zhong89 Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) I recently started my obsession with livebearers, well endlers to be exact. I started with 6 adult endlers and now I have close to 20 altogether. My first spawn of 8 is starting to mature and I realized all 8 are females. They're about 3 weeks old (their mum just gave birth again), none of them is starting to show any form of colouring and all of them is starting to get big tummies and look more and more like their mother. I'm just wondering if this i got to do with the temperature or pH or both or entirely something else? like food? I have being trying to get them to eat dried food and they'll only eat it if there's no other food for them to eat. I put in microworms for the babies, but the adults and juvies go at them like there's no tomorrow. I also occasionally throw in some mosquito larvae and bloodworm for added protein for the females. Any experienced livebearer keeper out there that can help me with this problem? Edited August 23, 2010 by Joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo oakley Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 I have had personal experience with temperature and sex ratio. More males with a lower temperature, More females with a higher temperature. I have been told by a few people that pH can affect fry, I found no proof on line to back it up. I read articals on line that state that the female can influence the sex of her fry, if more males where needed that what you got. I have tried to find the site again, no luck. You can get female Guppies changing sex if there is no male around. http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/IMPFreshwater/IMPFreshwaterPage06.php?0506 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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