EvFreak

I have been keeping Endlers all along thinking I was raising Guppies! omg this is funny cause in my LFS they were displayed as Feeder Guppies and I've called them Guppies all my life! Well right now I have 5 Endlers a.k.a. (Guppies) plus a newborn fry that barely came out yesterday! and also a actual Black colored Guppy! I want to know if its bad to crossbreed between these two? or is it perfectly fine?

EDIT: The baby Endler I had died a few days ago due to the fact that I wanted to have the baby with the other Endlers and the other Endlers ended up killing the baby by fin nipping and chasing it to death! The last thing I saw was the baby in another's mouth.

iloveengl

I'd never heard of "endlers" until now; I did a google image search. Sure enough - one of my gups is not a gup! I read that they are also called "endlers livebearers" & "endlers guppies" & they seem to be a subspecies of guppies or closely related . Thanks for your post! Now I know I have one orange sunshine guppy & one snakeskin endler. I'd love to see pics of your endlers!

Edit: Hmmm, I bet my snakeskin is a hybrid; well, he's still lovely!

Lucy

If they were kept with guppies, they're probably a cross. IMO it's hard to find pure endlers in the LFS.
Many fish keepers are trying to keep endlers pure and not cross bred with guppies.

Butterfly

The reason a lot of hobbyist are trying to keep Ednler strains pure is because their only found in two small places and those two little places are being destroyed.
Here are two places to check Endlers out
http://endlers-usa.com/index.php
And
http://members.cox.net/newcomb1/endlers.html
Carol

EvFreak

That sounds terrible who could do such a thing!?

Actually when I bought them they were kept only by themselves and in large groups! with no signs of Guppies

Lucy

Cool! I've never seen them in the stores around here.
You should post some pics here:
Endlers Livebearer Photos

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EvFreak

Unfortunately I dont have any camera with good quality! my phone has a camera but the quality is very poor! so in the mean time I cant get a good picture for these little guys!

Butterfly

It's called progress. Their habitat is being polluted from building and expansions of population.
Carol

EvFreak

Thats so sad! I wish i can go and catch some wild ones before they run out!

Butterfly

EvFreak check this out and see all the different kinds of endlers.
http://members.cox.net/newcomb1/endlers.html
carol

EvFreak

whoa! theres many types of variations! thats cool

heather84

we started our tank 3 months ago and right off the bat i heard about endlers on another forum and have been wanting them ever since..no were around here sells them.

I can buy them from the other forum for just the price of shipping (10$) but i dont really wanna do that. I wish I could find them around here

Most tht you find arent pure, but they are all still so pretty to look at.

EvFreak

I would sell you some but there's no way I can do that cause I dont know how to ship fish! XD