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I have a 55gal tank with a mix of cichlids in it and one day when i changed the look of the tank a found a baby. We though that was cool but three months laterwe have 25 babys in the tank all different sizes. How do i stop them from mateing.
DeLgAdO
09-29-2005, 12:55 AM
use a divider to seperate the boys from the girls, or put them in seperate tanks.
managuense-fury
09-29-2005, 2:20 AM
I have a 55gal tank with a mix of cichlids in it and one day when i changed the look of the tank a found a baby. We though that was cool but three months laterwe have 25 babys in the tank all different sizes. How do i stop them from mateing.
give away the pair or one of them
eat the female, ask CM about it!
Peanut_Power
09-29-2005, 1:29 PM
Take a few contraceptive pills and dissolve them into the water....works everytime...
CichlidKid
02-01-2006, 10:01 AM
Don't stop the love making, dim the lights put some Marvin *** on and let the magic happen :clap . My advice is abort them just look for eggs and suck them out, or let the other fish in the tank eat the babies. Too many eggs and babies in a tank is no good, babies die and cause allot of problems, and also eggs get fungi and such.
grenade3
02-01-2006, 11:10 PM
if they are a desireable or rare species then take them to a LFS they usualy will take them from you, people come into my work and i take them all the time and have no problem selling them for next to nothing. keep the babys coming if you can do this and someone wants them. but i would say you could also get a clown loach. i keep a discus tank for display with my boss and the loaches always eat the discus eggs. i dont know how big your tank it but if it is big enough throw a loach in there. thats always helps us.
scott g
03-03-2006, 4:39 PM
What's wrong with babies? Some end up getting big and naturally restocking the tank and some end up fish food.
rook45
03-03-2006, 6:56 PM
Take a few contraceptive pills and dissolve them into the water....works everytime...
are u serious?