I raised alot of rare fish. When buying pair or even trios the loss of one fish means the money spent is most often a loss. Killies are a good example. You rarely if ever see any type of killie in pet shops. So you order over the net. With rare types there is nearly always limit numbers of ofspring. I try to purchase 2 trios if the person has extra females or 3 pair. It makes getting a strain going much easier. I also purchased batches of eggs for killies and got all male or all female or none survive to adulthood(son decided to feed the baby fish Nesquick strawberry syrup the largest one day loss).
Replacing a fish in a community tank for the most part is easy. All the livebearers you find in pet shops can be found in different color patterns if not the same color. Even purchasing pair of some types is easy. If your rams had not bred you did not have a pair you just had a male and female. Even if they had bred rams are more forgiving about taking another mate than some are. Angels are a pain in the butt to pair up. Angels for the most part need to choose their partner for them to be a sucess at breeding. I had a few mixed angels in a tank and ended up with 2 pair that raised like crazy as long as I took the eggs away before wiggler stage. I watched closely and noted which was the male of each pair. Well since it ended up I had a pair of one type I split the pairs and made 2 new pairs. Neither pair ever produced. When added back to the community tank I got another pair as one male chose a different female. so again I learned buy more of each
single type of fish you want to breed. It is easier to find homes for the extras than to "make" pairs.
Later, John
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