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What do you do with baby fish you don’t want?

Asked: Patrick Herman, Last Updated:

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  • Hope that the parents or other tankmates eat the babies.
  • Sell/Donate the babies to the LFS once they've grown a bit.
  • Give them away to friends or local hobbyists.
  • Buy more and more tanks to house your constantly breeding guppies until you are known by your peers as "that weird fish kid."

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