Yes, I did prefer the live bearing fish. I kept plenty of plants for the fry to hide in so a great many survived. Then my tanks got snails from the live plants. That made the Red Devil happy. He could grab a snail and spit out an empty shell in a heartbeat. But, alas, there were too many snails for him to keep up with. I ended up taking a gazillion snails to a local pond and setting them free. This was in southern Illinois where the winters are a tad milder. I went back to the pond about a year later and there were some large snails residing there. I will always believe they were the snails I released. Please don't burst my bubble.
