Tag: livebearers

Male Endlers

Some of the bigger Endler Boys doing what they do best: chasing each other around, and just generally acting like nuts.

The male fry have been getting separated out into that tank as I spot them, to join their uncles. (The original two males from one LFS.) There are maybe 10 in there so far, with the others lurking back in the plants somewhere.

Endler fry at 4 days

By now, they’re mostly hanging around out in the open with the bigger fish. So far I’ve counted 10 at the same time. They seem to be growing well, so I guess they’re getting enough to eat.

From just a little while ago, coming up on 5 days I think. I was going by the dates shown on YouTube, but it doesn’t show the time of day for uploads.

Also, I have no idea why, but about the first 30 seconds is worse quality again. I tried redoing the upload to see if that would fix it, but nope. The original video isn’t like that, and this has happened a couple of times recently.

Endler fry at 2 days

Two days after I first spotted any from the new fish, at any rate. So far, I’ve seen four of them. They started getting bolder last night, but today they’ve been staying out in the open most of the time. One of the females has started chasing the fry some whenever she swims past and notices them, but they’re not even acting as concerned about her today.

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I was about to try to go to bed after one last feeding for the fish, but now it’s a delay for lights out time so I can watch the new fish for a while longer.

The newest ones in this case aren’t the last batch of corys I brought home, but some new Endler babies I didn’t see a few hours ago 😍

I could tell there should be some before long, but this is sooner than I really expected with no fatter than the females are. These do have a slimmer body type than most of their female guppy cousins, though, apparently even when they’re ready to drop fry. Haven’t kept the Enders before, to compare.

First video uploading now.

Looks like bed soon, after all. There’s not a strong current in there, but with the filter back on after feeding time they seem to be staying back out of sight in the plants. A bit disappointing, but I guess that’s something to look forward to tomorrow.

ETA: I may also try to get some Java moss moved up into that back corner for them tomorrow. Don’t need to start messing around in the tank just now 😉

First fry from the new Endlers

Terrible video quality, but during feeding time tonight I spotted a couple of fry. (Up near the surface here.)
There are probably more more hiding back in the plants. So far, the adults do just seem to be ignoring them, as you can see here. *fingers crossed*

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The music there should at least be better than Mr. C snoring away in the background 😉 Couldn’t be avoided, with that tank in the bedroom.

IME, guppies just don’t bother the fry, unlike pretty much all the other livebearers I’ve kept. But, you never know, especially with the slightly different species. (Platys are worse about it than swordtails from what I’ve seen, for example, as closely related as they are.) Not to mention individual personality. The bottom feeding corys really shouldn’t bother them, at least.

There should be plenty of plant cover for them, though. And with the new little corys and their tiny mouths, I’ve mostly been feeding finely crushed/powdered flake. So that should hopefully be good for the babies too. That one looked like it was trying to pick at a floating speck of food in the video.

I was about to try to go to bed after one last feeding for the fish, but now it’s a delay for lights out time so I can watch the new fish for a while longer.

The newest ones in this case aren’t the last batch of corys I brought home, but some new Endler babies I didn’t see a few hours ago 😍

I could tell there should be some before long, but this is sooner than I really expected with no fatter than the females are. These do have a slimmer body type than most of their female guppy cousins, though, apparently even when they’re ready to drop fry. Haven’t kept the Enders before, to compare.

First video uploading now.