The Kribs Are Back!

[mhancock]

After the truly unique experience of Ofsted, I decided to treat myself to some new fish and ended up coming home with a pair of kribs.

I've had them before and absolutely loved the colours and watching them breed, but they were in a tank that was to be honest overstocked and as you can imagine the kribs wanted quite a large volume as their territory - especially once they were breeding!

I now have the new ones in an 85l tank with 4 tetras, 3 sterbais, a small plec, 3 hatchets and two young angels.  At the moment all is remarkably peaceful and the kribs have made the coconut shells their home.  They look great sitting in the entrance, and I hope that the space in the shells will make the kribs feel secure, and hopefully breed.

The hatchets of course live at the top and the tetras + corries are peaceful.  At the moment the angels seem to be happily co-existing with the kribs too (I was unsure how they would get on), but I presume I'll have to keep an eye on that combination as they grow.  At 85l, the angels will of course outgrow the tank anyway.

 

[Sophie]

I had a friend who had a breeding pair of Kribs - they killed everything in the tank. Glass catfish, X-Ray Tetra's, all sorts.
But yes, 100% keep an eye on the Angels and Kribs, as soon as those Angels hit sexual maturity you'll have problems!

 

[mhancock]

I had a friend who had a breeding pair of Kribs - they killed everything in the tank. Glass catfish, X-Ray Tetra's, all sorts.

 
That is being a little more than territorial!  Have not heard of them being THAT aggressive  before. I guess with each variety there is a range or personalities and thankfully mine seem (so far) to be quite placid.
 
As you say, though, when they are mature.....

 

[Sophie]

 

I had a friend who had a breeding pair of Kribs - they killed everything in the tank. Glass catfish, X-Ray Tetra's, all sorts.

 
That is being a little more than territorial!  Have not heard of them being THAT aggressive  before. I guess with each variety there is a range or personalities and thankfully mine seem (so far) to be quite placid.
 
As you say, though, when they are mature.....
 

 
Yeah - most have a personality, my breeding pair of Angels are quite docile even when breeding, it's only when something strays a little close they just dart at them which is nothing again to what I have seen!

Damn those hormones eh? Brings out the worst in the best of us