My New Endlers!

[hotdogoramer]

The time to produce fry varies with temperature. If you run your tanks on the warm side of things, the drops can get as close as 23 days apart but who needs that many fry.

That's true but i want more than what i have now and then I can separate females and males. My tank is at 81 deg. is that too warm?

 

[saltynay]

No you could push it upto 83F if you wanted but why speed up already prolific breeders as they will over breed and over stock themselves.

 

[susankat]

At those temps your not only speeding up the breeding process, it also speeds up their metabolism which in turns shorten their lifespan.

 

[hotdogoramer]

At those temps your not only speeding up the breeding process, it also speeds up their metabolism which in turns shorten their lifespan.

Thats true and i don't want that to happen therefore I will leave it at 80-81 deg. Like Oldman said who needs that many fry anyway?

 

[susankat]

I keep mine at 77 - 78 and have plenty of fry every month. Seems like there is always females pregnant and sometimes wonder if they aren't born that way.

Here is a video of my 75 gal endler tank.

 

[OldMan47]

It looks to me like feeding time after at least a 6 month setup Susan. Could be after even 7 or 8 months judging by the age distribution. If you remove at least half of the adults, the population will grow even faster but will have a lot of younger fish in it.

 

[hotdogoramer]

Thats funny Susan, maybe they are born that way, thats what it seems like with guppies. and those are a lot of fish in one tank!!!
My one female is swimming kind of weird and clumsy, maybe she is pregnant. I think mine are old enough to breed.?

 

[hotdogoramer]

the fish that i said was swimming kind of weird is sick, and its scales are pointing outwards. It is swimming clumsy and is pale in color. can anyone identify the problem?

 

[susankat]

Sounds like dropsy to me. You can start giving it some blanched peas, that might help.

 

[hotdogoramer]

is dropsy contagious, so i can move the fish to another tank, and what are the chances of survival??

 

[OldMan47]

The big problem with dropsy, Hotdogoramer, is that it is a set of symptoms not a disease. It can be caused by viral or bacterial infections which of course means that no one cure in particular always works. Most of the things that can cause dropsy are indeed contagious so an infected fish should be isolated from the rest before starting treatment. Because the specific infectious organism is seldom identified, treatment is often not very successful.

 

[hotdogoramer]

Does anyone happen to have pictures of an Endler that is just about to drop its fry? I want to be ready for it so they don,t get consumed by the fish or filter. Thanks

 

[Duff83]

I keep mine at 77 - 78 and have plenty of fry every month. Seems like there is always females pregnant and sometimes wonder if they aren't born that way.

Here is a video of my 75 gal endler tank.

whoa! how many ya got? wow.