Endlers, & Guppies`

[mcdanielnc89]

Will Endlers and Guppies be alright as tankmates?

 

[theotheragentm]

They will cross breed. If you are trying to keep pure lines, don't do it. Otherwise, no harm.

 

[helterskelter]

As a rule i stress not to keep these two together due to cross breeding, you just end up with random looking fish and then u can only sell them as a cross

 

[chris_for_fish]

I was thinking about buying this new endler strain. But I do not have any room to keep them seperate, any idea what a cross with a guppy would look like?

 

[theotheragentm]

There's no saying exactly. They most likely wouldn't be hideous monsters. The problem is destroying the line. Also, I don't know much about Endlers, but I would be cautious with this guy telling you that you don't need to quarantine any of the fish you buy. You should always quarantine new fish before adding them to your tanks to prevent the spread of disease.

 

[dc3]

When you say "alright" >> they need more or less the same water paramters and aren't agressive to eachother. In that sense they will be fine together. I have several guppy crosses that snuck in with my endlers and no one's hurt from it...

As the others have said - you will get a cross-breed fish which isn't a pure endler... if you want to sell them or something - this is an issue - I bought livebearers for the sole purpose of providing a source of live food to my wild angels and occasionally to my discus, so i couldn't care less who mated with whom and the angels are happy to get nice juicy tender fry.