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It has been over 2 weeks since the male endlers started to get their colors and they are starting to look really colorful now. The pictures in this post are the male and female endler frys. As you can see, the male is starting to get their red coloring but somehow, they do not look like the adult peacock snake male. Could it be that I got a different strain female? Anyway, the final fry count is 4 males and 4 females ... nice ratio. :)
On the flip side, one of the adult male peacock snake endlers seem to have disappeared. I think it died somewhere within the tank as I saw it swimming a little wobbly the other day. I've searched hard for it (without destroying the aqua scape) but still cannot find it ...
It looks like most of the male endlers are starting to earn their spots and coloration. The picture beside shows 2 of the endler males and as you can clearly see, the orange and darker scale coloration is beginning to form. I guess it is just a matter of time before they look like the full adult males. In fact, even their sizes is almost matching that of the adult.
Also, I think I've finally completed the male-female endler fry count to be 5 males and 3 females. Not a bad ratio but certainly not the desired ratio for my first batch as well. I hope the 3 females make it to eventually provide the long awaited endler brood for the tank ... I guess only time will tell ...
The endler frys are maturing well now and much to my surprise, most of them are turning out to be MALES!!! I am beginning to worry that there may not be any females but I think I've counted at least 2 females and 4 males. Not sure about the other 2 remaining frys though. The males are beginning to develop the black endler spots and its black coloration on the tails and the females are developing the gravid spot.
I sure do hope that the remaining 2 frys will be females to even out the male-female ratio but it looks more likely for them to be males since I am unable to spot the gravid spot on them ... I guess time will tell.
It has been over 2 weeks since the male endlers started to get their colors and they are starting to look really colorful now. The pictures in this post are the male and female endler frys. As you can see, the male is starting to get their red coloring but somehow, they do not look like the adult peacock snake male. Could it be that I got a different strain female? Anyway, the final fry count is 4 males and 4 females ... nice ratio. :)
On the flip side, one of the adult male peacock snake endlers seem to have disappeared. I think it died somewhere within the tank as I saw it swimming a little wobbly the other day. I've searched hard for it (without destroying the aqua scape) but still cannot find it ...
