Kribensis+Water=Babies

mr130gallon · Nov 27, 2009

ok, i was going down to my beroom today to feed my krib pair, and i saw little brown stuff floating by rock, i thought it was dirt so i took a better look and i noticed it was actually freeswimming baby kribs, i had no idea that they had bred but its friggin awesome! the rumours are true! its sooo easy to breed them, i need to talk to my lfs, check if they will take them for cash or store credit or something.

OldMan47 · Nov 27, 2009

Since kribs can be a bit hard to get at different times of the year, your LFS will probably give you something for well developed krib juveniles at about 1 1/2 inches long or more. Do not expect anything from chain stores though. Have you set up a method to feed those krib fry? Once their egg sacs are gone, they will need several feedings a day of microscopic food.

kribensis12 · Nov 27, 2009

Usually stores will buy the fry. BUt they don't sell all that well. So they will stop buying them from you.

mr130gallon · Nov 28, 2009

OldMan47 said:
Since kribs can be a bit hard to get at different times of the year, your LFS will probably give you something for well developed krib juveniles at about 1 1/2 inches long or more. Do not expect anything from chain stores though. Have you set up a method to feed those krib fry? Once their egg sacs are gone, they will need several feedings a day of microscopic food.

i didnt want to go to chain stores, my friend gave a chain store 50 babies and the breeding pair for free, he tried to get credit or cash, but they wouldnt do it...

im trying to make inforisia (or however you spell it) i heard you put lettuce in water in sunlight? how long does it take, and how do i feed it t the babies when i have it?

OldMan47 · Nov 28, 2009

It is too late for infusoria if you already have the free swimming fry. A quick way to get some small amount of infusoria is to introduce a mystery snail, since they usually have some on their shells, but it is too late for that to help much. Rather than go for infusoria, I would look to the smallest commercial food you can find for today's feedings and start a brine shrimp culture going for the day after tomorrow. By then the commercial feed may have brought the fry along far enough to be able to eat newborn brine shrimp nauplii.