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My fish have been getting sick and dying for several weeks and we found out it was because of cross breeding, overstocking, etc. (beginner's mistakes since we did raise 150 fish from 5 starters)
Now we've got them all healthy, we've been trying to give them away to try and get down to a 2 female to 1 male ratio but its not happening fast enough. Besides many of our friends are using the platies as starter fish, and each time I choose which ones to give them, it feels like I'm choosing which ones do I want flushed down a toilet.
I was just wondering if we should just restock the tanks entirely or try giving away those fish to private fish stores? I'm unsure whether or not the fish stores will take the platies if they find out they all come from 5 parents and I don't want to get "rid" of them.
For a big fish-nut like myself, the matter of "5 parents" being a problem is funny. Inbreeding is normal in the fish world, in fact, it's how many of the guppy, platy, and swordtail varieties came to be.
On giving fish to a pet store, you may be able to negotiate a small amount of store credit for providing healthy specimens, but don't expect too much and once you pass on the fish, it's up to the store to care for the fish on its own terms (whether for good or bad).
If you're concerned about toilet flushing when friends ask for their own fish, then tell them the price is to read a paper on properly caring for their fish. Your friends might try to laugh or complain their way out of it, but make a point that just because fish are fish doesn't mean they should be treated worse than our furry friends (cats and dogs).
(Rating: 5) Thank you! You have no idea how much of a relief that is, I thought all the problems were due to inbreeding of my fish, I guess the problem lies somewhere else. As for the store, I have a good one in mind and the owner seemed really interested in getting them. There's no specific arrangements yet but he mentioned store credit as payment.