who will be the dominate one?

[Converseballer]

in a 50 gallon there is a male and a female Krib, a redtailed black shark, and 5 tiger barbs along w/ some schooling fish but out of the kribs, the RTBS, and the T. Barbs who do u think we be the "dominate" one in the tank?

[wetmanNY]

If the Kribs pair up and start to spawn, the space will be too small to hold their necessary territory and that mix of various fishes you have in with them.

"Dominant" is a characteristic that only makes sense within a species, for example when males compete for a female or a harem of females. The Krib pair will be frantic, and that will be expressed as "aggression."

Fighting among fishes is a mark of inappropriate housing on our part.

[Converseballer]

i dont want them to fight.... i was just wondering which one will be "dominate".....i definatly dont want them to fight! sorry for the misunderstanding.

[wetmanNY]

You know, if you could get the other fish out of there and leave just the Kribs to pair, spawn and raise some young... you'd have a memorable aquarium experience you'd always cherish...

[Tim Bo]

Ditto :)

[Converseballer]

Just leave the Kribs in there...........hmmmmmm sounds good. i have a 45 gallon that has been in the cycling process for 9 days so i will put the others in there. thnx!