I could probably use a little advice on krib fry

[jdheff1982]

In my last thread "Which would you do?" I mentioned that a pair of kribs hav breed and have wrigglers. I haven't reared fry before and plan to leave them in the tank with the parents and let nature take it course. But is there anything I need to know or do?? The female seems pretty protective right now. Everytime I shine the flashlight into there lair, she picks up the wrigglers in her mouth until I am done. Any advice will be appreciated! Thanks!

[Cichlid Woman]

Well, for one thing, I'd quit shining a flashlight in there ... (grin). You don't want to do anything to spook them. Just feed the fry regular flake food ground down real fine with your fingers, and, like you said, let nature take its course. (Hopefully the parents won't eat them, unless they go on for weeks and want to breed again.)

HTH.

-- Pat