Kribs Not Breeding?

[trapidz]

ok, ive had my 4 kribs for a while now and wanting a breeding pair.

i got 2 males and 2 females, but nothing seems to work.. what am i doing wrong?

 

[chesterscot]

have you got caves and or flower pots in the tank what are you feeding them?
scot

 

[trapidz]

have you got caves and or flower pots in the tank what are you feeding them?
scot

theres loads of caves in there, cichlid pellets and flake food which the like alot!

 

[kribensis12]

You say you've had them for a hile. How long is a while? Kribs need time to get established in the tank. Depending on the fish and size tank, that can take mintues to weeks. What are you feeding them? I suggest dropping the tank temp by a fe degree's for a eek, and then raising the temp back to normal tank temp, and doing a HUGE w/c. The do smaller daily ones.

 

[trapidz]

You say you've had them for a hile. How long is a while? Kribs need time to get established in the tank. Depending on the fish and size tank, that can take mintues to weeks. What are you feeding them? I suggest dropping the tank temp by a fe degree's for a eek, and then raising the temp back to normal tank temp, and doing a HUGE w/c. The do smaller daily ones.

ive had them 3 weeks...

ive noticed, 1 female has a red stomach, and the males dont want to no, they chase her away but when they dont she just stays there not moveing last time i bred kribs the female used to do a "Dance" infront of the male, but she dont.

its all wierd ....

reply please

 

[helterskelter]

3 weeks is way to soon. However they do sometime spawn that quickly.

Can u feed live foods?

and keep up with the water changes.

 

[SharonCC]

Mine have had eggs three times, and they ate them. They haven't tried for ages. Try some frozen bloodworm and mysis shrimp...

 

[Loony Fish]

don't know.
i thought kribs were south american...

 

[helterskelter]

No Congo area of Africa

 

[Biulu]

Are your fish still juveniles, maybe? The red stomach on the female is a good sign; means she's ready.

 

[kribensis12]

Never thought of them being Juvi's. Do you have any pics? Live food would be a good stimulater, but try the w/c temp change schedule i gave you, it should yeild promising results.