Endlers & Pingu Guppy Pics

[Coryologist]

Greetings. I generally hang-out in the Cory section of the forum. Here's a few pics I shot today.

First - my "Hot Tamale" Endlers.

Next - a juvenile Snakeskin Lyretail Endler. The tail on adult males grows longer than their entire body. One of the nicest Endler hybrids that you will ever see. I have not been able to get an adult mail to pose for a picture. I will, though.

Finally - a nice Solid Lyretail Endler. These are a morph of the fish, shown above. The tail on these is not quite as long as the others, but still rather long.

A cute, little fish that I really love.

Ah, the infamous Pingu. Probably the most difficult guppy to photograph and capture the pink coloration. My attempt was feeble - at best.

Thanks for looking. Cheers. - Frank

 

[OldMan47]

You have some very pretty guppy/endler crosses there Coryologist.
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[-FighterFishh]

They're stunning.
Could I just ask - would a shoal of all male endlers get on or would you need some females too?

 

[lilfishie]

Love the Pingu Frank, never seen one anywhere near that nice

 

[Coryologist]

@ Oldman47 - I appreciate the kind words.

@ FighterFishh - Well, you can do that, but the males will drive one another crazy. lol.

@ lilfishie - Thanks. That one took years of hard work. I've been playing with them since the 70's

Cheers. - Frank

 

[-FighterFishh]

@ Oldman47 - I appreciate the kind words.

@ FighterFishh - Well, you can do that, but the males will drive one another crazy. lol.

@ lilfishie - Thanks. That one took years of hard work. I've been playing with them since the 70's

Cheers. - Frank

Ahaa okay. I'd just like to find some endlers with small tails but are still colourful, since I'd like to put in a male betta.

 

[Coryologist]

Ahaa okay. I'd just like to find some endlers with small tails but are still colourful, since I'd like to put in a male betta.

Not the greatest of tankmates - but folks do it. You'll want some of these:

 

[-FighterFishh]

Ahaa okay. I'd just like to find some endlers with small tails but are still colourful, since I'd like to put in a male betta.

Not the greatest of tankmates - but folks do it. You'll want some of these:

That's what I was after!
I do love them. The guppie/endler cross is really pretty but I wouldn't want them to be slaughtered by the betta!

 

[rob158]

lovely

 

[OldMan47]

Fighter Fish, the simple truth of the matter is that a single male betta will get on fine with a whole breeding colony of endlers. Mine got on too well actually. I placed a gorgeous male veil tail into my wild type endler colony and had nothing but trouble with him. His job was to remove some of the excess fry and he was simply terrible at it. I have seen him face to face with a newborn endler and simply eating the same flake food that the endler was eating.
At least he was getting on in age when I placed him in that tank so when he came up missing a couple of years later it was not completely unexpected. I first noticed him missing from the tank at about 6 years of age.

 

[-FighterFishh]

Fighter Fish, the simple truth of the matter is that a single male betta will get on fine with a whole breeding colony of endlers. Mine got on too well actually. I placed a gorgeous male veil tail into my wild type endler colony and had nothing but trouble with him. His job was to remove some of the excess fry and he was simply terrible at it. I have seen him face to face with a newborn endler and simply eating the same flake food that the endler was eating.
At least he was getting on in age when I placed him in that tank so when he came up missing a couple of years later it was not completely unexpected. I first noticed him missing from the tank at about 6 years of age.

Awhh. He sounds like a very sweet betta
What do you mean by missing?

 

[Coryologist]

What do you mean by missing?

I believe he means that the fish in question now resides in "the great rice-paddy in the sky." - Frank

 

[-FighterFishh]

What do you mean by missing?

I believe he means that the fish in question now resides in "the great rice-paddy in the sky." - Frank

That's what I thought, but OldMan mentioned this:

I first noticed him missing from the tank at about 6 years of age.

so I'm a little confused!

 

[OldMan47]

In a tank with well over a hundred fish, finding one missing takes an effort. When I noticed that he had not been feeding with the rest of the fish he may have already been dead for a week or more. By then there was not a trace of my former betta. Endlers are like any other fish, they will eat freshly dead fish when given the opportunity.