endlers

so i have a 40 breeder planted w/ only endlers, but all the fry are females.well the ones that are big enough to tell.
i have 1 males to 40 females now! the other males died off.
i inject co2 for 8 hrs a day w/ lights on.

anyone else have this endler issues?
what ma i doing wrong?

I have no experiance with endlers but hopefully we can get someone to help you out.

I've heard that temperature has a lot to due with what the sex of your fry will be. When I was breeding them many years ago, I would have all males and very little female fry. Of course the males were easier to sell so I wasn't complaining. I haven't read much literature on it so once you find out, please share! Good luck to you! How old are your fry? They all look like females when they start out, don't be surprised when the "females" start developing gonopodiums. :)

That is an interesting predicament. But with live bearers all you really need is one male and at least 30 of the females will be pregnant within a month.
I have also heard that temp is related to sex in some types of fish.... Not sure if its true for endlers though.

temp huh,
i have room temp on the tank its about 74 76

alan j t wrote:

temp huh,
i have room temp on the tank its about 74 76

I'd bump that up to 79 or even 81. Endlers like it warmer than fancy guppies. That may help.

what is an endler? share some pics. side note that is one lucky male in your tank

endler guppy,if you google it will come

chicknefoot87 wrote:

alan j t wrote:

temp huh,
i have room temp on the tank its about 74 76

I'd bump that up to 79 or even 81. Endlers like it warmer than fancy guppies. That may help.

sounds like a plan

whoa those are beautiful little gupppies

what they eat also plays a big part in it too.

i keep mine at about 79-82' and feed a combination of brine shrimp flakes and earthworm flakes, both from kensfish. My females are always popping out a mixture of males and females.

i feed brine flakes and spectrum,
and once in a blue moon frozen BW.

i dont think i should up ther varied diet.

i make my own seafood mix for my discus, maybe i should try that.?.

I have Endlers but I dont breed them I have only males I also have guppies but they are males to.

Try hatching BBS to feed the fry and also it's a good conditioner for breeding adults.

rdoyle wrote:

I have Endlers but I dont breed them I have only males I also have guppies but they are males to.

sausage fest!

lol yea

Your homemade discus food would be fine to feed them from time to time. Play with the temp and see if that changes the fry sex.

had been breeding for 5 years and found that 80-82 was ideal, feeding fllake, earthworm, frozen bloodworm, and brine shrimp flakes produced more males than females. the fry also need the same combo only ground up very fine. Good luck!