A Nice Wee Surprise!

[Stygian_Faerie]

This morning I woke up to ten (or eleven, they're difficult to count!) new additions to my Endler tank!

I started a planted tank at the start of the year with the idea of breeding Endler's as I think they're beautiful wee things. Turns out my mama's are voracious feeders and I never saw any fry So, I managed to get hold of some dwarf lettuce to float on the surface and the mama's never go into the roots, ever! They seem to be rather enamoured with their Java ferns and hardly pay any attention to anything else so now the fry have a place to hide and thrive! I'm so excited! My first batch of baba's that have lived long enough for me to see them!

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Stygian_Faerie. It sounds like you have guppy/endler crosses in your tank. They can be very pretty but have different habits to pure endlers. Pure endlers are very easy on their fry as you can see in this endler community picture. I took the picture at feeding time to get lots of fish into the picture in one place. As you can see, the fry are not being molested, they are feeding along side of the adults.