On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:16:34 GMT, "JeffinMS"
wrote:

And the male is following her around like a crazy fish. All I have to
segregate the female from the rest are one of those square nets you hang on
the side of the tank. Someone posted in reply to my other opst about my
preganat sword and molly that these would probably stress and may kill the
pregnant females. So, short of buying another entierly new tank. What should
I do? Let the fry be eaten? I have a one gallon bowl with rocks and a small
fake plant with nothing in it, but wouldnt the fish die in that? Other than
goldfish I mean.

Rather than putting the female into the hanging net, leaver he in the
community. If it is not planted heavily, buy some cheap plants to
provide refuge. The community will catch the slow and smaller fry
leaving you with some survivers. It slows the population growth, but
I finally separated the boys from the girls. That is the only sure
growth policy.

dick