Wrs2's Endler & Wild Guppy Tank

After having my 20 gallon long for officially one month I set it up!I have a some Endler and Wild Guppy fry (one may actually be a mosquito fish) that will be moving inside soon. I was raising them up in a tub outdoors, so I decided that these little guys needed a home!

Here is the current set up....




I have some MopanI Driftwood, cholla wood, river rocks & Dragon Stone for hardscape. I am bad, I mixed hardscape types haha. Oops...

For plants I have anubias nana petite, java moss, trident java fern, a bit of crypt wendttI green (which you can see floating as I haven't planted it yet and Lemon Bacopa. I need to get some more plants obviously haha.

I may do some shrimp in this tank, but I am not 100% sure yet! I have a habit of adding a betta to every tank I own, even when I tell myself not to, so maybe the shrimp will be a no go!

Currently it has 3 Endlers. I have the father of the fry and 3 others who will be moving over shortly as well.

In total I may have 16 - 20 fish in here. The father is maybe an inch long, so they area ll really small, but I know I will need more hiding spots, especially for the girls (most of the fry are female!) so they don't get harassed too much by the guys!

 

This little guy is the father of the fry who will be moving in! He’s one of the coolest wild guppies I’ve seen! The only time I could get a decent photo of him was in the morning as soon as the lights came on, after a few minutes he would be going crazy swimming all over making a clear photo impossible haha!

 

I added more plants!
The wood is leaking tannins and making the water look awful and yellow! I put some activated carbon in the filter to help clear it but it’s not working.
I also did add a betta, he can’t be bothered with the the other fish as the neighbor in the next tank is a betta and they are always flairing at each other.


Idk if I should add any other types of fish to the tank other than the endlers and wild guppies. I did order a mystery snail from aquaticarts over a week ago but the order still hasn’t been processed.

 

I think the tannins look nice lol. I add leaves to mine for the effect

 

I just hate the color of the water though. If it was just a Betta tank I guess it would be okay but for fish that like harder water I don’t know if it will soften the water too much.

 

I just hate the color of the water though. If it was just a Betta tank I guess it would be okay but for fish that like harder water I don’t know if it will soften the water too much.

Nah they hardly lower the pH in my water. What's your KH?

 

It’s a 6.

I know the acid in the tanin is a weak acid though.

 

very pretty!!!

 

Looks awesome! I want to get into endlers myself.

 

It’s a 6.

I know the acid in the tanin is a weak acid though.

With 6 KH it should hardly budge your pH at all.

 

I started to add some of the fish from my tub. OMG they are TINY! haha

Current stock is...

3 Black bar Endlers
1 Tiger Cobra Endler
1 Guppy (Japanese blue lyretail guppy - I believe)
7 Wild Guppies (Less than one in max size)
1 Betta (who can careless that he has tank mates haha)

I was thinking about getting a small school of neon tetras but honestly I want to keep this more cooler water fish, minus the betta though, who may move to a new tank.