Allie

Here's my 50g....home to my kribs and their babies...pus 5 diamond tetra.
If you are interested in following the stages the fry will go thru here's a link to my web page.
http://www.freewebs.com/sororitybetta/kribensispair.htm

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bmxer193

Nice Tank!

bmxer193

Hey look im a "fish bum" now! lol

Howeyg

NICE!! Once i move i will set up a tank for my brother to look after and care for his favourite fish by far are kribs so ill direct him here for good example of how kribensis should be cared for!!!!

capekate

Hi Allie
I love your tank set up!! wow.... I really do love plants in a tank.. Can you tell me what kinds you have there? I recognize the amazon sword plant,but not sure what is on the right hand side of the tank and the far left??
Thanks so much for sharing!
~ kate

Allie

Thanks guys...I love my new set up. I think kribs are my favorite dwarf cichlids.
Yes that is amazon swords, java fern which is a mother plant, the other ones I have to look up. We got them free so we don't know what they are...researching them now.

COBettaCouple

love those beautiful kribs!

Tom

Stop it, you're making me so jealous with all of your beautiful krib pics.
Tom

capekate

Hi Allie
Are you using anything special to keep your plants looking so great and healthy?
~ kate

Allie

They came from our 120g which was started with plant chemicals and a co2 injector...oh yeah and lots of light.

capekate

ahhhhh no wonder they are so beautiful! My 55g tank only has two 15w lights so no wonder my amazon swords do not do too well.
I have a box of Jungle Lab "tank buddies" Plant Care Fizz Tablets. I have been nervous about putting an chemicals into the discus tank and so havent used it yet. It says to add 1 tablet to each ten gal water so that would mean like 5.5 tabs a week! Im just not sure this is a good thing for my fish to do this. What is your opinion on this? Do you think I can use that much? Or maybe for two small amazon swords I can use less? And can you recommend a tank light that is not too expensive but would give me the right light for low-medium light plants?
for your help!
~ kate

Allie

To be honest with you I know nothing about plants. My boyfriend does all the work. He just said the chemicals have nothing to do with it. It's all in the lighting , Co2 and care (triming)...2.5 watts per gallon for the best lighting. One warning...you'll get lots of algae with all the extra light but it eventually goes away with lots of daily attention.

capekate

Well your BF is doing a fantastic job with those plants! So I see I would need alot of wattage lights to maintain such beautiful plants. Well guess I will put it on the to do list at some point!
~ kate

Allie

Allie

ok the stuff to the right is called Alternanthera reineckii, the stringy stuff to the left is dying...so it's going back to the 120g.

Isabella

Allie, this is such a GORGEOUS tank! Your Amazon Sword is so beautiful, and your fishies are so cute! Wonderful job!

Allie

Thanks Isabella. I love it too. Can't wait to see what it's going to look like with a bunch baby kribs swimming around.