Female Endler Vs Female Guppy
Gonopodium endlers have a thin gonopodium that has one hook.
Female endler vs female guppy. The endler males are smaller in size than the females endlers and are more bright and colourful compare to the females. This looks like a female guppy. Endler s livebearers prefer hard warm water.
That guppy ain t an endler it s a common guppy. This fish prefers swimming in upper water layers and it is a good tank mate for all non aggressive fishes. Large pet stores never carry female endlers or they assume they are female guppies and mix them.
You will be okay purchasing female guppies and male endlers. However they can be kept at 18 29 c 64 84 f but the optimum temperature for them is 24 27 c 75 81 f a bit higher than their guppy cousins. Photo s from here male female.
The issue is split whether guppies and endlers are 2 different species or variations of the same. Do you have a photo of the males. I cant be sure because i can t enlarge the picture like usual to see if there is a gonopodium.
Female endlers are often thought to be smaller than guppies because they can produce young at a very small size however female endlers can grow to be every bit as large as female guppies. The females are usually monochromatic. The fish feels very comfortable in tanks with floating plants.
Difference in the mating behavior between the normal guppy and guppy campoma o the campoma guppy males are more places from below by the female often the normal guppy more often from behind or the side o the endler campoma guppy females not really attack and the males do not really hunt for the female. The female endler fish carries eggs for 22 24 days. Female endlers and female guppies are nearly identical in appearance.
They do best if kept in planted tanks with live aquarium plants though fake plants also do to give them hiding places.
