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	30G stocking question
coop Enthusiast Posts: 168 Kudos: 60 Votes: 2 Registered: 25-Jan-2006	Edited by coop i have a 30G with a pair of kribs in it. what are some african cichlids i can put in there with them. my friend suggested yellow labs and/or jewels is this ok?
Posted 13-Aug-2006 04:36
stuff_gnome Fish Addict Posts: 620 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Aug-2003	nannochromis neolamprologus brevis pelvicachromis taeniatus pelvicachromis subocellatus I recently found an online supplier of the last two on the list, had been looking everywhere for them.
Posted 13-Aug-2006 04:57
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Yellow labs are from Lake Malawi and need much harder water than your kribs would like. Jewels get too aggressive and would likely kill off your kribs. The fish suggested above could work, but I don't think your tank is big enough for two pairs of cichlids...unless your tank is 48" long. Kribs really aren't all that peaceful to fellow bottom dwellers, especially when breeding. I'd suggest upper/midwater fish that you might find interesting as tankmates. Eric
Posted 13-Aug-2006 17:31
coop Enthusiast Posts: 168 Kudos: 60 Votes: 2 Registered: 25-Jan-2006	Edited by coop I know they are aggresive. my freind has a similar setup to mine and it has kribs a nd jewels in it. they dont pay any attention to each over. the only problem is his male jewel chases his female jewel around concictantly. other than these species the only other african cichlids around here are mbunas,frontosa, blue 'haps',auratus and butterflys. any possible combonations for the kribs? if not i understand. thanx
Posted 14-Aug-2006 10:52
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	By butterfly do you mean A. thomasi (African Butterfly cichlid)? They might work - I think they'd be a better match than anything else. How long has your friend had the jewels in with the kribs? Adult jewels when they finally decide to spawn are really nasty. I'd see how things go in that tank 6 months from now... Eric
Posted 14-Aug-2006 13:38
bonny Ultimate Fish Guru Engineer in waiting Posts: 3121 Kudos: 498 Votes: 7 Registered: 09-Mar-2003	Do the fish have to be from africa? If not then there are a wide variety of dwarf cichlids that you could have in that tank, look at fish from the apistogramma genus. Or alternatively, why not add some schooling fish? There are loads of characins that would look impressive in a tank with the kribs.
Posted 14-Aug-2006 16:59
coop Enthusiast Posts: 168 Kudos: 60 Votes: 2 Registered: 25-Jan-2006	yes im talking about a. thomasi. i wanted african cichlids coz i was going for fish from the same continent. i went to the LFS yesterday to get a new male blue ram and a new male krib(the old one vanished, no sight of him)the new one is bigger and has bright red and orange fins. while i was in there i went to have a look at the butterflys but there wasnt any. i asked whether they were gonna get more in but they arent. oh well, ihave a gold gourami in there now. i think i might add a school of harlies or black neons,the krib cant eat them can he? or maybe some dwarf neon rainbows.
Posted 16-Aug-2006 13:15
bonny Ultimate Fish Guru Engineer in waiting Posts: 3121 Kudos: 498 Votes: 7 Registered: 09-Mar-2003	I highly doubt the krib would eat them, they only reach 4" after all. If the kribs decide to breed they may become aggressive to the other fish in it but i doubt any harm would come of it.
Posted 16-Aug-2006 14:57
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Fast fish are key when it comes to dithers. My kribs are in with white clouds right now, and they do nip at them but the WCs are too fast and get away. My male paradise fish has taken a significant beating, though, and he has learned to stay away from the bottom half of the tank. Kribs can be very, very aggressive when breeding - more so than most typical dwarf cichlids. Eric
Posted 16-Aug-2006 15:48
coop Enthusiast Posts: 168 Kudos: 60 Votes: 2 Registered: 25-Jan-2006	yeh they can be little terrors when they are breeding. when i had my last male they were always at it, but their eggs used to get eaten by a very, very sneaking litte thick-lipped gourami.my blue rams get nearly as agressive as he kribs do when theyre breeding, especially the female(she killed the other unpaired female!). i think i'll go with the harlies. thanx 4 ya help.
Posted 17-Aug-2006 12:25


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