I Have A Dilemma

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Hey Fish Mates,

I have a 8-9in F1 male Festae who has what appears to be a crooked spine its not bad, you can only really see it if you look down from the top of the tank.
I was going to breed him with my F1 8in female then threw that idea out the window as i know the fry will inherit his crooked spine. i picked up a F1 Midas (beautiful specimen) Will post pics soon.
And my F1 female loves him so i moved the male to a 36 gallon bowfront which is to small for him.
Now My Dilemma!!!!!
I would like to give him away (but scared someone will try to breed him and sell the babies)
Euthanize him (he's a good looking active fish swims a lot very personable for a Festae)
I cant keep him in the 36 gallon and the Midas will kill him in my 125 and i have no other tanks.
What should i do?
 
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troublesum said:
Hey Fish Mates,

I have a 8-9in F1 male Festae who has what appears to be a crooked spine its not bad, you can only really see it if you look down from the top of the tank.
I was going to breed him with my F1 8in female then threw that idea out the window as i know the fry will inherit his crooked spine. i picked up a F1 Midas (beautiful specimen) Will post pics soon.
And my F1 female loves him so i moved the male to a 36 gallon bowfront which is to small for him.
Now My Dilemma!!!!!
I would like to give him away (but scared someone will try to breed him and sell the babies)
Euthanize him (he's a good looking active fish swims a lot very personable for a Festae)
I cant keep him in the 36 gallon and the Midas will kill him in my 125 and i have no other tanks.
What should i do?
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I admire your honesty. I believe some will say euthanize.
 
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How can i get real answers if I'm not honest I'm not going to lie i like the male RT but if i cant breed him hes just taking up space. Now the Midas is getting rough with my female so now i have a new dilemma do i either sell my female or let nature take its course and if the midas kills the female i have a solo wet pet.
Or should i sell my female (i dont want to breed anything right now)
 
Rod has a section about rescues on his site but the way it reads it seems it may only be for monster fish. I honestly cat hurt to ask though 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
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UPDATE!!!!
So i ended up euthanizing him it was tough as i never purposely killed a fish before and i liked him he was a cool fish just had a crooked spine if i would have had room for a 55 or 75 i would have kept him.
I still feel kind of guilty! Like was he thinking, Why is this guy doing this to me? What did i do wrong?
IT SUCKS!
 
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