Infomation Needed - Please.

[Leedsboi86]

Hey Everyone.

Hope your all doing well.

As some may know I was abit worried about my Female Kribensis last night as she had been acting
abit funny.
So I had a look in a coconut cave to see what was wrong with her and I lifted it slighty(in the water) to look.
now on the stone inside the cave I discoverd some eggs!

I put the cave back down and left it alone but the stone had moved around so the eggs could be seen from
the entrance, Theres only 1 male and 2 female Krib in the tank.

Now I managed to count 50 eggs last night, But an hour later there was 32, then 25, then 15 and this morning non!
I did notice one of the eggs had a little tail wiggleing out of it.

Thing is when I disturbed the cave the Male started going inside it and picking at the eggs!
Today the female is still staying in her cave but all the eggs are gone from sight.
Has he eaten them all?

One thing I did notice is the female was taking gravel out of her cave last night and dropping it outside.
Also the Male and Female had a little fight but they are all calm now.

Will he have eaten all the eggs?

 

[saz326]

They are new parents - they may get it wrong a few times - so be aware that you may not see any babies and the eggs may have been eaten.

These fish will dig dips in the substrate so that they can put all their fry into a small area to look after them once they hatch. Try googling the breeding bahaviour of these fish. You will find plenty of information out there.

2 females to 1 male is spot on. The ladies will appreciate it!

 

[Leedsboi86]

How come she hasn't come out of the cave yet tho?
shes been in there all night and day

 

[meguro]

Some species of fish destroy their eggs if they feel threatened. I'm not sure if kribensis are one of those species though...

 

[OldMan47]

You might find that the fish have moved their eggs so that you can't see them from the entrance. Kribensis can be very secretive about breeding and their fry. If the fry hatched, which it sounds like they were about to, the digging was probably to set up a new nesting site for the tiny fry.