Krib fry

You can leave them in the tank with the parents for a few weeks at least. You'll start to notice the male and female begin to show an interest in breeding again, and I'd remove them at that point or before that point. If you wait too long, the parents might kill the fry so they can breed again.

They're so cute! Congrats!

 

Thanks for the help . It's very exciting! I can't find the female though . I hope she didn't die. Here are some more pictures

 

Hopefully not Could she just be hiding in the plants?

 

I've been looking around. I haven't seen her all day, is it normal for fish to do this after they have fry? I'm gonna keep looking

 

I'm not sure about immediately after, but I do know female kribs usually help guard fry too.

 

Congrats on the babies!! I've got a pair and I'm hoping they will decide to make babies for me, too. Best of luck and I hope you find mom soon.

 

Thanks! Well I'm pretty sure the female died. No signs of her and I haven't seen her in 2 days. That sucks . But the fry and father are doing very well.

 

Just want to share an amazing experience I've seen today.

2 paired Kribensis had tiny little babies. I knew they was up to something and when I seen mum and dad with all these tiny babies following I couldn't believe it. Only been in the hobby for 5-6 months so it was a wow moment for me

Any advice on caring for the babies or will mum and dad do it all?

 

They should do it all, though they may start eating the babies in a few weeks when they want to breed again.

Do you have a separate tank you can move them in to (in a few weeks/months) to raise them?

 

Hi, thanks for replying. Yes we have a separate tank that we use for babies. Their current home is a big 250L though. What age can they leave mum and dad?

 

Probably a week. Like stated, they may start eating them when they want to breed again. If they eat w/o help pull them. Just realize, nature doesn't expect 100% of fry to make it, usually only 1-20 per batch. (Of like, 100)

 

They can sometimes be left with the parents for a few weeks. Just watch for signs of the parents wanting to breed and remove the fry.

Alternatively, you can take the fry whenever and raise them yourself. They parents don't have to raise them.

 

So far so good. Very protective parents at the minute. I'll keep an eye on them. It's so cute to see.

 

Hello dear community,

I ve set up a 10 gallon for raising some kribs fry. It has 1 rock, a catappa leaf some java moss scattered (I plan on adding more) and a couple of echinodorus amazonicus. Currently there are 2 fry in the tank, first batch kinda unlucky.Since i dont know when my kribs gonna spawn again , I d like to add a schooling species that would keep running the tank and won't eat the fry whenever I m gonna add some again. I was thinking boraras naevus or ember tetra (10 of them). Maybe hatchet that will stay top 3rd? Has anyone any experience on the matter? Thanks in advance.

 

I would get 6 ember tetras and leave it at that. If you get a large spawn from the kribs you won’t want many other fish with them in case they get crowded.

 

I would get 6 ember tetras and leave it at that. If you get a large spawn from the kribs you won’t want many other fish with them in case they get crowded.

Thanks for the reply sir!

The boraras my lfs has are a bit smaller and seem kinda less "intimidating" for fry. But I may opt eventually for the embers.

 

Thanks for the reply sir!

The boraras my lfs has are a bit smaller and seem kinda less "intimidating" for fry. But I may opt eventually for the embers.

I would go with the boraras then

 

I bred a kribs all summer. They are going to spawn every 10 to 14 days like clock work if you keep removing the fry. I wouldn’t remove the fry from the parents ever, because they are great parents and this will stop the spawning for at least 30 to 60 days. This will give the fry the best chance of survival. I don’t think I’ve ever had krib fry die and I am still over run with trying to get rid of Kribs.

 

I bred a kribs all summer. They are going to spawn every 10 to 14 days like clock work if you keep removing the fry. I wouldn’t remove the fry from the parents ever, because they are great parents and this will stop the spawning for at least 30 to 60 days. This will give the fry the best chance of survival. I don’t think I’ve ever had krib fry die and I am still over run with trying to get rid of Kribs.

Hello sir and thanks for the reply.

I removed the fry because they re currently in a community tank (7 congo tetra, 13 cardinals and 6 corys) and I ve read that these fish are good fry hunters. They seem they re spawning again (female changed color and staying in the cave she placed the eggs before), 4 weeks after the first spawn. I have a lfs that agreed to give me credit for kribs, so them keep spawning isn't a problem. I saw the parents (mostly female) herding them around and chasing everyone coming near them, but I was afraid that when they ll become free swimming most of them will be eaten. Do you think they can survive in such a community tank? Size is 80x35x40 cm.
Thanks for the insight!!

 

I don’t think they will survive in a community tank unfortunately. At least I haven’t had that kind of success.

I have a 120 gallon community Cichlid tank I keep my males in. I have a 90 gallon community Cichlid tank I keep my females in.

When I want to breed kribs I take one from each tank and put them in a 20 breeding tank. Kribs raise their fry very well if you keep the parents well fed.

By accident I had a female in a community tank with males. The stress of protecting her fry killed her. So they all stay separated by gender now.

 

I don’t think they will survive in a community tank unfortunately. At least I haven’t had that kind of success.

I have a 120 gallon community Cichlid tank I keep my males in. I have a 90 gallon community Cichlid tank I keep my females in.

When I want to breed kribs I take one from each tank and put them in a 20 breeding tank. Kribs raise their fry very well if you keep the parents well fed.

By accident I had a female in a community tank with males. The stress of protecting her fry killed her. So they all stay separated by gender now.

Yes that's what I thought so. I guess separating the fry is for the mutual interest of both fry and parents. Very nice approach regarding the sex separation. If I ever get tanks this large I ll keep it in mind.

As far as the original issue of the post, I added 7 boraras naevus in the fry tank,along with some more echinodorus amazonicus. I hope for the best!!

Thanks again for your replies.

 

Pics?

 

Pics?

Currently it's 5 am here. Maybe I ll upload some tomorrow!!

 

Currently it's 5 am here. Maybe I ll upload some tomorrow!!

First is the community tank 2nd is the fry tank.