#endlers

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Betcha wont give me a fish

You bet wrong

You get an Endler’s Livebearer

Poecilia wingei

[tank-tea]

Artaban accidentally flirting with a shrimp

[malkamundo]

My fish

[thepeacefulpleco]

[glassboxdiaries]

✨ Walstad tank update! ✨ This setup was originally for a betta 🐠, but sadly he never thrived and passed. Since then, I’ve moved my Endlers into the tank 🐟, and they’ve settled in beautifully – super active and loving the space.

The snowball shrimp 🦐 are thriving too, and I even spotted one carrying eggs recently! 🥚👀 Fingers crossed for some baby shrimp soon. 💕

Plant growth is coming along 🌱 – the Rotala Blood Red didn’t make it, but the epiphytes are spreading across the rocks just how I imagined. The Cryptocoryne beckettii petchii is filling in the foreground nicely, and the Limnophila sessiliflora is thriving in the background, keeping the water crystal clear 💧.

The red root floaters 🍃 lost some color after lowering the light to fight algae, but I’ve been experimenting with the DLI method to find the right balance. 🌞⚖️

[geosesarma]

The Braincells! The Aquarium Related Frivolities! Look at how much they lack thought! Poecilia wingei "El Tigre", a locality of endler's livebearer from the El Tigre stream in Campoma, Venezuela

[betta-butch]

shlormp

[photozoi]

The Endlers exploring their new environs.

This is my poor little beat up extra tank that I set up to raise snails in after the Pea Puffers ate all the invasive snails in their tank. (I know, I know, that is another saga...) You can see it is working as intended, there are snail eggs on the glass. The Endlers got moved here as an experiment... and I have a feeling it is a permanent move. They seem quite happy in their new environs.