Female Endler Guppy

[Bogdan]

Hello guys!

This is my first aquarium 25 liters, I have 5 neon tetra and 2 guppy endler, a female and a male.....few shrimps and a snail invasion.
The guppy female, let's call her "Betty" is fat and eating all day. Sometimes she goes to the corner or top and stays alone but not long, she is always hungry and trying to eat something.
Recently I saw her scratching the belly on the ground. I'm not sure but I might noticed some change in the gills area, right side kinda looks little different might be some inflammation ?
Can anyone please watch the video with her and see if anything weird at right side gills ?
Her black spot from the back appears and disappears daily, sometime is nothing and sometime is big dark spot. I haven't seen any fry but i'm sure if she had the neon tetras eat them all, they eat anything that moves.
I have some small breeding box but if i try to put her there she gets very scared and always hitting the walls trying to escape. I dont think she can give birth in that small box where she gets panicked.
Also i noticed she open the mouth sometime more then normal. Like yawning.

I have some Ammonia sticker and it shows safe, I do water change often.
ph 7,5
24-25 degrees celsius water temp

Thank you!
Have a nice day!

 

[Rocky998]

There are a few issues I see...
#1- I would use a liquid test kit such as the API master kit to get an accurate ammonia rating.

#2- Guppies and neon tetras are two completely opposite fish when you look at water parameters... Guppies should be kept in hard water while most tetras such as neons should be kept in soft water if either are kept in an opposite water condition it will lead to kidney failure.

#3- This tank is way to small. Guppies should be kept in larger groups and be in a tank no less than 10 gallons. Neons should also be kept in larger groups and have a minimum tank size of 20 gallons due to their school sizes.

 

[emeraldking]

Well, if I look at both vids, they both look okay. I don't see any coloration on her gills.
These are red scarlet endlers (also known as chili endlers). This is a hybrid strain. So, it's not a pure endler strain. But with their size you can keep them in this tank. They won't get massive in size. Just consider the fact that when they have fry, it will become crowded at some point (but they'll have smaller batches of fry in comparison to fancy guppies).
Both pure endlers and hybrid endlers can be kept at moderate soft water till hard. So, moderate soft water won't hurt them by any means. Guppies with larger finnage should be kept in harder water for otherwise, their finnage get torn.
This female is pregnant. The color or intensity of the color of the gravid spot can change when their mood changes. But that's nothing to be worried about.

 

[Bogdan]

Well, if I look at both vids, they both look okay. I don't see any coloration on her gills.
These are red scarlet endlers (also known as chili endlers). This is a hybrid strain. So, it's not a pure endler strain. But with their size you can keep them in this tank. They won't get massive in size. Just consider the fact that when they have fry, it will become crowded at some point (but they'll have smaller batches of fry in comparison to fancy guppies).
Both pure endlers and hybrid endlers can be kept at moderate soft water till hard. So, moderate soft water won't hurt them by any means. Guppies with larger finnage should be kept in harder water for otherwise, their finnage get torn.
This female is pregnant. The color or intensity of the color of the gravid spot can change when their mood changes. But that's nothing to be worried about.

Thanks for reply.
For sure I will get a bigger aquarium if they get bigger or more in numbers. Only thing that concerns me is the rubbing against the ground sometimes, like something is itching her on the belly and she tries to scratch. Maybe is the fry inside ?
Is it better to move her already to some smaller tank alone so she can have the babies ? I try to watch and catch the moment of birth, im sure the fry will be eaten very quick in the tank.... I'm afraid i will miss the moment.


P.S. I didn't know what I buy when I got the aquarium and the number of fishes was recommendation from pet store.

Thanks

 

[Rocky998]

P.S. I didn't know what I buy when I got the aquarium and the number of fishes was recommendation from pet store.

Yah, most of the time pet stores dont know a thing about fish keeping but every now and then there is a good store.

 

[Naughts]

Your tetra are cardinals not neons. They need a bigger tank - 54 litres+.

Paracheirodon axelrodi – Cardinal Tetra (Cheirodon axelrodi, Hyphessobrycon cardinalis) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

 

[Rocky998]

Your tetra are cardinals not neons. They need a bigger tank - 54 litres+.

Paracheirodon axelrodi – Cardinal Tetra (Cheirodon axelrodi, Hyphessobrycon cardinalis) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

I thought they looked a bit different than neons!

 

[emeraldking]

im sure the fry will be eaten very quick in the tank....

These chili endlers will leave their fry alone.

 

[Bogdan]

Ok guys so she gave birth, I have 9 endler guppy cute babies...they are so small....
I will upgrade my tank soon, I plan for a 60 liter one.
The neons were chasing the babies and I separated them.

 

[Bogdan]

they have new 55 liter tank, seems more happy, but the guppy female still fat, she made 9 babies and she's still fat...she eats all day, and she is quicker then other fish she eats 70% of food before others even realize there is food....