On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 8:57:36 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 Terry Coombs wrote:
> >
> > No , not the breaded and dropped in boiling oil kind of fry , but
> >baby fishies kind of fry . We bought 4 green lantern platies , 3 girls
> >and a boy , they have so far produced 2 batches of fry , right now there
> >are over 20 babies in 2 small mesh/plastic baskets in the big tank . I
> >was hoping they'd reproduce , but I sure didn't expect this ! I sure
> >hope I can find someone to take some of these , 40+ fish is probably too
> >many in a 30 gallon tank ...
> Yes, especially won't be long those fry will be reproducing. I'd try
> offering your overage to local pet shops, they may even pay some
> nominal amount and/or offer to swap you for aquarium supplies; fish
> food, filtering materials, etc.
>
> As a young teen I raised tropical fish and was selling the first
> veiltail guppies from a supplier in Germany. I was supplying local
> pet shops and Aquastock in Manhattan. I had my parent's basement
> lined with 20 gallon tanks, in those days all tanks had metal frames
> with the glass panes and slate bottoms cemented in, and they
> inevitably developed leaks, unlike modern all glass aquariums. I also
> maintained a 55 gallon show tank with a stainless steel frame that I
> set up in a corner of our dining room.... in the end it held two huge
> oscars, but never any young... I did'nt know whether they were
> male/female, it's near imposssible to tell with cichlids.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(fish)
> Most cichlids are mouth brooders:
> http://web.mit.edu/lxs/www/cichlids/breeding.html
>
> It's been so long ago, some 65 years, that I don't remember if it's
> platies or platys but I'm thinking it's platys. They are live bearers
> and reproduce rapidly and prolifically just like guppies. Start
> buying 20 gallon tanks in bulk. LOL
Hi Sheldon,
I'm so impressed that you were supplying Aquastock.
Aquastock was a mecca for me when I was a kid keeping tropical fish in the Bronx.
I was googling "Aquastock" to see when it closed etc. and found the reference in your post above.
-Robert