Does Anything Dither With Breeding Endlers?

[c-dub]

I just setup a 40L tank in the bedroom where my endler's are set to breed (had to move them from the community tank for they would be eaten).

I have about 8 endlers in the tank and was wondering if any fish would NOT eat their fry in that tank. I have a lot of other fish however didn't know if I could put one in there to make the tank look a little better without their fry being eaten. I'm guessing a Blue Neon Coral Dwarf Gourami would eat their fry?

I'm told that endlers dont eat their own fry, anything else I could keep with them that wont interfere with their breeding?

 

[The Haunt]

I have some guppies, and if the other fish are well-fed, and the guppies have a lot of hiding places, the other fish might not eat the fry. It doesn't always work that way, though. You could maybe try a few smaller livebearers such as guppies, or other fish, such as neon tetras?

 

[helterskelter]

All fish will eat fry, i got a couple of oto's which are bucking the trend. However I have seen several pleco's corner fry and eat them.
Endlers may also eat their fry if their not well feed.

In a 40l tank i would be inclined to just keep Endlers as soon enough it will be full

 

[OldMan47]

Any fish, even endlers, will eat some fry. My breeding colony also has a male betta, a few bristlenose plecs and some corydoras. Many fish will eat so many fry that it would actually prevent your colony from growing but not cories or plecos. It is obviously a much larger tank than yours to hold that many fish, but I always have more endlers in the tank of varying ages than any stocking suggestion would ever believe possible. The betta probably eats a few fry from each drop and the adult endlers eat a few more, but the net effect is always more adult endlers that I must dispose of at my local clubs' fish auctions. I recently gave away a dozen adults along with any fry that got caught in the net to a fellow club member and will be giving him that many again to start another endler tank for his mother, at next month's club meeting. Meanwhile, another local club is holding an auction in October so I have another place to sell of a bag or two of adult fish. That will just leave me with more endlers than any one person could ever want in my 45 gallon. That is why the Betta male is in the tank. It is his job to hold down the numbers, but he should be discharged for failing to do his job.
An angel or a tiger barb, on the other hand, would not only control fry but start to eat their way through the adult population. I want the breeding colony to continue so I avoid good predators in that tank.