Baby kribette!!!!!!!!!!!&#

[619 Fish GOD]

Hi all
I just got home from footy training and to my delight my kribs have had babys!
They are moving the babys from place to place and are very vicouse towards the
other fish.What can i do because I'am scared they'l get eatin!
What should i do?

 

[jimw13uk]

What are your tank mates ?
To be honest in my experience the parents will protect the fry without many problems. They will take on any size fish to protect the young and do it very well.
For the well being of all I would move the whole "family" to their own tank - a 15-20g will do nicely.
In about 4-5 weeks the male will be ready to mate again and this can cause problems if the fry are still with the mother.

 

[619 Fish GOD]

I wish i could but i can't coz i don't have another tank
They live in my 3' community tank with there 13 little babys!
The male look werid coz he has some red dots on his chest and haif his face is black?

 

[jflowers]

Had some recent experience with this.

In one tank I left the babies with the perents and they were growing great till week four when the parents spawned again and ate the babies.

In the other tank I removed the 15 babies and they are still growing well in thier own 5 gallon tank, week 5 now, about 5mm long, will keep you up to date.

Even before the pair in the community spawned again, the odd 1 would disappear, there were only 5 left when they spawned again. I suspect my keyholes ate the babies before the spawning.

Jon