Extra males

[gturmindright]

Do people usually have a problem getting the fish store to take them?

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Each group I have raised I have always just kept them all together, even at 50/50 M/F. I have removed overtly aggressive males, some have been killed by other males. It is 1 of the pitfalls of raising a group from fry, but them they usually learn how to coexist, and you will get fry sired by more than just the 1 dom male which is good if you're going to add back into the group
If you have a really male heavy group you'd just have to ask your LFS if they'll take them 👍

[thefishdaddy]

Most of the time I will just get store credit, or donate the extra males to our local fish club, but if you start out with a large colony you don't even need to get rid of the males as long as you have a dominant fish in the tank they will eventually breed, unless you are trying to selectively breed them and want a specific male to father all the fry because if there is another male he can always sneak in and breed.

[mikevxr]

My first colony of Tropheus (Bemba) were bought as fry , of which a group of 12 reached adulthood in a 300 litre tank. Out of 12 there were 11 males and 1 female. Initially males fought over her until dominant male established himself , thereafter he constantly chased other males away from her especially when she was holding fry. Interestingly the males spent their time fighting each other with the single female protected by dominant male at other end of the tank.