I have BABIES!!!

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I have baby fish! I think they’re from the Rosy Reds. I had some plump heifers last week. I get back in town and I come home to babies!
 

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Adorable! I loved when my red rosies were breeding like crazy. It was a joyful sight! And having so many of them at different ages was very rewarding.
 
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Ok, now that the excitement has worn off a little, the need for a possible intervention has become apparent. I may need to somehow limit the fry population. I have red rosie minnows, mosquito fish, and 4 fantail goldfish. Is there a fry-eater I can introduce to keep the population from exploding? Or something I can do?
 

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LOL, I feel your pain! To the best of my knowledge, there are no fry-eating predators.....that wouldn’t also eat the adult fish. If you can’t find anyone to take the babies, but if you can catch them (and rosy reds are hard to catch o_O), you could always euthanize them with some clove oil. It’s painful for the human, but painless for the fish.
 

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