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Okay well I upserved my tank and well i got some endlers or atleast i think they are! And well since i added them in i have seen that my guppies tails are starting to shread! Literaly! There is this one guppy that is about to die cuz it can bearly swim But um yea......can endlers be agressive? And what can i do to save some of my gupps that look really bad?

What size tank are they living in? If there are too many males sometimes they are known to fight. For the fish that are injured put them in a quarantine tank and terat them with melafix to repair their fins.

They are in a ten gallon tank!

how many fish, whats the male to female ratio?? you should have 1 male to every 2-3 females.

Uh BBG, I hate to tell you this, remove the Endler's from the Guppy tank...You don't want them together, as they can cross breed, and this can be bad, as you should try and keep the Endler's Livebearer strain pure Edler.

Also how many total fish do you have in the tank? This too can be a problem? Any hiding holes/plants/decorations?

To help you tell the difference between male and female guppies/endlers or any other livebearers. Here are some pictures...look at the anal fin, that I have circled in red...heidi



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"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

hca no the male to female ratio is not quite that! it is like 2 males to 3 females! i need to get more females!

heidi Yes i do have decorations that they can hide in! Um yea lol! i guess i will have to remove them! i only have a one gallon to put them into! is that good nuf?

how many Endler's do you have? I honestly would try to at least go out and get a 10 gallon for the Endler's...a 1 gallon is about the right size for only a bettaA lot of the lfs and other discount stores havea 10 gallons for less than $10 and then some sort of an inexpensive filter till you can get them set up better...But, I'd be willing to bet it is the male to female ratio...maybe traid in some of the males for females...heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

you know what! i think that is what i will do! that sounds like a good plan! thanks for the idea

and the ratio realy is 1 male for every 2-3 females, i have guppies, plattys, ect, and to experiment with what u said i had 1 male in with 3 females, and then i tryed your 2 males for every 3 females, in your tank the males were constantly chaseing the females around, the females went into hiding and the males still wouldent leave them alone, with 1 male for every 3 females the male barely every made a pass at the females and every one was much more relaxed just thought i should tell u and in my 29 gallon tank, i have 4 females and one male, the fry population is cut in half, and the fry that do survive get wonderfull colleration insted of having a whole bunch of ugly mutts

dang.......thanks a lot for the info! Any other you got?