A community fish?

[Bad Wolf]

are kribs a community compatible fish? i've seen them in a few vedios in with fish as small as neon tetras but i heard they were nasty, like most other cichlids.

[Nick G]

Mine live in a community tank and are raising their second lot of fry in there at the moment. They get a little aggressive when they spawn but the other fish soon learn to keep clear. IMO it depends on the tankmates. Mine are with Swords, Guppies, Platies, Corys and Borelli Cichlids, all of whom are smaller and weaker than the Kribs, and thus stay away from the fry.

[Bad Wolf]

will they be fine with zebra danios, guppies, corys, mollies and kuhli loaches in a 15 gallon tank? possibly a ram and a BN pleco as well.

and just a question, what does IMO mean?

[Nick G]

IMO = In my opinion. No, that would be far too many fish for a 15gal. A pair of Kribs need a 20gal minumum. Just the Danios, Guppies, Mollies and Kuhlis would be overstocked.

[Bad Wolf]

there are going to be 3 kuhlis, 2 mollies, 6 guppies and 5 danios. i thought it would be a bit small for a krib, just needed a second opinion, but say if it were a larger tank would they be fine?

[Nick G]

I'd say so. The only fish that I've no experience of there is the Kuhli, but I don't think there'd be any problems.

[ABCDemily]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

there are going to be 3 kuhlis, 2 mollies, 6 guppies and 5 danios. i thought it would be a bit small for a krib, just needed a second opinion, but say if it were a larger tank would they be fine?

In a fifteen gal that's still probably gunna be overstocked.
6 guppys at 2-3 inches each is 12-18 inches, which is over stocked. 5 danios = 5 inches, mollies = 3 inches. See? Rather overstocked. If you can get them a much, much larger tank it should be sufficient, but even with guppies growing to their full size, it'll be overstocked.
My larger guppy is 3.5 inches long, and the others are two and a half.
If you're set on all these fish, you'll be performing water changes every day pretty much.

[Bad Wolf]

wow, 3.5 inches on a guppy. the guppies in here are going to be juvenile or adolescent which is about 1 - 1.5 inches, then i give them to my friends or to my LPS.

[Dojo]

I read somewhere that adult kribs will snack on guppies.. any truth to that?

[ABCDemily]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

wow, 3.5 inches on a guppy. the guppies in here are going to be juvenile or adolescent which is about 1 - 1.5 inches, then i give them to my friends or to my LPS.

Yeah, she's a proper beasty fish! She's my favourite though

[Bad Wolf]

the largest guppy i've ever seen is my friends, she has a 2 inch female guppy, i can't imagine a 3.5 guppy, could you post a picture?

[ABCDemily]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

the largest guppy i've ever seen is my friends, she has a 2 inch female guppy, i can't imagine a 3.5 guppy, could you post a picture?

She's about 3 inches, I just measured her. Well, when she swims to the front, I grabbed a ruler lol.

Here she is with Darwin the Gourami.

[Bad Wolf]

she is magnifecent, her tail is great, is she pregnant or just large? if she's ever gave birth, how big was the batch?

[ABCDemily]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

she is magnifecent, her tail is great, is she pregnant or just large? if she's ever gave birth, how big was the batch?

Nope, I think she's just very very big. She's never given birth, I've had her about a year, with no males, except now I have a two and a half month juvenile, so I guess we'll have to find out how many babies she's capable of.

[Bad Wolf]

i know the larger the female the more fry come out, i have a very round female about an inch and a half or 2 and she is not dropping her fry.

[ABCDemily]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

i know the larger the female the more fry come out, i have a very round female about an inch and a half or 2 and she is not dropping her fry.

Unfortunately I can't really help you there. Maybe she's just a little stressed and doesn't feel comfortable?

[Bad Wolf]

she is very comfortable ATM, she in a 55 gallon tank.

[ABCDemily]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

she is very comfortable ATM, she in a 55 gallon tank.

Maybe the larger the fish, the longer the gestation period. I've only ever had one sucessful guppy batch, and the only reason they're alive is that they swam into my breeding trap through the holes at the bottom.

[Bad Wolf]

about 6-8 weeks ago one of my previous females gave birth to about 35. i only have 1 alive today. more than half were killed by my angel (they got sucked through the holes in the net) and the other half by my other female guppy (who got them in the nursery tank).

[small_fry]

As asked above would the krib eat the guppies?? and would a krib be ok with corys?? im worried they might compete for the bottom of the tank? i have a 3 foot tank and want a pair of kribs and some tetras or other schooling fish but def about 6 congo tetras.

What other fish has anyone put their kribs with and been really happy??

[hozzie]

I have a pair of kribs in with 5 rosy barbs, 6 odessa barbs, 2 rasboras and a catfish. up to recently they also shared with 3 clown loaches. Before that they shared with some platys.

I think anything thats fast enough to get out of their way is ok and the rasboras only live at the top of the tank so they rarely meet the kribs. Mine live mainly bottom with some forays upwards.

My kribs are breeding so I presume that means they are happy ? babies should emerge any day now. Lovely colours on the female.

[Ekrindul]

My krib eats platy fry if they are small enough, so I imagine a kribensis would gladly eat guppy fry. As far as getting along with cories, my krib constantly reminds the platy and danios who the boss is, but he never bothers my albino or pygmy cories, or my ottos. He even eats with the catfish.