Endler's livebearer

[jbcwilli]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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."

 

[JP457]

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]

I feel we all owe some respect to this little fish to keep its genome from being swamped and lost.