Kribensis...HOLY HUGE

So...again I went to my LFS... they called my saying they just got their shipment of black lace angels... of course they weren't even close to the size I wanted because my other angels would kill them but...I was there with a friend in which we were going to stock their tank as well...

2 stood out BEAUTIFULLY so I picked them up and going to keep them in their tank until they get larger...well they picked up DG's and believe it or not the little angels and DG's all swim together...hanging out together even laying on the bottom resting together...I almost felt like the angels thought they were DG's..lol...

So...back to my story I was checking out some kribensis... cute little things the LFS also had Albino Kribs....So I found two that interested me...very colorful and very purpley bellies.... BUT... the manager that was there is familiar with me and was like we just got these 2 Kribensis in like 2 hours ago and since we know how well you keep your tanks would you be interested...well WOW they were full grown adults someone just dropped off and didnt want anymore...( I like the fact of watching them grow, but don't like the fact people toss their fish back to the store after they get big) so instead of getting the little ones, I chose to give these kribs a stable home...

both are very prominent and colorful though a little stressed and ones dorsal fin is a bit pointer yes a male and female... I can't get a good picture of the male one because its hiding under some plants but the female is feeling a bit more comfortable after a few hours and is right out in the open...

Not sure what to name these two yet...BUT I hope they will be happy here

 

That's wonderful that you were willIng to provide this old couple a second chance at life!

I was trying to come up with name ideas for them, but drew a blank for now. My thoughts were maybe names from some movie or book were a couple a given a second chance at love and life?

 

That is a lovely Krib!!! I'm so glad you gave them a good home and I'm sure that in no time at all they will be resplendent with their lovely colors showing through for you.

Congrats on your new pair!!!

 

WOW they were full grown adults someone just dropped off and didnt want anymore...( I like the fact of watching them grow, but don't like the fact people toss their fish back to the store after they get big)

While I understand your sentiment, I have to disagree. I think anytime people do not want a pet anylonger, I think it's noble that they rehome it (even if it means back to the fish store).

It is much better then the owners neglecting the fish until they die, or worse yet euthinizing them. I mean how many people just get rid of unwanted pets by just releasing them to the wild to fend for themselves (which they usually aren't equiped to do since they were pets) or worse yet mess up the ecosystem.

 

Beautiful fish. Last time I kept fish (more years ago than I care to remember), I had a pair and I loved them. They had babies and everything. I called mine Nick and Nora because that is the movie I happened to have on when I got them. And Kudos to you for giving them a good home !

 

Beautiful fish. Last time I kept fish (more years ago than I care to remember), I had a pair and I loved them. They had babies and everything. I called mine Nick and Nora because that is the movie I happened to have on when I got them. And Kudos to you for giving them a good home !

Well Oscarbud...in memory of yours we will name them Nick & Nora...

While I understand your sentiment, I have to disagree. I think anytime people do not want a pet anylonger, I think it's noble that they rehome it (even if it means back to the fish store).

It is much better then the owners neglecting the fish until they die, or worse yet euthinizing them. I mean how many people just get rid of unwanted pets by just releasing them to the wild to fend for themselves (which they usually aren't equiped to do since they were pets) or worse yet mess up the ecosystem.

I understand that...what blows me away is that when you take responsibility for something, you should do that for life... to me its like 'hey, let's have a kid'...'oh this sucks'... and dropping it off at an orphanage...

 

Well, except that you never know what happened: maybe the owner's tank broke and they could not afford to buy a replacement one, maybe their kid or parent got seriously sick and they just don't have the time any more to take care of fish, maybe they have been keeping fish for years and now it is time for them to quit the hobby and their heart is no longer in it even though at the time when they got the fish they were enthusiastic but what used to be fun has become just another chore, maybe the person became homeless or paralyzed or needs to move out of the country. You do not know what happened to the human who kept these fish, so do not imagine the worst intensions of heartlessness.

 

Well, except that you never know what happened: maybe the owner's tank broke and they could not afford to buy a replacement one, maybe their kid or parent got seriously sick and they just don't have the time any more to take care of fish, maybe they have been keeping fish for years and now it is time for them to quit the hobby and their heart is no longer in it even though at the time when they got the fish they were enthusiastic but what used to be fun has become just another chore, maybe the person became homeless or paralyzed or needs to move out of the country. You do not know what happened to the human who kept these fish, so do not imagine the worst intensions of heartlessness.

Woah, Joanna...yes these can be true factors...

I was informed it was two kids in their early 20's that brought them back in a small Tupperware container...they just didn't want them and tried to buy other fish but the store wouldn't sell them any...

 

Re: Kribensis...HOLY HUGE!

Cool giving them a nice home.

 

Woah, Joanna...yes these can be true factors...

I was informed it was two kids in their early 20's that brought them back in a small Tupperware container...they just didn't want them and tried to buy other fish but the store wouldn't sell them any...

Ah, well in that case the fish I am sure are much better off with you than with those 20year old kids. I remember when I was in my early 20s or even 16, I thought I was all grown up and mature, and now I realize that I wasn't yet. I work with a 23year old kid who had the gall to call me old because I have two kids and a mortgage.

 

I don't see anything unethical about someone returning a fish to a store if they don't want to care for it any longer. They are pets, not people, and as jdhef said it sure beats the heck out of flushing them or throwing them off the bridge. They look healthy from what I can tell so (at this point) I'd have to assume they were treated pretty well.

It happens to most of us who keep multiple tanks, a situation doesn't work out, or a fish just ends up being a nuisance to tankmates. This especially happens when there are cichlid-esque pairs involved. So it doesn't require some major life event to have a valid reason to rehome a fish.

I think as a pet owner we are committed to caring for our pets as best as we see fit but that doesn't include some kind of blood oath.

