My Kribs have spawned!

[Paul]

My first attempt at breeding fish has begun! My two kribs have finally
spawned!

From previous posts you might recall that the male had dug a cave and they
were protecting it.

Well, now they are protecting it with amazing fury! The female is spending
90% of her time in the cave and the male is the best guard-fish I have ever
seen. he has no fear!!

I looked in the cave and all I could see was two little "eggs" that looked
like little sack things, maybe 1mm accross, hanging from the bottom of the
rock that they dug the cave under. next time Iooked they had gone... I
assume the female has moved them to a safer spot with hopefully heaps of
other eggs???

I have a couple of juvenile paradise fish in my tank as well. do you think
this will be bad news for the fry? I have a very small spare aquarium I
could put the fry in if they are likely to all be eaten, but I would rather
have them nurtured by mum and dad, as long as 2 or 3 can survive!!!

I'm pretty happy!

[CKight8988]

>I have a couple of juvenile paradise fish in my tank as well. do you think
>this will be bad news for the fry? I have a very small spare aquarium I
>could put the fry in if they are likely to all be eaten, but I would rather
>have them nurtured by mum and dad, as long as 2 or 3 can survive!!!

I had a spawn of Kribs once. The parents are very protoctive. I had Jewels,
Convicts and other same temperment type fish in with them as well. They did
fine and I ended up with about 20+ of them surviving. If you have a pleco then
I would leave the light on. I would leave them in the tank they were born in.
But hey thats just me. Kribs are very fun fish i think......Cary

[Paul]

CKight8988 wrote in message
>...
>>I have a couple of juvenile paradise fish in my tank as well. do you think
>>this will be bad news for the fry? I have a very small spare aquarium I
>>could put the fry in if they are likely to all be eaten, but I would
rather
>>have them nurtured by mum and dad, as long as 2 or 3 can survive!!!
>
>I had a spawn of Kribs once. The parents are very protoctive. I had Jewels,
>Convicts and other same temperment type fish in with them as well. They did
>fine and I ended up with about 20+ of them surviving. If you have a pleco
then
>I would leave the light on. I would leave them in the tank they were born
in.
>But hey thats just me. Kribs are very fun fish i think......Cary

hey thanks for the reply. I am having a ball with my kribs.
The male reminds me of a big, kind, but protective dad, which he is I guess.
the female is so small and cute compared to him.

[NetMax]

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> My first attempt at breeding fish has begun! My two kribs have finally
> spawned!
>
> From previous posts you might recall that the male had dug a cave and
they
> were protecting it.
>
> Well, now they are protecting it with amazing fury! The female is
spending
> 90% of her time in the cave and the male is the best guard-fish I have
ever
> seen. he has no fear!!
>
> I looked in the cave and all I could see was two little "eggs" that
looked
> like little sack things, maybe 1mm accross, hanging from the bottom of
the
> rock that they dug the cave under. next time Iooked they had gone... I
> assume the female has moved them to a safer spot with hopefully heaps
of
> other eggs???
>
> I have a couple of juvenile paradise fish in my tank as well. do you
think
> this will be bad news for the fry? I have a very small spare aquarium
I
> could put the fry in if they are likely to all be eaten, but I would
rather
> have them nurtured by mum and dad, as long as 2 or 3 can survive!!!
>
> I'm pretty happy!

There is a good chance that those Paradise fish will not get within
striking range of the fry, but if you are worried, I'd move the Paradise
fish into the smaller aquarium instead.

Remember that the first spawn is a practice run, for them, their tank
mates and for you. They can make more ;~) Enjoy

NetMax

[Kay]

Paul wrote:

> My first attempt at breeding fish has begun! My two kribs have finally
> spawned!
>
> From previous posts you might recall that the male had dug a cave and they
> were protecting it.
>
> Well, now they are protecting it with amazing fury! The female is spending
> 90% of her time in the cave and the male is the best guard-fish I have
> ever seen. he has no fear!!
>
> I looked in the cave and all I could see was two little "eggs" that looked
> like little sack things, maybe 1mm accross, hanging from the bottom of the
> rock that they dug the cave under. next time Iooked they had gone... I
> assume the female has moved them to a safer spot with hopefully heaps of
> other eggs???
>
> I have a couple of juvenile paradise fish in my tank as well. do you think
> this will be bad news for the fry? I have a very small spare aquarium I
> could put the fry in if they are likely to all be eaten, but I would
> rather have them nurtured by mum and dad, as long as 2 or 3 can survive!!!
>
> I'm pretty happy!

Congradulation! I have a pair thats doing the da

[Brian C. Attwood]

Paul wrote:
> My first attempt at breeding fish has begun! My two kribs have finally
> spawned!
>

Congratulations! My kribs have developed an interesting breeding
routine. They have spawned about once a month since I got them six
months ago and have worked together to protect the eggs and larva. The
last several times though the female has decided that once the fry
reached the free swimming stage the male was no longer welcome and he
was relegated to hiding in a corner. She is not nearly as mean to the
other fish in the tank which are still allowed to swim around the tank,
just not near the fry. The fry would inevitably slowly disappear and
once they were gone (three finally survived from the last brood) the
male was allowed to come out of hiding and they were a happy couple again.

Brian

[Paul]

The reverse happened with mine with the male going crazy eating all the fry
and killing other tank mates and partner

Paul
"Brian C. Attwood" > wrote in message
...
> Paul wrote:
> > My first attempt at breeding fish has begun! My two kribs have finally
> > spawned!
> >
>
> Congratulations! My kribs have developed an interesting breeding
> routine. They have spawned about once a month since I got them six
> months ago and have worked together to protect the eggs and larva. The
> last several times though the female has decided that once the fry
> reached the free swimming stage the male was no longer welcome and he
> was relegated to hiding in a corner. She is not nearly as mean to the
> other fish in the tank which are still allowed to swim around the tank,
> just not near the fry. The fry would inevitably slowly disappear and
> once they were gone (three finally survived from the last brood) the
> male was allowed to come out of hiding and they were a happy couple again.
>
> Brian
>

[al]

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> The reverse happened with mine with the male going crazy eating all the
fry
> and killing other tank mates and partner


I got into the situation where I was perhaps feeding them to much so the
couple were ready to breed again before the previous batch was independant.
then they would loose interest in the fry and breed again - once this
happend the male (mostly) ate the remaining fry before I caught on to what
was happening. On the next cycle - I suctioned out the fry when I started
seeing the parents loose interest and let them grow in a small fry tank on
their on which worked well.

But now my kribs are over a year and a half old and are a close couple but
don't breed anymore

Al