Albino Kribs

[grottosandfins]

I was just at my LFS. I asked if an albino krib and a kribensis pulchra would mate. They said yes, but something about the way they answered made me wonder. Will they and if so, what will these mutts look like and is it unhealthy for the fry?

 

[Dt524]

First your in the wrong section LOL and Yeas they will mate and a normal color male will always choose an albino female over a regular one when given the choice and the female choses a normal color male when given the chance. The fry will vome out with half albino or so and regulars

 

[The-Wolf]

firstly I'm not sure that two different krib species would breed with eachother
but I'm no expert on these fish.

secondly the fry of a albino/normal krib would be half and half, that is to say half the fry will be albino and half would be normal. (well it was in my case, sadly the fry got eaten)

 

[grottosandfins]

First your in the wrong section LOL and Yeas they will mate and a normal color male will always choose an albino female over a regular one when given the choice and the female choses a normal color male when given the chance. The fry will vome out with half albino or so and regulars

OK, the big question then is, my male has paired up with a regular female in tank. Is he going to divorce her and run off with the albino?

 

[vancouver]

Only if he's a scumbag.. lol.. What size is the tank, if it's not large, chances are the pair will kill the other female.

 

[grottosandfins]

its a 36 hex

 

[vancouver]

It's hard to say if the spawning kribs will or wont kill the other one.. they will probably try though. That wouldn't surprise me 1 bit.

 

[kubora666]

i dont get al lthis kill talk, ive spwaned over 20 diferent pairs of fish and i have never lost a fish due to spawning agression... kribensis couldnt kill a neon let alone a cichlid... i have a 6" nicaraguens male and a 5" convictX agressing my tank and nothing bad ever comes from it.

 

[lucky62]

to answer the original question , yes , as long as the albino is another pelvicachromis pulcher they can breed , and it isn't a hybrid either ...............it's the same fish , and odds are you'll get few if any albinos from the clutch [ mostly the normal strain ] . If one happens to be P. taeniatus , or one of the other pelvicachromis species , they may breed and if they did the result would be hybrid fry . Though I doubt this is the case . I think it's the same species .

I had a pair of the albino breed several times for me several years ago , and each time less than 25% were albino strain .


kribs will kill other fish when breeding , maybe not neon , but just the same some members on this forum have lost fish due to krib breeding behavior .



and yes it is a west African cichlid