3rd Generation Endler Frys!!!!

When I woke up today, I took a quick look at the temporary tank that I've setup for the endlers (1 male and 1 female) and found little slithers that zipped by real fast. Much to my pleasure, they are endler frys ... yes, these are the 3rd generation endler frys!!! YES!!! I've finally made it in breeding endlers!!! I've counted 10 frys altogether.

In fear of the frys suffering issues in the temporary tank, I've moved 8 of them over to the re-scaped tank (the last two is kind of hard to catch). Hopefully, some of these will grow up to be peacock snake endlers to even out the population of the tank that is currently fully dominated by the red chested endlers.

Re-scaped Tank

Bingo!! I re-scaped my planted tank. Here's how it looks like now ... nice, huh? I have not found time to update this blog in the past few weeks as I've been busy engaging and extending on this hobby ... now into planted aquaria. As you can see, there is a variety of plants in the nano tank i.e. riccia, spiky moss, Christmas moss, green rotala, luwigia arcuata, narrow leaf java fern, subwassertang and a few other small plants that I do not have a name to. :)

As you can see, it is a big leap from my previous tank setups and this will hopefully be able to cultivate a good growth for the RCS. For those of you who have been following this blog ... I know ... I wanted the RCS initially as a cleanup crew but have lately grown an interest in breeding them as well. Don't worry, I have not given up on my endler dreams but have merely diversified into RCS.

I'm currently also aiming to get rid of most of the fishes in the big tank to convert it into a bigger endler tank while the smaller nano cube tank will be mainly for RCS and boraras ... :) I think they are the only fishes that can co-exist with the RCS ...

More Colors

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 ...

Earning Their Spots

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 ...

Endler Fry Updates

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.

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 ...