Hi all,
My fish are my pets. I look after them until they die, not until I'm bored with them.The question is, what does everyone do with their dead fish?
Same as Sacha, although it means I have a few singletons, or small groups of fish, that didn't work out for me.
I try and breed fish where there is a demand for them, but I don't post them, and they only go to LFS that keep their fish well, even if this means that I don't get any money for them. Even fish that sell for relatively large amounts in the LFS may be difficult to sell if there isn't a local demand for them, or they don't look very attractive as juveniles (I ended up giving away a lot of
Apistogramma trifasciata).
At the moment I have a lone Norman's Lampeye (tried it as a dither, but they bred fairly rapidly, chased the
Apistogramma fry and there wasn't really a market for them locally as they cost pennies at the LFS), a L333 (came with some L129 fry) and a L129. I'm trying to re-home the
Hypancistrus, but failed dithers, old
Apistogramma etc I just keep until they eventually die.
When I have a fatality I usually put it on the shed roof and the birds eat it, although I bury dead cichlids in the garden.
cheers Darrel