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Thanks sneaky pete. I think I will do exactly that. I had a georgous blue silver guppy wiht a yellow head. He died of camallanus worms yesterday:
Good Luck with the guppy breeding!

Labrakitty

Labrakitty,
I think you would be just fine to add some male endlers.
Obviously you know how to tell male from female, and will choose accordingly.
Myself- I have been searching for Endlers as I would like to get some males and breed them into my Guppy population to widen, strengthen and diversify the genetic pool. I also would like to breed a blue tailed guppy with an endler colored body.

I wouldnt be so worried about what people say, and that 1 inch per gallon rule is somewhat outdated as it doesnt apply to most fish anyway.
You know your tank best and how it feels, be conservative and try 2 endlers, and if you think after a month or two that you have some room, add 1 or 2 more.
Dont take it personally when people dont read posts- most of the time they only read the first and last replys anyway. Just ignore the lack of reading and take it with a grain of salt!


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Why not? If I have them all male, then they won't breed! What is the problem with mixing endlers and guppies if they are all males?

Please dont mix Endler's and Guppies..

THE GUPPY IS NOT FEMALE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER TOLD YOU THAT, AND I JUST TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT IT WAS NOT FEMALE. IT IS A MALE GUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF I GET ALL MALE GUPPIES AND ENDLERS, WOULD IT BE OK?????????????

Please read my posts, don't ignore what they say.

Labrakitty

Endler's are thought to be extinct in the wild. As you know, they are small fish and while not schoolers IME they enjoy being in groups (I breed them in two tanks).

Personally I'd try to stick with one livebearer...choose your favorite then get a group sized appropriately for your tank.

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I'm not sure about in australia.. but here in canada, it is next to impossible to get hold of any female endlers; they are thought to be extinct in the wild, and the breeders are trying very hard to keep them from being bred with guppies (the jury is still out whether or not they are the same species). So a tank full of endlers should be fine, if you get rid of the female guppy.

I'm so adjective, I verb nouns!

So I could only ahve:
2 platy
1 platy fry
2 guppies
2 endlers
2 bristle nose

I'm thinking you would be overstocked (remember only 1 inch of fish/gallon of water). Even though the males are smaller I wouldn't go that many...I'm still of the opinion that I would stick to just guppies or endlers in a tank that small... Now if you got a larger tank Then you could have more...Go ahead, go out and get a larger tank...

Last edited by heidi at 22-Dec-2004 19:46

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My guppy is a male. I want to get all males, so they don't breed. I don't want them to breed, and the males are prettier anyway. They don't fight so that is ok then. Could I get 1 more guppy, and 4 endlers? All male. So I will have:
2 guppies
4 endlers
3 platys
2 bristle nose catfish
Would that be ok?
All male guppies and endlers, the platys are female, can't tell with the fry yet, the bristle nose are both female.

Thanks,

Labrakitty

Don't divide the tank...Go ahead and get a few more guppies, 2 more females and 1 more male...The Endlers would be great but, they will cross breed with the guppy, and well...we don't want to do that...OR see if the lfs will take your female guppy and then get say 2 males and 4/5 females. Endlers are closely related to the guppy have read that they are kind of like wild guppies, so they will breed a lot like the guppies and overwhelm you I suppose...

In other words either go guppies or endler's don't mix...happy choosing and let us know...Heidi

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