Allie

Well my kribs are 2 months old now, 6 are going to one person & someone is taking the last of them this weekend. My babies are close to juvies...there are a few I can tell which sex they are: the ratio seems to be more males...unless they change...but the "female looking" ones are shorter/squaty like a grown female. The biggest one is a male...he looks like his dad but he has a single spot in his caudal fin...you can see the red trim on the "male looking" ones dorsal fins. Some have a lot of spot in their dorsal like their mom's.
I wish I could keep them all just to see how many of each sex there is...but I may keep 4...depending on how big of a tank we get for xmas.
I know I have to give them up but I feel sad a bit. I did help raise them.
I feel like I was just excited about them flirting, now Dad is gone to fishy heaven and Mom has gone to live with our friends who have 2 males...hopefully she isn't a black widow krib. She wasn't happy alone in the 120g with the other fish who were hiding from her...and I think that by the time the babies get big enough she may be too old to breed. So she should be happy with the males until she choses one to partner with. I can grow out a few & start the process all over again...unless we get bombarded with Malawi cichlid fry.
It was a nice experience to watch kribs mate and parent...I recommend it for anyone who wants to watch fish breed.

Dino

I know how you feel.

This is one of the reasons we do not sell to pet stores.

All the fish we sell, we know are going to good homes.

Allie

Yeah one of the main reasons I am giving the fry away to people who want fish for pets than our lfs. They'd end up dead there, they have a ton of kribs in too small of tank.

Dino

UGH.

At this point in time, there is no LFS within a 3 hours drive that I would trust my fish to.

Allie

I guess that would be why we are both are opening our owns stores eventually. Hopefully.

Dino

Exactly.

melawii

aww thats so sad allie, I didn't know you were giving away mom too! If I was closer I would take some of your fish in a heartbeat I wish them the best of luck and I hope you decide to keep a few fry!

COBettaCouple

yea, that's the tough part - giving up the fry but it does help to know they're going to a good home. We're going to try to do that with the fish we breed and are going to be cutting back to 11 tanks (for now) so that we'll have more room to setup tanks to keep the fry in from the fish we're keeping until we find good homes (and exchange some fry to get more diverse bloodlines going on with fish like the Ameca Splendens).

You did a great job raising them!

Allie

It was a last minute decision about the mom. I am sure she is very happy with 2 males.

Tom

We need pics before they go.
Tom

Allie

I'll try when I get home,...I am doing laundry.

Allie

They are going today...I feel so silly but I do feel sad.
Bye bye kribs, it was nice watching you grow.

COBettaCouple

Nah, it's not silly. I felt sad to send the red fancy gups off to their new home. I did love watching all the little fry swim around but they were old enough. Our Endlers will probably be the next fish to give us fry.