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NetMax wrote in message ...
Don't worry too much about your success rate. Enjoy the show, and
almost no matter what happens, they will make more )

NetMax


I think I spent about 5 hours watching them last night. the male has
dug out
every little pebble he can from under the rock.. the female still seems
to
be unhappy with it.. that link you posted says the female will
"disapear
into the cave and reappear 5 days later with the fry" once she has laid
the
eggs. at the moment, although they are both guarding the cave, one or
both
will often go off for a swim around the tank. the female makes regular
trips
into the cave, but doesn't stay in very long, and the male goes in
occasionally, but I think he is just trying hard to shift a few more
pebbles
that won't budge.

Regarding the female re-appearing after 5 days with fry, I'm sure that is
what happened to the person writing the web site. When the eggs hatch,
the babies must be moved to a pit/depression somewhere. Once they are
all safely moved, the parents will begin the process of moving them to
another pit, and so on & so on. I'm not certain of their motivation,
either not safe to stay in one spot too long, or possibility of fungus
starting from any dead fry *who knows?*. When they are moving them
around, you will typically have some opportunity to view their progress.

If anyone has first hand experience watching Krib spawns, please pipe in.
I've only spawned them 3 or 4 times, and I was not paying that close
attention to any rituals which might be unique to Kribs. All the
central/south-American substrate spawners follow a pretty typical pattern
though. The biggest difference is some types switch to a single parent
instead of both, and even then, they are not always consistant about it.
I think my Krib spawns all involved both parents.


thanks again Netmax, just one last question (for now hehe).

If they have spawned, how I can I tell? should I expect the female to remain
close to the eggs (in the cave) all the time? or is it possible they will
take turns guarding it?

thankyou for your ongoing help!