My endlers had babies!

[Morainy]

I've just spotted some endler babies in my 8 gallon rimless! (This is the tank that I got from Corwin/Munster).

I have heard that endlers have many babies, but I've only had these endlers for 3 weeks or so and I'm pretty thrilled to see fry in the tank. They are very sweet.

[crazy72]

Congrats Maureen. Great news. Endlers are less prolific than guppies IME. But it's great when develop their colours. Have fun with them!

[BigPete]

Congrates!!!!! Baby endlers are great food :P hahah jking
do adult endlers eat their babys???

[plantedinvertz]

Congrats! Soon you will have millions!

[Scholz]

YAY!!!! that's fantastic!!! Congrats!

The f in fry stands for fun

[CloudySky]

That's great! Would love to see some pictures

[Morainy]

Thanks, everyone! They are SO cute! I've never seen endler babies before. Do you think that the cherry shrimp in their tank might eat them? I notice that the cherry shrimp are pretty active, climbing around in the water lettuce where the babies are hanging out. I can move the babies to another tank (if I can somehow catch them).

What do you think? It doesn't look like the parents are interested in eating them. The babies are biggish for their little endler mouths.

[Scholz]

I wouldn't worry about it. I have cherry's in with my betta fry. And chances are your live born fry are more developed than the betta's were. Cherry's aren't predators. I freaked out at first too but them I thought to myself that shrimp aren't predators they are scavengers. I've then watched the fry and shrimp live in peace side by side. Till the fry get big enough to eat the shrimp.

[Morainy]

Thank you, Scholz! That's a relief. I don't know anything about shrimp.

Do you think that the fry might get big enough to eat the shrimp? Have I created a fry-eat-shrimp world?

The endler fry are very big compared to killifish fry in the next tank over.

[crazy72]

Yes, I second Scholz on this. I had both Endler and guppy fry with 2 inches long Amanos, and no problems whatsoever. I think the shrimps couldn't catch them even if they wanted to. But they likely don't want to anyway.