My Kribs Spawned!
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Thanks guys 
There aren't too many eggs, maybe 20-30 at first glance. I do believe this is the female's first time, so I hope everything goes well. The male seems to be keeping everyone in check, and the female is always around the eggs, so I'll keep my fingers crossed!
With any luck, I can borrow a good digi-cam from school to take some pics. In the next 2 weeks, I will be borrowing a digital video camera...movie time!
There aren't too many eggs, maybe 20-30 at first glance. I do believe this is the female's first time, so I hope everything goes well. The male seems to be keeping everyone in check, and the female is always around the eggs, so I'll keep my fingers crossed!With any luck, I can borrow a good digi-cam from school to take some pics. In the next 2 weeks, I will be borrowing a digital video camera...movie time!
The babies are doing well! I think there are about 10-15 or so. The eggs were too difficult to count. I think I've lost a few babies, but very few. I didn't do anything special to preserve them. The parents were doing such a great job, that I didn't think I needed to take any action. As a matter of fact, they still are protecting them, but they do allow their babies to swim freely now.
Their parenting is simply amazing to watch. The mother was a mother, always clouded in fry, while the father played a strong protective role. When in any perceived danger, like my big head in front of the glass, the mother would herd her fry away while the father would stop and look at me like "you better have some food or else!" I think she's more used to me now
The fry are growing rapidly, and now they are able to eat larger portions of food, so their growth shoud really take off, especially when they can handle bloodworms. Their diet currently consists of particles expelled when another fish chomps a flake, algae, and whatever they find in the gravel.
Kribs are excellent fish; they are colorful, hardy, easy to breed when you get a pair, superb parents, and have the intelligence of cichlids (duh). I say get a pair! In order to get a pair, find a strong, dominant male. Get 3 or so females and put them in a 20g long (excellent tank size to accommodate a few extra fish). Keep the water quality good. The female that isn't beaten up on or chased into corners is the winner, but be patient: it may take a while for a spawn.
Their parenting is simply amazing to watch. The mother was a mother, always clouded in fry, while the father played a strong protective role. When in any perceived danger, like my big head in front of the glass, the mother would herd her fry away while the father would stop and look at me like "you better have some food or else!" I think she's more used to me now
The fry are growing rapidly, and now they are able to eat larger portions of food, so their growth shoud really take off, especially when they can handle bloodworms. Their diet currently consists of particles expelled when another fish chomps a flake, algae, and whatever they find in the gravel.
Kribs are excellent fish; they are colorful, hardy, easy to breed when you get a pair, superb parents, and have the intelligence of cichlids (duh). I say get a pair! In order to get a pair, find a strong, dominant male. Get 3 or so females and put them in a 20g long (excellent tank size to accommodate a few extra fish). Keep the water quality good. The female that isn't beaten up on or chased into corners is the winner, but be patient: it may take a while for a spawn.
Thats good. Whats your water like? I have a 7.6 pH and a high kh. But ive heard they do well in this water and will even succesfully spawn. Is this true?
I went out yesterday but the store i went to had their whole fishroom empty. I knew they had kribs before but they are remodeling now so i came home empty handed and quiet dissapointed. There is another place that has them but the $9 price tag is discouraging. So how much did you get yours for? The store that sells them for 9 is pretty expensive so im unsure what others sell them for.
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I went out yesterday but the store i went to had their whole fishroom empty. I knew they had kribs before but they are remodeling now so i came home empty handed and quiet dissapointed. There is another place that has them but the $9 price tag is discouraging. So how much did you get yours for? The store that sells them for 9 is pretty expensive so im unsure what others sell them for.
.dc