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jbcwilli
02-09-2003, 8:13 PM
I was advised on this forum a few weeks ago that my 6 gal Eclipse was too small to house dwarf neon rainbows, and I think I have found the ideal alternative - Endlers livebearers. Thes are a small cousin of the guppy, and come from Venezuela.
The males are little jewels!
I have purchased 3 males and am now hunting for females.
Anyone familiar with this species? Have you bred them?
:)
Z Man
02-09-2003, 11:13 PM
Just a note here. I was at my friends wholesale place a few weeks back and he showed me 2 tanks of 60 each Endlers he just received. Not a female to be seen. Those breeders aren't stupid I guess because they are getting real good money for the males!
delmore
02-11-2003, 11:40 AM
If you get some females, make sure that you have some floating plants so they can hide. I plan on getting some endlers for a small tank, If I can get the females.
Google Endlers livebearers, and you'll find some breeders that will sell you females. you could go into business!
mt_marcy
02-11-2003, 1:52 PM
Just curious, but where are you all finding Edler's to buy??? I have not seen/found any in the lfs's in Toronto... Thanks,
mt_marcy!
superstein61
02-12-2003, 9:31 AM
You can get a male / female pair of Endler's livebearers for $3.00 here:
http://www.alloddballaquatics.com/
Of course, unless you are buying a number of fish - the shipping will always make small purchases of fish shipped cost prohibitive
wetmanNY
02-12-2003, 4:07 PM
If you're paying for Endler's Livebearer, you're entitled to know exactly which brood line they come from.
The market is poised to be swamped with more-or-less Endler's/Guppy hybrids, about as valuable as brine shrimp without the documented bloodline.
JP457
02-13-2003, 11:24 AM
I plan on ordering some from petfish.net when spring comes. $5 / pair or $5 / 5 unsexed fry. I looked for some in shops and only found them once but they were guppy hybrids.
wetmanNY
02-13-2003, 11:49 AM
That's just what we're going to be seeing, JP457. It's easy and tempting to slip a female guppy with a pretty good hybrid approximation of an Endler's Livebearer male and sell em as a "pair."
I know. I can see hybrids becoming a huge problem for people who cant tell the difference buying at petshops. I found a few sights that linked to Petfish.net that said he had very good unhybridized stock.
wetmanNY
02-13-2003, 9:43 PM
I feel we all owe some respect to this little fish to keep its genome from being swamped and lost.
odessa
02-14-2003, 1:59 AM
I've kept Endlers for over a year now bought from a local auction. Great little fishes, easey to keep I"m getting about three females for every male. I've read somewhere that temp. or ph plays a part in the sex of the fry. Breeding is easey they don't eat thier young, Ive notice that the gravid females like to nibble on plants some. I'm am trying to keep the the breeding from son to mother rather than brother to sister. Also looking to add a new bloodline to the colony.