Growing Endler Frys

The endler frys are beginning to take form but it looks like all of them may be females ... hooray!?!?! Just wondering what would happen if suddenly the 2 males decide to kick the bucket ... I hope this does not happen.

Anyway, the fry count has dropped to 8 now as it looks like one of them is missing ... may have died without me knowing. One of the endler frys had ick the other day and I thought she was a goner but decided to give a shot at curing her. Much to my surprise, she made it and is now happily swimming with the rest again ...

Female Endler Down

Yes, it is sad but true ... one of the female peacock snake endlers died yesterday (looks like due to ick as I could see some while spots on the back and fins) and it happened so suddenly. She was still happily swimming the day before but was severely crippled the next morning. It looks like the other female endler may also be suffering from ick as I could see a faint white spot on her tail fin so I am not taking any chances ... general cure solution found its way into the tank this morning. Hopefully she makes it ...

On the main tank front, the last flower gourami finally followed his fellow gouramis before to their final resting place ... our bathroom toilet. He was not swimming well for the past week and despite efforts to cure him, he too bit the dust this morning. RIP my friend ... :(

Latest Fry Count ... 9!!!

Yep, you read it correctly ... there are 9 endler frys!! :) They little guys are good in hiding and we finally managed to count correctly after seeing all of them coming out of hiding for food. They are growing a little longer now and 3 of them is showing a slightly darker color than the remaining 6. Could the darker colored ones be males and the brighter ones be females? Only time will tell I guess ...

Finally ... Endler's Livebearer Frys ... Again!!!

After a long and painful wait, we finally got 2 pairs of peacock snake endlers from a seller on the MAC (Malaysia Aquatic Club) forum last Tuesday (I did not have the time to post this) ... and just in time as well since the male tiger endler kicked the endler bucket over the weekend leaving the lonely female tiger endler that still refuse to give frys despite my numerous attempts to feed her good quality live food.

Much to our surprise, one of the female peacocks gave birth to a small batch of endler frys this morning. One of them looked gravid yesterday but I thought it was still a little premature for her to provide young but I guess I was wrong. :) The downside is that she only gave about 4 young-lings (at least I can only see 4 of them simultaneously) but I guess it is quite common for first time mothers to drop only 2-5 frys at a time.

Anyway, this is enough to keep us excited as this wait has been long anticipated. Now, all that is left is trying our very best to keep these 4 frys until adulthood (picture of one of the actual endler frys on the left - they like hiding in the plants so it is hard to get a good picture of them) ... keeping our fingers crossed ... :)