heartsongsinger

I was wondering if it would be possible to put a trio of endlers in my 10 gallon. There are two dwarf platies, 4 ballon mollies (1 mature, 3 fry some may leave), a phantom tetra, and a guppy (will move). I've been offered some really good ones at a fair price. The fish store is only selling them to a few people

Amanda

I'm not sure, that may be pushing it in a 10 gal. tank

Butterfly

Your tank is pretty much stocked as it is Also Endlers being as small as they are might have a hard time competing for food with those fish.
Carol

mjordan

i think your pushing it even with your current stocking

cerianthus

Form what I heard uite a while ago, Endler's Livebearers are extinct from the wild

If so, try keep them in their own tank (doen't have to be big) to ensure they do not cross breed w/ other species, such as guppy. The shape of their tail is good target for nipping tetra, serpae, black tetra (big one may even swallow small endlers). As far as feeding, these Endlers are Speedy G when it comes to food.
Whether tank is overstock or not, leave it up to owner.

Have kept numerous (they just keep on breeding, used to give away to hobbyist who can do species tank ) Endlers in 90G, Heavily planted tank w/ couple hundreds of Cardinals and other schooling or shoaling tetras, corys and ottos and siamese algae eaters to control beard algae. Turn Actinic lighting when sitting in front of tank for relaxing, bringsout the colors of Cardinals, Rummy noses and Endlers. And also noen stripes or spots or patches on Corys too!!!

heartsongsinger

well if my betta dies they can have their own 5 gallon. I know that my mom would love that

Amanda

Oh! Don't plan your bettas' demise!

heartsongsinger

I'm not. I spent two weeks this summer saying that I wasn't going to buy him.
The tank I want to put the endlers in is the only tank outside of the nursery that you can find babies in. They randomly show up. You have no clue how many times I've gone to school and prayed that my fish didn't eat the babies before I got home