Can I Keep Kribensis And A Cockatoo Cichlid Together

[Spurry]

hi ive been looking at some kribensis and im realy wanting a few, but i have one cockatoo cichlid my
question is easy can i keep some kribensis with my one cockatoo cichlid together

thanks

 

[Spurry]

Plenty of members looking at this post. Any one any advice please....

 

[lock77]

I have had Kribs with Convicts and Firemouths and never had any trouble, as long as they have enough room to call their own.

 

[Spurry]

I've 180lts of water I'm going to add a few caves as well

 

[gregswimm]

Your tank is 180L? I wouldn't do it in anything under 220. Kribs tend to hold a large territory when breeding, although it is more about the footprint than the volume. I had a pair of kribs and a pair of rams in a 45 and they killed the rams the morning they decided to breed. If you do put them together add lots of wood piled on itself (more than you would probably want; no less than 10 caves) and add a ton of plants. Try and make a visual barrier between the two sides of the tank, I find that visual barriers work the best for mitigating the amount of fighting.

 

[Spurry]

Thanks, I think I will leave it for now and stick with what we have

Many thanks....

 

[minnnt]

Maybe consider one of the kribensis's cousins? Matadi or teniatus? Even nanochromis. Usually less aggresive than pulchers.

Just a thought.

 

[gregswimm]

I think they might hybridize with pulcher

 

[minnnt]

I'm not suggesting have pulcher and one of the others... Re-read it.

 

[gregswimm]

I'm not suggesting have pulcher and one of the others... Re-read it.

Ohh, sorry; running on zero sleep

 

[minnnt]

Never good mate, i have felt like that all week, lol.