Can female kribs live together peacefully?

I had a pair of kribs in my 20 gallon community tank.. The male died some time ago and the female, though healthy, just hangs out in her cave, has lost her color and actually seems lonely. I don't want to put another male in the tank as I did not like his aggressive behavior with the other fish. How about if I get another female? Good or bad idea?:yinyang:

 

My females are just about as aggressive as the males.
Lets see if anyone else has had other results
Carol

 

Naturally they will want to hide among plants, be in a cave, or seek out some type of similiar shelter. If you didn't like the aggressive behavior you may not want to get another one. While your problem before was with a male, if you were to get a female you are more than likely to experience more aggression. Even with two females there can be aggression. While you won't have the male aggression you will have two females who first will have to establish who is the dominant female, then they will have the occasional disagreement over territory.



Brian

 

Thank you Carol and Brian. I think you both talked me right out of rocking the boat by adding another female. The one surviving female was aggressive when the male was there but has become quite docile in the months since she became a "widow". I've even seen her snuggling up to the female bettas. Come to think of it, the two female bettas I have in the tank had an initial battle for dominance. I really thought one of them was going to end up dead but now it's all very peaceful.

 

I had 3 female Kribs together for almost 1 year. In the beginning they all chased each other around quite a bit. After awhile 2 of them sort of paired off and chased the third. I have since moved the third to another tank and the other 2 females live peacefully together in a community with a larger Neon Jewel and some other fish.

 

Well, this is good to hear DFH. I was guessing that a second female krib might result in the same sort of "working things out" situation as when I added the second female betta. I'm reconsidering.

 

I personally wouldn't in a 20 gallon. If it were a larger tank I could see it working out but with it being such a small tank I don't think I would risk it IMO.

 

Wow! You have some very cool tanks e and you make an excellent point about the size of my tank. It's already stocked to the gills so to speak. Maybe Santa will bring me a new larger one.

Lynn

 

Haha thanks! We have the most diverse group of tanks that you can imagine But I'm keeping my fingers crossed for santa

 

Thank you Carol and Brian. I think you both talked me right out of rocking the boat by adding another female. The one surviving female was aggressive when the male was there but has become quite docile in the months since she became a "widow". I've even seen her snuggling up to the female bettas. Come to think of it, the two female bettas I have in the tank had an initial battle for dominance. I really thought one of them was going to end up dead but now it's all very peaceful.

Weird, in one of my first community tanks I added a female krib and one of the first things she did was murder the betta.

 

It would appear that perhaps individual fish each have slightly different personalities - or maybe I'm reading too much into this. Since I've achieved my goal of a peaceful community tank though, I'm not going to chance rocking the boat with the addition of a possible murderer.

 

I think that is probably best. Each fish is different regardless of the general temperment of the species.

 

Well said.