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nikitanain
06-21-2007, 5:23 PM
what r good tank mates for kribs?? how many can i keep in a 90 gallon tank??
substrate : golden sand, with a lot of rocks........
Ruben Tolon
06-21-2007, 7:22 PM
A school of Congo tetras along with a pair of kribs look nice. You can also add a small group of butterfly fish for the upper level of the tank as well.
A school of Congo tetras along with a pair of kribs look nice. You can also add a small group of butterfly fish for the upper level of the tank as well.
:iagree:
dbcb314
06-21-2007, 8:56 PM
I would get a reg male and a albino male... it would be cool IMO
tankmates... basically anything. Kribs aren't super aggressive unless they are breeding. You could go with other cichlids like firemouths, acaras, sevs or you could go with tropical, community fish.
nikitanain
06-22-2007, 6:04 AM
if i keep kribs i would like to keep them with cichlids...... maybe some firemouths, convicts...... any idea how many?
cdfishie123
06-22-2007, 9:17 AM
you could probably have
5 kribs
3 firemouths
3 convicts
1-2 sevs.
dbcb314
06-22-2007, 10:19 AM
you could probably have
5 kribs
3 firemouths
3 convicts
1-2 sevs.
that sounds like a horrible idea
3 breeding pairs most likely out of the group... it would be a war zone.
cdfishie123
06-22-2007, 10:26 AM
just get all males THE SAME SIZE
Ruben Tolon
06-22-2007, 4:03 PM
instead of Neotropical cichlids why not some Africans like Steantocranus casuarius a.k.a. buffalohead cichlid. If you're ok mixing continents, maybe a single specimen of blue acara or firemouth, but as someone said earlier, try to avoid a high number of pairs.
maybe you can try
krib- pair
congo tetra-8
buffalohead- 1 (maybe pair)
butterfly fish-2
or replace the buffalohead with a trio of upside down catfish, just make sure if you don't overstock unless you're willing to do very frequent WC's.
nikitanain
06-23-2007, 7:55 AM
i had gone to the lfs to give back the oscars (they were fighting a lot and were not a breeding pair ) (the eggs were actually something else and i mistook them for eggs :grinyes: )
anyways i came back with four 5 inch terrors and 2 salvinis.....
as of now they r swimming around together and there are no fights......
here are some pics of the tank and the fish....
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/exc1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC01900.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC01906.jpg
Rbishop
06-23-2007, 8:58 AM
Nice pics!
nikitanain
06-23-2007, 9:02 AM
thanks :)
dbcb314
06-23-2007, 10:35 AM
not fair!
I wish my lfs's had salvinis :(
nikitanain
06-25-2007, 10:12 AM
well one of the sal is terrorising all the other fish and now they r all hiding near the filter while the mean sal prowls around the tank :SaiyanSmilie_anim:
and mum is getting pretty destressed by this..... now she wants goldies :omg: am so in a soup!!!
MbunaFishKeeper
06-25-2007, 12:54 PM
you could probably have
5 kribs
3 firemouths
3 convicts
1-2 sevs.
i dont think you should put with convicts... convicts could easily rip the kribs apart if they wanted too, i wouldnt risk it..
nikitanain
06-27-2007, 8:43 AM
no convicts....
ended up putting green terrors and salvinis together.... well both the sals happen to be males and now they r fighting... added some addition caves which r helping a lot.... few pics....
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC01991.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC02005.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC01992.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC01983.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/nikitanain/DSC01971.jpg