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Brittany V asked in PetsFish · 1 decade ago

Too many Guppies, HELP!!?

Can anyone tell me what to do with excess Guppies? I'd like to sell them but I don't Know how to go about doing that. My tank is being over run! HELP!!

Update:

If anyone's intrested in the Garland/Dallas area, you can come get 'em!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    what about offering them to your local hospitals Childrens ward or Doctors surgery. they often have aquariam set ups.I have done this myself in the past.

  • 1 decade ago

    Guppies are very fast multipliers. My mother found that out when my brother brought home some guppies and they started having babies. Eventually, she ended up flushing some of them down the toilet, but we did give a lot of them away. You can place an ad in your local paper. If your local radio station has free want ads, use that forum. Hang notices on college bulletin boards (ask permission first). You could sell some on eBay, but shipping would be a problem, so just sell locally.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    if the tank is full of guppies its a wonder that they are not eating the baby ones ..If you cant sell them try to give them away but some breeders will use them for food for bigger fish ..

    Source(s): experience
  • 1 decade ago

    put an ad in the paper. go to your local pet store with the excess guppies they should take them in

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    How about getting you a cichlid fish (Jack Dempsey, Oscar, Convict, African, etc.) and let them chase the guppies around the tank and eat them. it's very fun to watch these aggressive fish eat.

  • 1 decade ago

    Your local petstore might take them. But i doubt that stores like Petsmart or Petco would take them. Try a local aquarium store or petstore thats not a big chain! Good luck!!!!!!!!

    *Blurb*My neighbors guppies bred and one baby was a mutant and its really fast but its kinda creepy! : P

    Source(s): meeeeeee!
  • 1 decade ago

    Try selling to mom and pop fish stores. I wouldn't sell them to chain stores like Petsmart and Petco, since you never know if they'll be used as feeders for their larger fish. You can also try Aquabid.com.

  • dolly
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Your local pet store should take them, or you could run an ad in the newspaper.

  • Tet
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Flushing them down the toilet is a cruel thing to do! perhaps you can donate them to the zoo, or the park, or another place that has water. Perhaps they can put them in ponds with waterlilies.

  • 1 decade ago

    get a small fish bowl and a small net, then put some of the in it, when it comes time to sell them then you can!

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