Aaaaggghhh Help Please?

[Tabbiespice]

Hiya

Well my female Kribensis has been gone for 2 days now (in the cave I think) and the male is on guard duty so I am assuming that there may be a flutter of tiny fins soon.

Aaaaggghhhh not done this before

Q1. I have 3 Mollies, pair of swords and a golden loach in the tank....are any of them known fry eaters? Should I remove them? Problem is I only have a 7 gallon available and I am assuming that it will be well overstocked?

Q2. What foodstuffs will the fry need? How do I feed them and how often?

Q3. The LFS around here dont have a plentiful supply of livefoods.......will the parents need them especially Mum who hasnt appeared at feeding time. The Kribs are not big dryfood eaters anyway.

Q4.Anyone know of any books, websites(allowed to be mentioned ones) etc etc where I can get more info?

I really need some help with this first brood

Q5. How many should I expect and what percentage are likely to survive till maturity?

Q6. What do I do with the young? I assume that you cant keep them all together?

Q7. When can I put the other fish back?

Help please?

Jackie
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[freddyk]

Well, all fish are really fry eaters when it comes down to it, but given that mollies are top feeders I'd say they aren't too much of a threat, though the kribs don't necessarily realize that. Whether you need to remove them depends on how aggressive the kribs end up being and different people have gotten different results. If you need to remove them then you can't put them back as long as there are fry in the tank.

Typical foods are anything small like microworms and baby brine shrimp and frozen works fine. Small portions as often as you can is best.

If you want to try and grow the fry to a sellable size you'll probably need to buy a second tank to keep them in. You haven't mentioned the size of tank you're working with, but if it's like a typical krib setup there is only so long you can keep the fry in there before you simply run out of room. Don't expect a high surival rate, and don't be upset there are none. It can take both you and the fish a few times to get it right, so just try to learn with each try - the good thing is that once they start they usually breed very regularly.

Here's an artical that might help you out a bit.