Colby’s Freshwater Fish

Anonymous asked: what do you do with all of your fry? do you sell them or use them as food for your other fish or something else? Also, do you have any problems with your betta being aggressive towards any of your other fish? thanks

Hey thanks for the question. My fry are all pineapple platys. I have just recently started breeding them with the intention of raising them. Sometimes when I end up with semi aggressive fish in my 30 gallon, I give them a treat every once in a while so I’ll throw one or two very young ones in there. However, my main intention is to raise them to sell. It is a long process usually and it takes patience. Most fish stores will buy them for about a dollar a piece once they reach 1”, which is pretty good seeing that right now I have about 60-70 of them. I’m planning on using the money from selling these fish to support my hobby of keeping fish, which I thought would be a great way to have a self sustaining hobby.
Now as far as the betta goes. I’ve had quite a few bettas in my day and I will only say that they all have their own personality. I have had some that get along fine with all of my other fish and one that even schooled with my neons sometimes! They sometimes don’t get along but the worst thing that happens, assuming you have a community tank, is the betta will flare it’s fins in an aggressive manner. I have never had an experience with a betta actually fighting with any other fish. Now, if you have any semi aggressive fish in your tank (barbs, blind cave tetras, etc.), they will pick at the bettas fins and could kill it due to infection or inability to swim. I hope this answered your questions. Happy fish keeping!