miufg wrote:
Feeding smaller fish to bigger fish. Is this wrong or is this an acceptable
practice, even if it's my fault for letting them breed in the first place.
I simply don't have any room for them.


Funny how many people spay/neuter mammalian pets to avoid killing or
finding homes for kittens or puppies but how few worry about killing
fish fry.

If it feels wrong to you, it's wrong. I generally don't set up breeding
situations unless I intend to raise the fry. I simply keep only one sex
of livebearer at once and keep cichlids who are likely to breed and
successfully hatch their eggs as solo fish (unless I can sex them to get
one gender). Besides, all hell breaks loose in a previously peaceful
community aquarium when cichlids decide to breed so there's some common
sense here as well.

You could probably take either your males or females and fry to LFS.

BTW, I mean no criticism to those who use feeder fish or have posted
that nature is cruel. This is very true and my post reflects only my
opinion. The key is to find ones own personal level of comfort.

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