Oops!

[Hawkins]

My kribensis' had eggs the other day, and when they got to wriggling stage, the mother appeared to be eating them.

I decided to take the eggs out, and put them in a floating container.

Then i noticed i had spilled 4 when i had taken them out, which the mother had collected and returned to the ceramic pot!

I watched them all night, and they were still there this morning, so I put a few of the eggs back into the tank and both parents started collecting them, and taking them to safety. (the mother rehomed them inside a marimo moss ball, and the dad took them back to the ceramic pot)

I have kept about 20 in the floating tub incase they do get eaten, but are they likely to???

I had 2 kribensis fry from a month ago from these parents, which were living in the floating plastic tub, but i moved them to a floating net trap to seperate them from the new eggs because i thought they might try eating them.
This morning, 1 is dead and the other is missing from the net

 

[shelaghfishface]

awww

when i had krib babies they got to a lovely size, swimming about with daddy and suddenly dissapeared, they are meant to be good parents
i dont suppose floating them will hurt, i would say yes they are liekly to now get eaten as youve moved them, mind and keep the water clean in there for them

good luck

 

[Hawkins]

The eggs seem to be there still. The ceramic pot has quite a large opening, and the moss ball is quite well protected having an opening of only about 1.5cm which the momma keeps sticking her head in to check them.

Im wondering if i should just give them the rest of the eggs.

The dad put a few of them in the ceramic pot and the mum put all the ones she collected in the moss ball.. when i tipped the eggs back into the tank out of the plastic tub this morning, they went everywhere and they were both doing a good job looking for them

 

[kribensis12]

Kribs are good parents. Let them do their job, by putting the eggs back in. The eggs are likely to fungus if you don't have a parent by them. You shouldnt need to seperate the fry from the parents until the parents show signs of breeding.