Kribensis

[insanityseeker]

is it ok that my kribensis cichlids hide away a LOT, like, i hardly ever see them?

also, on the off chance, my nitrate levels are a little high, do you know how to lower them???

carl

 

[jayjay]

They like to spawn and hide in caves yes it's normal, do you have them in with any other fish? If so what? Also your nitrate probably isn't too high but if you want to lower it do more water changes if your tap water has a lower nitrate reading than your tank.

 

[insanityseeker]

i bougt them as a breeding pair, but they wer pretty active in the store tank. they're in the tank with one gold bristlie, one common bristlie, a lone khuli, and two ladder loaches...

 

[jayjay]

Fish nearly always behave differently in LFS, what size tnak is it? I'd reccommend you get some dither fish.

 

[insanityseeker]

what do you rccomend, because i could move the fish in there to another tank, do you think they woul be better in a tank on there own. they are in a twelve gal

 

[jayjay]

12g isn't big enough for any of those fish except he khuli loach and they need shoals as do the other loaches, IMO. I'd give them a 20g with dithers like zebra danios.