Krib fry, How long to seperate from mother?

The last time I bred kribs, it was for the $$$$. That was back in the late 1950's. They had just shown up in NY and I got them from a retailer who made me a great deal "you can have these but any young you get, I get first dibs when they reach 1" in size." He paid me $.50 each and I was delivering 100 or so a week. Not bad for a kid considering most dads made that each week and I was doing it after school. I guess I would sat the average spawn I got was close to 70 or so. Since those were early wild imports, spawns today could be larger or smaller. I have also seen red kribs and blue kribs but my heart will always go to the wild colors because of my experiences. Later, over many years, I farmed freshwater angels and had a coral farm.

Charlie
 
Awesome. You have alot of experience under your belt. I just breed for fun and give them away or trade them in at the local stores. I traded 12 bronze cories for 3 pandas, which I thought were cool. I mean I have over 40 of them. I also traded in months ago 12 cories for 6 cherry barbs which have just spawned last night. So if they grow up I'll trade them in for something else. Just away to support my fish fund without breaking the bank. I hope I can get a spawn closer to 70. I know my pair is very new and ate the first 3 batches of eggs. So my spawn of 27 now is very good in my opinion. thanks for posting Charlie.
 
Just always remember that you provide the environment, the fish do the rest. Knowing that, once you figure out the right environment, the rest becomes easy.Glad to see you are so accomplished already.

Charlie
 
Hey Charlie or any other krib breeders. All 27 of my krib fry hit their month mark about. But some are like half the size of others. I have them in my eclispe 12, with a sponge screen thing over the filter intake. They really like the swimming in the currents and zooming around the tank. I feed them plenty of food, so are some just runts? And what does everyone do with the runts? Will they develop right?
 
As always, even in people, some are more aggressive feeders. They will have more energy to devote to growth. Also, some will just be plain old more aggressive than others. Most will eventually reach full size but a small percentage will be smaller. Finally, consider that in the wild the males are larger than the females. You may be seeing any combination of this.

Charlie
 
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