Kribs

They spawned. He is in there fanning the eggs and likely they will switch off. Wait a few days and you will see them come out with a small cloud of fry. If you watch carefully, you will likely see a few fry escape. Keep the feed level sort of low for the parents as they are not too interested in eating. If their in a community tank, I'd siphon them out once the cloud appears and raise them in a seperate tank. They will not need mom and dad anymore. Feed fresh hatched baby brine shrimp.

That's great! I have read about other spawnings of different kinds of fish lately - must be the start of the season. I will be buying a krib soon. The lfs is going to call me when some come in.

BBaker1657425 said:

Today I noticed my female krib noticeably skinnier during feeding time. I have her with her mate in a 10 gallon tank with drift wood and a rock cave that they have dug out. I think they may have spawned but she out and swimming around while the male is hiding in the cave. Any idea on what going on?


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Sweet. Your kribs have laid eggs. I agree wih what was said above. Fry are easy picking for other fish so if they are in a community you should remove them once they hatch.

Steven, if your only getting one krib, you should try to pick up a female. They are more colorful. Females usually have a nice color up stomach area. If its possible, buy like 6 of them and let them choose their own mates and rehome all the others.

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It should only take a couple of days and then they hatch. Then for the next few days they feed off the yolk sac. Once they are free moving the parents will take them out of the cave and start to herd them around the tank. This is when you will have to start feeding them. The parents will probably have a couple of dug out areas that they move them to through out the day.

Without predators the fry are pretty easy to raise. Baby brine shrimp is a good food, but golden pearls or even finely crushed flake will work.

Siphon or turkey baster..Transfer quickly over water, they get out of baster quickly somehow. I've always felt net too rough for fry this young..congrats! Pics please..I love kribs.