Kribensis Pair in a 12 gallon?

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I have a 12 gallon eclipse that has been up and running for a few months. It has a bunch of plants, two rock like decorations and a big cave.

Right now, it is just being used for breeding shrimp.

I was wondering if it would be possible to keep a pair of Kribensis in a 12 gallon. I have a 55 I could move the fry to after they spawn.

However, would the 12 gallon be too small for the pair?
 
I think it would be very risky. Kribs are one of the more aggressive dwarf cichlids.

You could easily to shell dwellers. A pair of N. brevis or 4-5 N. multifasciatus (multis) would do great in there.

Eric
 
I have kept Kribs for a few yrs now and have also had them in a 15g tank with no poblums at all. I have 1M/3Fs in a 75g tank with mollies,platyes,Apistos,dwarf puffers,dwarf frogs, Bumble bee gobys, dojo loach ,GBRs { german blue rams} even kept them with ghost shrimp in the tank and still in the tank with them. There not the most aggrasive dwarf cichlid. They chase others away from there cave when spawning or with fry. But there not mean at all. You could place 3 1M/2Fs in your 12g tank and then once a pr has been formed remove the od female out. this will insure that the aggrasion is curved and the odd female isn't hurt from the spawning pr.
When the pr is with fry they'll chase all the other tank mates away from the fry, It took about 12 days for the femle to bring the fry out of the cave for a swim around the tank. But the parents wouldn't take them more then a few inches from the cave. This was so if something got close to the fry the mother could rush the fry back into the saftey of the cave. They are great parents. Some of the best out there. They take turns whatching the eggs and the fry. 8 out of 10 pr will raise there eggs to free swimming and take great care of the fry.

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Now I have a differnt pr then most. My male "Pimp" has 3 females in his herum " Monday,Tuesdy,Wedsday" and they all take turns in the cave with there fry. Once a female is with free swimming fry one of the other females will be with the male "Pimp" and another female will help the female with the fry whatching for danger around the cave area.
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Kribs a nice addtion to any tank IMO and are great parents, fun to whatch with there fry and see the parents teaching the fry is a cool sight. I frist got these kribs as a freebie from a guy who had to many and they where young fry. I thought they'd never grow up to be anything. Then when they did I have come to love them and thank everybody who's wanting to see a fry swimming around there tank should try the krib!!
 
So I ended up getting a pair of Kribensis, about an inch each for my 12 gallon. I also put in three espei rasboras in the tank as dither fish. However, my male would chase my female consistently and basically limited her to the upper and top half of the tank. To see if the aggression would be diminished, I obtained another female (1 and 1/2 inches) and rearranged half of the tank, adding another cave and using plants to try and separate lines of sight.

However, the male just picks on both of the females now instead of just one. However, the male looks very colorful and the females are getting purple bellies sometimes when they aren't being constantly chased.

Soo, at this point, should i move the male to my 55 gallon tank and let the females get established before I move him back into the tank? Or should I just wait things out to see if a pair forms and return the remaining female?

Another other suggestions?

Thanks.
 
Just leave them togeather, what you got to remenber here is that Kribs are Africans and get a little aggrasavie to there mates. If your male is coloring up and the femles bellys are turning purple, Then thre coming into spawning colors and we chase ech other as a sign of spawning. The female will start jerking her whole body in front of the male. But I'd leave them there they will start pairing up soon.
 
So yeah, this morning, my original male and female pair were hanging out right next to each other and the new female was really pale and hanging under the outtake filter. So does that mean I have a pair?
 
So I observed the male and female for a while today and it appeared that the male still chases the female around but she will display for him more (ie, assume a U shape and shiver in front of him). However, sometimes he will chase her, and sometimes he will just move on and seems to ignore her. Does that mean the female is ready but the male is not? Or is this normal behavior? How will I know when the male is also ready to mate?
 
They're just being normal kribs. I'd consider removing that spare female, and making sure there are sufficient hiding spaces for the female to get away from the male if he's really bugging her. I'd just give them time.

Eric
 
Yeah, I took out the spare female and now the two of them look like they are starting to become a pair. They hang out more and show some courting behavior and the male no longer chases the female.
 
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