Ender fry

[Geordie Paul]

So I'm breeding my endlers, I've had 3 births so far, I'm at about 30 fry. I've noticed that all my fry so far are female. 5 are old enough to sex but the others are still too young but they do look female as well. Anyone know why I'm not getting any males? My water is very hard. Neutral PH. 77 degrees Celsius.

 

[Colin_T]

How old are they?
How much do they get fed?
How often do you do water changes?

Male livebearers look like females until they become sexually mature. Then the anal fin becomes a gonopodium and they can be sexed.

If the fish are not fed much, or kept in cool water or small tanks, they won't grow as fast and it takes longer for them to mature. Warming the water up to 28C (82F) will help them grow fast and when they are mature you can reduce the temperature.

 

[Geordie Paul]

The first batch is 2 months of 5 females. The second batch is 10 fry almost 1 month and the 3rd batch is 15 fry 2 weeks old. The last 2 batches are in a 3 gallon, will be moved to 15 gallon when big enough. I do water changes every day in the 3 gallon. I do keep the temperature for the fry around 80 degrees Celsius. I feed them fry powder and crushed fluval big bites twice a day

 

[Colin_T]

They won't all be mature at 2 months.

I would increase the feeding to 3-5 times per day and do a big water change and gravel clean the substrate every day or every couple of days to help keep the tank clean from the extra food.

If you can add some newly hatched brineshrimp and microworms to their diet it will help. You can also feed them raw or cooked prawn/ shrimp.