 

Re: Kribensis...HOLY HUGE!

Back on topic. There's other threads on that.

This thread is about a rescue.

 

Ah, well in that case the fish I am sure are much better off with you than with those 20year old kids. I remember when I was in my early 20s or even 16, I thought I was all grown up and mature, and now I realize that I wasn't yet. I work with a 23year old kid who had the gall to call me old because I have two kids and a mortgage.

LoL

 

I just rehomed 2 female kenyi, a female bumble bee and a blue dolphin. I also plan on rehoming my banded leporinus and yellow banded tropheus. I don't feel bad about giving them to lfs at all. I got big box pet stored when I started. Guy told me the kenyi, bee, trop, and leperinus would be fine together. Later figured out the kenyI and bee is super aggressive when older, and the lep got huge, n my 55 just won't cut it. The dolphin is my fault. Shouldnt have got a giant hap for my mbuna tank

 

Beautiful fish! I love my Kribs
Are they the same sex? or am I just looking at them wrong/
Carol

 

I don't see anything unethical about someone returning a fish to a store if they don't want to care for it any longer. They are pets, not people, and as jdhef said it sure beats the heck out of flushing them or throwing them off the bridge. They look healthy from what I can tell so (at this point) I'd have to assume they were treated pretty well.

It happens to most of us who keep multiple tanks, a situation doesn't work out, or a fish just ends up being a nuisance to tankmates. This especially happens when there are cichlid-esque pairs involved. So it doesn't require some major life event to have a valid reason to rehome a fish.

I think as a pet owner we are committed to caring for our pets as best as we see fit but that doesn't include some kind of blood oath.

LoL no its not unethical nor a blood oath...at this time my daughter is in her early years where she thinks responsibility is AWESOME...and goes around saying "it's my Res- Pondsa- Bilty" I can not in good conscious teach her that after she wants something then no longer wants it she can dump it off on someone else....

I get what you guys are saying...but I hope you understand and respect my views as well...

 

I just rehomed 2 female kenyi, a female bumble bee and a blue dolphin. I also plan on rehoming my banded leporinus and yellow banded tropheus. I don't feel bad about giving them to lfs at all. I got big box pet stored when I started. Guy told me the kenyi, bee, trop, and leperinus would be fine together. Later figured out the kenyI and bee is super aggressive when older, and the lep got huge, n my 55 just won't cut it. The dolphin is my fault. Shouldnt have got a giant hap for my mbuna tank

This is a different story... something happened to me with my jewels, cherry barbs, dinosaurs, bala sharks, etc... cripes the sold me them all at once with cardinal tetras...tetra's became lunch.... and these sharks grow to a foot long, dinosaurs 18 inches and this was when I had a 25 gallon tank...

 

FINALLY GOT THE MALE PIC BUT ITS NOT SO GOOD LOL...

Sorry AP... I am truly terrible with not getting everything said in one post...sorry for the inconvenience....

 

Beautiful fish!! Good job giving them a second chance

 

Hope you don't mind I moved your thread over to the kribensis forum. I just realized it wasn't already there. Oopps
carol

 

Hope you don't mind I moved your thread over to the kribensis forum. I just realized it wasn't already there. Oopps
carol

Nope not at all...

 

I get what you guys are saying...but I hope you understand and respect my views as well...

Well hopefully you know I do, since I started my post with "while I understand your sentiment"

But I was thinking...wouldn't it be ironic if the people who brought them back to the store were FishLore members who were advised for whatever reason to rehome the fish. That advice is given frequently around here for various reasons.

 

All the pictures are of a male.

 

Really? Uh Oh... lol...

 

Really? Uh Oh... lol...

Are they similar in size? An adult female krib is more squat and literally half (or less) the size of full grown male.

Also I have never seen that many ocellI on a krib, really nice looking.

 

Well with I THOUGHT was a female is quite a bit smaller then the other...in which he has a HUGE spike and the other does not...

 

Well with I THOUGHT was a female is quite a bit smaller then the other...in which he has a HUGE spike and the other does not...

Well, get more shots if you can of the one you think is a male. We can figure it out.

 

Left one is a pretty typical female. See how she's a little more squat? Right is male, though at the time not fully grown.

 

Okie Dokie O0

 

So cool *cyber pat on the back*

 

Pretty Kribs are they yours?
carol

 

Well the bigger one chases the smaller one around.... well it looks like the Nick & Nora name would not fit here... should I get some females?

Also they are both pretty dark... will they lighten up like the rest of the Krib photo's I see.... I just thought they were stressed so that's why they were so dark but its been almost 2 days with no sign of body color change...

 

Well the bigger one chases the smaller one around.... well it looks like the Nick & Nora name would not fit here... should I get some females?

Also they are both pretty dark... will they lighten up like the rest of the Krib photo's I see.... I just thought they were stressed so that's why they were so dark but its been almost 2 days with no sign of body color change...

Give them some time to adjust to day to day life in the tank. They just got suddenly rehomed to a fish store then to your tank. They'll come around and color up. You can get females if you want fry, just prepare for some possible squabbling even between the now peaceful males. Just like life, throw a female in the mix and guys start acting crazy.

 

LoL

 

had to delete my post due to the fact the photos weren't mine. but I will put up the photos of my ones as examples! it is a bad photo but its the only one I have because I had deleted all my other ones, but u can sort of still c wat I meant. sorry for the inconvenience

 

had to delete my post due to the fact the photos weren't mine.

When you have pics you want to show that aren't yours just post a link to them
carol

 

they get biiger ur kribs are about a year old mines males huge twice as colour ful and almost 5 inch long and yes they get bigger than 4 inchs but males are somewhat shy females are little rambos not scared of nothing lol