dumbtree for fish either personally, way to much hassle and you never know who you may be bringing to your home And I wouldn't really expect to be making money from them when breeding on a small scale at home , its a catch having breeders when you don't really want fry You could start up another tank with something a little more predatory and wallah , you have a feeder fish colony ... lol... Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 HI Gazob something else that may interest you is to join an Aquarium group like Victorian Cichlid Society or EDAS these clubs hold auctions that help members move their fish on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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