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	Kribensis love (now with family)
Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007	Edited by Brengun I have some young kribs and last night I put a male in with a female. Well her belly went bright pink and she proceeded to parade him up and down the tank. She is absolutely besotted with him, even though the poor guy was still getting used to the tank move.
Posted 23-Apr-2008 03:03
Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005	Nice fish! I really miss my Kribs. I want to add a dwarf cichlid but I think my baby BN and shrimp would have problems. 55G Planted tank thread 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric
Posted 23-Apr-2008 03:23
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Edited by big e Kribs can be simply stunning - here is my female "pair"...they paired up at the LFS, court like a male/female pair, lay eggs (which they clean and guard yet for some reason, , never hatch). They're too cute for me to add a male unless they break-up on their own: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2433333726_52a202be0e_b.jpg
Posted 23-Apr-2008 05:08
Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007	So far I have seen no nastiness to other fish, unless its their own kind. The female seems to know to be not bossy with little corys but if the female betta comes down for a sticky beak she gets a very stern look. Its enough to send her back up to the mid to top areas of the tank. The otos seem to be largely ignored by the kribs. I have this pair in the 3ft tank with plecs, cories, glasscats, otos, and betta. I had a photo of the krib swimming around the bn's as they ate their cucumber but I deleted it.
Posted 23-Apr-2008 05:13
Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007	We have kids! My kribensis got really nasty in the plec tank and even the big bn male got bit for sitting on a log beside the cave so I moved them. The female was in a bottle cave, so I just lifted it out with her inside. Good thing I did too cause when I put it into another tank of their own, it was full of babies! Today dad is baby sitting and mum seems to have been driven off and is hiding. Here's just one pic, but log onto the link underneath for 10 shots including a macro shot of a fry. http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd85/Brengun_photos/Kribensis/
Posted 04-May-2008 10:12
brandeeno Mega Fish Posts: 929 Kudos: 636 Registered: 13-Sep-2007	beautiful bren! hope the fry rear up well. what are you gonna do with all of them?? also it seems that breeding jsut comes naturally to you... well good luck with the little ones! \\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"
Posted 04-May-2008 19:47
Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007	Hi Brandeeno, sorry I kept missing you in chat. I have no idea what I am going to do with the fry. There are a lot of them. I will have to find a spare tank, somewhere.
Posted 05-May-2008 03:27
Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	Reply for Big E: Those two kribs of yours are both females. Thats why they are both so colorful and have such short fins. Its actually not that uncommon for two females to pair up. You see alot in angelfish.
Posted 05-May-2008 11:46
Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007	Edited by Brengun So the second day out of the fry, dad has finally allowed mum back with the fry. I am not sure why he got so all fired protective at the outset. I am dropping in microworm, artemia cysts (since I am hopeless at hatching baby brine shrimp), and crushed cichlid pellets. I don't know if they are eating them or not but at least I'm doing my bit.
Posted 06-May-2008 09:13
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Yeah Gourami - I know they're both female, but they were cute...until the dominant female finally "broke-up" with the other female. I went back to the LFS and bought the male who had been hiding in the tank when I bought the two females. Right away, the dominant female and him were side by side and have been since he was added to the tank. Brengun - new parents can be funny...maybe next time the male will be driven away at fist. You just never know. Eric
Posted 06-May-2008 13:55
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Congratulations Brengun ! Any update on the fry ? The Amazon Nut...
Posted 18-May-2008 17:49
Finn Fingerling Posts: 25 Kudos: 5 Votes: 0 Registered: 02-Mar-2008	Awesome to see the pics there Brengun - we now have the same in our tank!! They are soo cute and they grow really quick.
Posted 28-May-2008 08:38
HOKESE Mega Fish Posts: 1105 Kudos: 478 Votes: 271 Registered: 22-Feb-2003	Edited by hokese well done cool little babies ps,if 2 females do pair up,how do they hatch there eggs im not saying your wrong,im just wondering,i think it its pretty cool
Posted 28-May-2008 15:32
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Regarding the two females pairing up...they don't hatch their eggs - they just guard them for a long time until they eat them because they're obviously bad, they do this about 3 times, then the dominant female drives the other female away because she has finally realized it's not male. I now have a male in with the two females. I'm pretty sure I have a batch of fry in there from the pair (in a cave right now)...the poor unpaired female is now officially a target fish - although she has not been hurt she is chased away a lot. Eric
Posted 28-May-2008 16:03
HOKESE Mega Fish Posts: 1105 Kudos: 478 Votes: 271 Registered: 22-Feb-2003	ahhh ok,i figured it would have been something like that,your poor little fishy being booted out,then turned into a target fishi feal sorry for her
Posted 28-May-2008 16:12
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	HOKESE - Fear not, I finally caught the poor girl and took her into my LFS where she will hopefully go to someone with a better situation. My tank is heavily planted (as in you can't see the fish if they're not in the front half of the tank, and even then it takes some looking!), and it took me all this time to be able to catch her without destroying the plants and the tank set up. FWIW - Fry are now free swimming and the parents, for first time parents, are amazingly good. Eric
Posted 05-Jun-2008 04:02


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