HUGE spawn!

[f8fan]

My Kribs just had their fourth spawn and I guess it is true that they get better at it as they go - this spawn is absolutely HUGE! There must be 60 or so. When the parents swim them around the tank it looks like a cloud is following them!
Kinda like Pigpen!

I'll post pics in case anyone is interested (if not, don't feel bad I'll post 'em anyway) when I get the good digital camera from work...I am continually fascinated by these kribs and their spawns!
p.s. I still have two from their last spawn although the new angelfish likes to hunt them down...I just took one out and put it in my 5 gallon Betta tank).
Edit just in case anyone is concerned that the Betta will try to eat him, heck, so am I, but I strategically placed a half dozen baby clam shells around the bottom of the tank with the shells pointed down, kinda like little tee-pees. The lil krib fry is a smart bugger as he took to the shells right away. Wish me luck! I hope he lives to be an adult, the only other successful fry I raised was one lone black molly in the 25 gallon brackish tank - still alive and kickin today! )

 

[ram man]

congrats on the fry! cant wait for the pics, i am fasinated by ichlids and thier parenting!

 

[Orion]

Congrats!!

You think kribs spawn alot and big, you should give N. brichardi a try. I've not seen the pair I had with a spawn as large as some kribs, but they would spawn about 30-40 fry about every 4-6 weeks.

Looking forward to pics!

 

[dallasfreak]

con grats on the liter

 

[f8fan]

I'll warn you all right off, you are looking at the worlds worst picture taker. Try as I might, I fiddle with all the options on the little dial thingie, macro, sport, portrait, flash on, flash off, pic from far away and crop it, pic up close and adjust the brightness/contraast...but alas I can't for the life of me take any good clear pics.
Anyway! Here is what I got for a couple pics tonight. The brood tends to split up into two groups - 1 the mom Krib watches over and one the dad Krib watches over, so I don't have a good group pic but anyway I'll stop blabbing here's the new kribs!

This one shows about 1/2 of the fry...there are TONS this time!

Motherhood becomes her, isn't she fantastic!?

And here is my new angel!

his/her tail doesnt have a chunk taken out if it, it's just there is no coloring on the area that looks like a chomp mark

 

[Lotus]

Awesome... Pig Pen mom and dad

Thanks for sharing.

 

[H2O]

Love the baby pics!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Congrats! Good pics too!

 

[Chazwick]

Great pics, good luck with the baby kribs!

 

[fishguy07]

Awesome! I love when fish spawn (but not livebearers). Those are some nice lookin Kribs, woulda got myself some but went with rams instead, though i would still love to have a pair of my own. What size tank is this goin on in? Do you happen to know what ur PH is kept at? Again Awesome! *thumbsups

 

[Fish Friend]

like your kribs, do they not bother the catfish or any other fish, seen as its a bigger spawn. wont they be more agressive?
nice spawn

 

[f8fan]

Thanks everyone!

Awesome! I love when fish spawn (but not livebearers). Those are some nice lookin Kribs, woulda got myself some but went with rams instead, though i would still love to have a pair of my own. What size tank is this goin on in? Do you happen to know what ur PH is kept at? Again Awesome! *thumbsups

My link in my signature has all the stats, it's a 55 gallon community tank, my ph is 7.0 with real soft water.

 

[Lovingmytank]

Congrats F8Fan

I still got 13 from my first batch in a seperate tank, i've just added another 30 3/4cm fry in from the last batch lol!

Need to update my siggy! but I'm hoping Mum and dad give it a rest now hehe no more live food for them! I cant cope!!!! lol