? Kribs

[jollysue]

Sigh

 

[callum_parsons]

they will not breed stright away they have to go through a long courtship ritual. be paitent if they have a cave they will breed in time.
the best cave is to get a flowerpot turn it upside down and cut a v shape for an enterance then place a plant close to the enternace this makes them feel more secure.

 

[rixy]

agree with above,but,id get a coconut and cut it in half,scrape the coconut out,cut a small v in the front of both pieces and add them both to the tank.maybe one at one end and one at the other.they can choose which one suits them best.

 

[Cheffi]

agree with above,but,id get a coconut and cut it in half,scrape the coconut out,cut a small v in the front of both pieces and add them both to the tank.maybe one at one end and one at the other.they can choose which one suits them best.

Sounds like a lot of hard work to me scraping out coconut shells Is there any advantage to using coconut over terracotta pots?

 

[jollysue]

I hate extra work! I even buy substrate that is good to go. I 2X hate washing substrate!!!!!

 

[cichlid-mad]

would rockary work ?? to breed kribs?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

probably

i'll never forget the time my pair spawned in a pot shard that was just there for decoration. there couldn't have been more than an inch of clearance at the most it was so funny watching them swim in and out on their sides. the best part was that there had to be at least 2 or 3 un-occupied caves elsewhere in the tank.

once you get them started, they won't be too picky about where they spawn so long as its dark. before going to any elaborate lengths, i suggest waiting a few weeks and then doing a 25-35% water change. mine would start courting after every water change, court for a couple of weeks and then spawn shortly thereafter. then the female would essentially disappear for a few days. unfortunately, the best way for me to know that i had wrigglers was that the male started to beat the crap out of the female.

part of me misses the little meanies, but its a lot less stressful without them.

 

[cichlid-mad]

Did u have them in a tank by themselves?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

nope. had them in my 60g community.

fish they killed:
--guppies
--dojo loach
--paradise gourami (this one broke my heart)

fish they squabbled with but lost to:
--plecos

fish they only chased:
--buenos aires tetras (plant eaters)
--red-eye tetras
--colombian tetras

mine were good as gold until their 3rd spawn (about 6 months old, i would guess) and they got progressively more aggressive as they aged. this aggression concentrated on each other and ultimately on the paradise gourami--the paradise is very similar in shape to a male krib and thus attracted more aggression than would typically be directed at a top-dweller. unfortunately, i delayed one day too long in removing him from the 60g and he never recovered from the attacks.

the dojo didn't die of direct aggression, but was unable to access enough food due to being continually scared into hiding by the kribs. the guppies were just too slow to escape being nipped to death.

the larger tetras, however, were fine. they weren't afraid of the kribs, didn't compete for space, and were too fast to be beaten up. but i never had any tetras without the paradise fish in and it is possible that he distracted the kribs from attacking the tetras as much.

 

[cichlid-mad]

Aww sorry for your losses but if mine get too agressive ill keep the female and take the male to LFS. wt do u think about that ?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

sounds like a solution of sorts. you may want to inquire about selling them as a breeding pair, however. my LFS was willing to buy my pair for $20 until someone else with a prettier pair sold theirs first.

 

[karuna]

i'll never forget the time my pair spawned in a pot shard that was just there for decoration. there couldn't have been more than an inch of clearance at the most it was so funny watching them swim in and out on their sides. the best part was that there had to be at least 2 or 3 un-occupied caves elsewhere in the tank.

hehe I love these little guys.

I remember I placed a whole plant pot on it's side in the tank with a 2cm or so gap between the back pane of glass and the wide end of the pot.....the male dug a tunnel in the sand underneath the pot and they used that instead

To the OP: Just leave them to it and all things being equal you should end up with fry, they don't need much encouragement. Just feed them regularly and give them a cave or two.

You can keep more than one female with a male but I wouldnt recommend it. You would need quite a considerably large tank to do it without stressing the two females out and because you have other territorial fish in there then it would really over complicate the social dynamics of your tank.

 

[rixy]

the coconut was hard work,took me about 1/2 an hour to cut it in half and scrape out all the coconut,but,it looks so natural.my kribs love it.get some small plants and attach them to the coconut.it looks really good.not ideal if you want ease but it looks 50 times better than a terracota pot.

 

[DarkEntity]

I use a terracotta plant pot, but im intending on puting Java moss onto it, fingers corssed that should remove the lovely orageness

 

[cichlid-mad]

Good luck .. DarkEntity