"OldTownSta" wrote in message
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BOTTOM LINE FIRST: I'd like to give my Kribs every opportunity to
breed in my
community tank. Which of the following make POOR tank mates (from the
kribs'
perspective), especially in terms of raiding eggs from kribs?:

My guess is the following are probably ok w/ the kribs: Guppies,
Swordtails,
Mollies, zebras, Neons, Cherry barbs, cories, glass cats, hatchet fish,
angels,
dwarf gouramis, 8" pl*co

I'm suspicious of the following: Pictus cat, 5" black ghost knife,
raphael
cat, clown loaches. Your advice please?
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The fry will be relatively safe with the Corys (certainly as soon as they
are free-swimming), the Hatchetfish (by the time they get to that
height... they will never get to that height of the tank), Neons (don't
have the equipment, after the fry are a few weeks old), the Pleco
(similar to comment for Neons) and the Dwarf gouramis. Everyone else has
motive and capability, if the fry were unguarded, and night time is a
tough time for parents to see their fry to protect them.

Guppies, Swordtails (even more) and Mollies (especially) roam the tank
and are well trained to chase new fry (usually their own).

Zebras are just fast, and if they catch sight of unguarded fry, it won't
take them long.

Cherry barbs might surprise you, especially as they like poking around
the underbrush.

Glass cats can be very active eaters, exploring what fits and doesn't.

Angels are piscivorous carnivores (meaning the meat they usually eat is
fish).

Pictus are the Hoovers of the fishworld, using their many barbels to
shovel food and fry in.

The BGK would enjoy them at many different sizes.

In theory your Raphael should chow down, but I've never seen a Raphael
catfish actually move before ;~)

Loaches would definitely be a problem, but a diminishing one as the fry
gained mobility and speed, if there was shelter around.

If something is eating their eggs now, my money would be on the Raphael.
Few fish could comfortably dine on caviar while getting pummeled by Mr &
Mrs K.

The best place for the couple is a 10 or 20g on their own, call it the
honeymoon suite.

And, no, I don't think I tend to anthropomophize one bit, why do you
ask? --

I'd never even think of asking ;~)

NetMax

Jim