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WOOT Baby Endler's!

Discussion in 'Livebearer Fish' started by eeyipes, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. eeyipes

    eeyipes Thread Starter New Member

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    Yay, one of the momma Endler's dropped some fry! I just found 2 hiding in the tank, hopefully there's more in the thick mass of guppy grass where I can't see them. Both are very small and grey, but move fast and don't seem too shy. I have 3 adult females, and despite the appearance of the new babies all the mom fish still look very fat and pregnant. So, more on the way, no doubt!

    So Anthony, I was wondering, how long before they start to show their colors if they are male?
     
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    Gratz and now you know you have to set up another tank to grow them out in lol
     
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  3. Anthony

    Anthony Active Member

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    Yay! Get ready for a lot more in the near future, LoL
     
    Anthony, Jul 20, 2008
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  4. Anonymous

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    Does this mean my new batch is comming soon?? Congrads DADDY!
     
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  5. Anthony

    Anthony Active Member

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    Sorry I didn't answer this the first time. I missed the question.

    They should start to show colors around 3 months or so. Generally when they're approaching adult size you'll start to see black markings appear. Black is always the first color to appear.
     
    Anthony, Jul 24, 2008
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    eeyipes Thread Starter New Member

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    Thanks, found a 3rd baby yesterday, and possibly a fourth today. Hard to count them when they're hiding in a mass of najas. So far they seem to have no trouble avoiding the bigger fish - with the plain grey coloring they are hard to spot.
     
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    Generally the adults won't bother the fry. They can eat them but I've never had that problem.
     
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    Eeyipes how are your endlers doing. How many babies did you end up having?
     
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  9. eeyipes

    eeyipes Thread Starter New Member

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    Right now I have ... (counts on fingers) ... something like ... 15?

    2 have grown to be females which are pregnant already. 1 is a male just starting to show his black stripes. The rest are too young to tell yet. It's hard to count them all, they hide well in the plants. Started with 5 adults in mid June!
     
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    What kind of live plants to you have in there tank? Just wondering what they like in there tank, incase I get some from Anthony later.
     
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    eeyipes Thread Starter New Member

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    I have a big bushy wad of guppy grass floating in the corner that they hide in. Any plant with thick growth will help them hide. Plus I had some algae in the water I'm sure they were feeding on when they were tiny. I waited for them to get bigger before trying to fix my algae problem. (The tank is too close to a window and the water gets greenish)
     
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    Thanks for the info.
     
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    i cant wait till i get some
     
    scottdrag, Dec 28, 2008
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