" The more I read about Kribensis the more I see what interesting fish
they are.
They have beautiful colours and show the high level parental care
which is so
typical of many cichlids. I'm sure if I kept them and they bred I
would be
absolutely glued to the tank watching them shepherd their young
around. My
difficulty is that I really don't like seeing aggression in a tank
even if
it's more the threatening kind rather than a full blown attack. Maybe
the
answer is to convince my husband to let me set up my 15 Gallon tank in
the living
room where I could keep a pair of Kribs on their own with just some
amano shrimp.

From my own experience, Kribs are better parents when other "dither" fish
are present. Again, just my own experience, but very quickly the inmates
seemed to be aware and careful not to go anywhere near the young Kribs.
(Another debate, but how if fish supposedly have a four second memory span
?)

My only frustration has been from a terratorial bristlenose catfish who has
decided to take up residence in my Kribs favourite breeding cave.

--
Rich

http://www.richdavies.com/tropicalfish/
http://www.richdavies.com/fishkeeping.htm
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