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Sabi
13-11-2008, 14:28
Anyone have them?

My pair had the first batch of fry in september.
The young are just beginning to resemble the adults now.
I've got abt 30-40 of them. Its really great watching them grow but they are still only about 1cm in size.
Risen
19-05-2009, 11:56
I had not seen my Kribs for a while. So last night did tank recci. Last night i saw that they were guarding some wrigglies. Not sure ere they spawned as there is no cave. It is a planted tank and there is lots of places to hide. Hopefully some will survive. Not holding my breath. I have 3 whiptail catfish., 2 corys, 3 algae eaters. a moonlight gourami 2 rams, 20 odd neons and 3 kilifish. With that kind of population the Competition/survival will be a a premium. But ever hopeful. My first spawn since i started planted tank.
Zafgak
19-05-2009, 14:26
Hi Risen - We have a spawn that is now 2 weeks old and growing by the day - problem is most of the spawn was eaten by Males before we knew it was there
Risen
19-05-2009, 14:40
Oh so I must get to attached yet.
veegal
19-05-2009, 15:02
The babies are MASTERS at blending into the substrate and laying absolutely still, so don't give up hope yet Ross :) The only reason the males got to the babies was because they ganged up on the mother and hid behind a rock and attached the babies as they came out of their cave. We only have about 17 babies left and they should be okay now that we've removed all the other fish.
chas84
17-06-2009, 14:32
How are the Krib fry doing?
veegal
17-06-2009, 14:50
Our first batch is now almost 6 weeks old. Second batch from different parents are on their second day of free-swimming. The first lot of parents have now got wrigglers again so we now have three batches at various stages. I'll try get some pictures of them and post.

I saw Risen yesterday and if I remember correctly he said that his lot are also surviving in the community tank as the parents are chasing anything that comes too close :D
chas84
17-06-2009, 14:53
That's awesome! I bought 4 (2 males 2 females) on Saturday, and about two hours after they were in my tank they started (hopefully) pairing off - I say this 'cos the bigger female was constantly "dancing" in front of the bigger male (same with the smaller male and female). The females' bellies are a very bright red and thw two pairs have kind of demarcated a territory for themselves.
veegal
17-06-2009, 15:19
It sounds like they have definately paired off. Have you given them 'caves' to spawn in?
chas84
17-06-2009, 15:25
I'm also convinced. I'm feeding them lots of frozen bloodworms, finely chopped frozen ox heart and live earthworms to condition them for breeding. I'll do a 50% water change over the weekend and lower the temp slightly and keep it like that for a week, then another 50% water change and increase the temp to 28*C - that should trigger them to spawn. By that time the AJ babies will be 3 weeks old and there will probably be only a couple of them left so the mom would be calmer.
speedz
17-06-2009, 17:53
this is my favourite fish of all time. This thread makes me want to go and buy a few kribs now
DS DG
30-08-2009, 17:13
Does any one have a young pair? send me a private message if you do.PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
Zafgak
30-08-2009, 20:33
DS DG - just make sure you have enough tanks to keep all the babies in :)
f-fish
30-08-2009, 20:53
:wondering: My krib fry survived 1 full day in the community tank.

http://www.f-fish.net/images-cabinet/kribfry.jpg
Zafgak
30-08-2009, 22:09
Nice Pic ! :)
Risen
31-08-2009, 09:29
Welldone. Mine lasted a week then the tak mates got hungy. Lovely to wach such good parenting.
johan008
31-08-2009, 13:24
I got a wild core pair and got 9 purple kribs yesterday all still young cant wait till they are a bit bigger
f-fish
31-08-2009, 21:10
+-3 weeks after the above photo was taken ... just spotted a new batch of fry today ... took action and divided the tank in half. Maybe I'll have some survivors this time round.
Slojo
31-08-2009, 21:11
Anyone have Albino Male?
f-fish
31-08-2009, 21:17
Never even seen one - sorry Slojo ...
Slojo
31-08-2009, 21:32
Never even seen one - sorry Slojo ...

They are beauts.I have a female Albino but alas the "normal" males seems to be racist.
f-fish
31-08-2009, 21:36
Can you post a pick .. I would love to see one. Maybe if you only had the female and one male he would not notice that she wast different .. Unless you have mirrors in your tank.
Ferryman
31-08-2009, 21:39
I'm not sure, but didnt Moolis have some slojo?
when you get to the freshwater tanks, first row, right hand side, bottom tank at the far end,, pretty friggin sure he had some?

its a tank full of albino something, i think its kribs!
Slojo
01-09-2009, 06:34
Yes females only as well.Went there yesterday,walked past the Neons @ R5.00 each,felt a HUGE pain in my arm (and wallet) and left with 20 neons.
Ferryman
01-09-2009, 07:21
pmpl, nice.
I'd also want more neons, they're schooling nicely but the tank is so big and they're so small, and my wallet has annorexia and.......

Only females? damn, did you ask whether the males are just sold out or don't they stock males?
Ruan
01-09-2009, 10:40
Wow, kribs are really beautiful fish!
Big Fish
30-10-2009, 10:40
Hi All

Joe gave me a pair off kribs a wile back - I now have two batches off fry - first batch about 30 or so 1cm big - 2nd batch about 120 or so brand new :bigsmile:

Thanks joe
boebie
30-10-2009, 10:59
I bought a 'pair' a few weeks ago but think I got handed two females. The one has a bright purple belly and the other hasnt. They bright one defends her territory and constantly harrases the other. Was thinking that maybe the brighter one is the dominant one hence the colour. How do I get a definate male?
Gilbertr14
30-10-2009, 13:09
I bought a 'pair' a few weeks ago but think I got handed two females. The one has a bright purple belly and the other hasnt. They bright one defends her territory and constantly harrases the other. Was thinking that maybe the brighter one is the dominant one hence the colour. How do I get a definate male?


I apparantly got a tank full of males, lets met up.
Slojo
30-10-2009, 15:56
I bought a 'pair' a few weeks ago but think I got handed two females. The one has a bright purple belly and the other hasnt. They bright one defends her territory and constantly harrases the other. Was thinking that maybe the brighter one is the dominant one hence the colour. How do I get a definate male?

Males have a pointed dorsal fin and females have a "round' dorsal fin.
I've been told by idiots that the female/male is brighter/duller,female have a spot on the dorsal fin etc.
Do a google search for pics on male kribs as well as female kribs and you will notice a marked difference in their dorsal fins.

It may happen that the male is not interested in the female.It happened a time or two with me.Just gave me an excuse to buy some more.

I got an alibino male on wednesday.Hope my albino's pair off.