10 gallon Endlers Livebearers Tank

[Tropical]

So I'm finally setting up my 10 gallon tank, and I've decided on an Endlers Livebearers tank. For those who are unfamiliar with them, they are small fish that are close relations of the guppy. The males are very colorful and pretty.

A man who lives about 20 minutes away from me is going out of the hobby, and he is selling all of his stuff. He said I could have some of his fish before another person takes the tank and all other accesories on Friday.

The tank is 10 gallons. I am using a pool filter sand substrate. I'll probably go lightly planted, with java moss and java fern for the fry to hide in.

 

[Homedog98]

Following!

 

[Tropical]

First order of business, cleaning the sand and tank. I'll post some pictures soon.

 

[Homedog98]

First order of business, cleaning the sand and tank. I'll post some pictures soon.

Cool! How many endlers are you getting? You know the male/female ratio right?

 

[daileene]

ohhh i love endlers...i am definitely interested on how your tank will look like.

 

[jetajockey]

Awesome. I like endlers a lot, following.

 

[Tropical]

Cool! How many endlers are you getting? You know the male/female ratio right?

I was thinking 2 males and 3 females, but he said it's hard to get specific fish out, so he'll just get me a net full.

I'm super excited for this project. I'm 10 minutes in and I already wonder why I used gravel instead of sand for my 20g. The sand looks pretty good IMO. Here are some pics. The first is just the bucket with the sand, the second is the tank with the sand and a few inches of water, the third is another of the tank with sand.

 

[alLexX]

tell us how the breeding goes

 

[jetajockey]

are they black bars or another strain?

 

[Homedog98]

I was thinking 2 males and 3 females, but he said it's hard to get specific fish out, so he'll just get me a net full.

I'm super excited for this project. I'm 10 minutes in and I already wonder why I used gravel instead of sand for my 20g. The sand looks pretty good IMO. Here are some pics. The first is just the bucket with the sand, the second is the tank with the sand and a few inches of water, the third is another of the tank with sand.

Alright, well, 1 male to every 3 females is best, but we'll see what you get.

 

[Tropical]

are they black bars or another strain?

I believe they are black bars. I'm not 100% sure yet though.

 

[Tropical]

The tank is full. I put a fake plant and a rock from my other tank just to spice things up. Hopefully I'm getting some breeder boxes, some java moss/fern, and some new light bulbs tomorrow.

 

[daileene]

looking nice already...

 

[Tropical]

Thanks It's not much, but hopefully it will start to look like some of the amazing tanks here at AA with some time and effort.

 

[Fisharefriends33]

Are you planning on fake or live plants?

 

[Tropical]

Hopefully live plants. It will be my first live plant set up, so I'm going to keep it simple with java moss, java ferns, anubias, things like that. I don't want it too dense because I want to be able to find the fry, but I would still like a nice, natural looking tank.

 

[Fisharefriends33]

That sounds nice! Good luck!

 

[Cdepriest6009]

Tank is looking really good we wanted to get some endlers for my wives tank but we couldn't find any around these parts and I'm not to big on ordering online.

 

[Tropical]

I'm in Pennsylvania, I'd be willing to ship some when they are old enough if you are interested. It may be a while though, at least a month.

 

[allaboutfish]

you know if you densly planted the tank and put lots of moss then you wouldnt even need breeding nets