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Dave, Don't know if you remember, but I have 6 Zebra Danio's & 4 Glowworm Tetra's in my 90L with my Krib pair. They all get on just fine. Not had an incident yet. The Krib's get a bit twitchy with the 2 Pleco's, but they tend to stay out of the way. The Danio's stay pretty much at the top...

Looks minnnt mate. The Kribs would love it in there. Plenty of places to hide, but no good for fry. Community fish might look good in there. Good job mate. Liking it. Pete

Not sure mate. I'll re-read the bottle & see what it says. Yeah, I could put it off for a week if need be, but they really could do with some sooner than later. Cheers Dave, Pete

Cheers Dave. I'm thinking it will be ok too, but just wanting to know for sure, incase I end up with no fry. Cheers mate, Pete

Anyone? Otherwise I might just take the plunge & see what happens. Rather not do it that way though. Many thanks, Pete

:lol: More pics tomorrow. Pete

I put my sponge on the outside when I had it on there. It was not a full proper sponge, it had more like air-holes in it, so it didn't reduce water intake too much. But the little blighters still go sucked in through it & up into the filter media area. Problem I have now, is the filter gets...

Thanks mate. You'll have to post a pic up of the Ellioti Fry. They sound interesting. Yes mate, I did manage to net up the filter(s). I'll have to show you in another pic, as it looks like there is no net there, but there is. I had a sponge, but it looked crap, so swapped it for a piece of the...

Ok, some pics as promised. Enjoy.......... If you look underneath the Male against the red plants, you can see them. Again, if you look against the red plant in the middle, you can see them. On top of the bell, left-hand side. On top of bell, slightly to the left under bottom of heater...

Hi all, Just checking....... Is it safe to add "Plantamin" to a tank that has newly hatched Kribensis Fry? If you could let me have your opinions I would be most grateful. Many thanks, Pete

Thanks Dave. And really sorry to hear all yours died. That is such a shame. Yes, the shaking is normally a sign of flirting so to speak. Another week or so & you may have some eggs at least. Female belly will go really red too. Good luck Dave & keep us posted mate. All the best, Pete

Sorry to hear that slakey :( But they are VERY protective & territorial. Multiple males & only 1 female is gonna get scrappy. Pete

Sweeeeeeet. The parents have been hibernating in the plant pot for the best part of a week now. They were both out this morning, but didn't really look for babies as I thought it would be a few more days yet. Missus called me in earlier today to say they are both out protecting their babies...

Yes, the red-bellied one is your female. That must have been krib 2 then.

I'm gonna go with Aqua Marine on this one & say you have 3 males. If I had to pick one that looked a bit like a female, I would go with number 2.

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WOW, got that in stereo. LOL, yes Dave, you should :lol: Pete

Yeah, we lost 2 again. This time they were dead. You will. We are always looking for them in the tank. Bright gravel DOES come in handy for that Dave :lol: It will mate. If you have the tank by the window, the light & heat from the sun will make algae grow VERY quickly. Also if you leave the...

Yeah I know. It was only a temporary measure while we sort the tanks out, but might leave it like that a bit longer. Just have to do water changes a bit more frequently & clean the gravel etc more vigorously. But, I'll get a stocklist doen & post it up at some point. Regards, Pete

Congrats mate. They look good & healthy. We had some a few weeks ago, but most have died. Only 3 left. Good luck trying to spot them in that gravel. Regards, Pete

Sweeeeeeet mate. Congratulations. Well pleased for you. It took our Kribs a couple of days before she took them out around the tank, then they got pounced on. Hope you have better luck then we have. Only got 3 left now. Kindest Regards, Pete

Small Update....... A good one too. Woke up this morning to find another one of the Fry had disappeared. Said to the missus, they must be getting sucked up the filter, as the sponge I put on bottom had tilted. So, take off lid of filter in hood, & low & behold, there was one of them, swimming...

LOL, thanks Dave. Well, I was just happy to have a new tank. This one seems fine. I got a new temperature thingy, as the old one wouldn't come off, so I got something I guess. Yeah, I'll put a pic of the Pleco in the Pleco forum later, see what it comes back as. They are lively little beggars...

If they are not coming out, then that could be good news. Normally means they are looking after the eggs. It would be a shame if not. Fingers crossed mate. Pete

Hi Dave, Was well pleased to hear your Kribs had fry, then read the whole thread. Gutted mate. Thought they may have moved them at first, as that is what mine did. Anyway, prob be 3-4 weeks till they look at breeding again. Good luck anyway mate. Pete

Lol, thanks mate. I might actually just do that :D Lol, thanks Dave. That had me laughing for ages :lol: The missus wasn't laughing though :) Anyway, had a bit of a disaster today. The new smaller tank, AR-380, sprung a leak. Woke up this morning to find a big puddle of water on the unit. So...

Small Update....... Moved things around a little. The Kribensis Fry are now in the new smaller AR-380 tank...... The Kribensis Parents are now in the new larger AR-620 tank...... The Roma 125 now with all fish from the Aquael Pearl 40 aswell...... Tested water in...

Lol, thanks Dave. Well, there's only a few in the pics. Rest are hiding I think. I've gotta get some gravel for the second hand tank I bought yet. Any suggestions :D Well, actually your quite close. I thought about getting some illuminous paint, bit like the one that Delboy in Only Fools &...

Hi mate, Thanks for your reply. Hmmmm, interesting. Well, I have already seperated the parents from the fry. The fry are in a tank all of their own. The parents look like they are ready to mate again. They are flirting around each other & are looking for places to hide & dwell together, like...

Yeah, it is mate. Problem I have is when I removed the 2 strip lights, all the wires from each set were twined together, so all reds together, all blacks etc. I seperated all of the & terminated them all in a terminal block. Doing this has rendered about 5 other lights useless, so I now have to...

I've had a look at these mate, & yes, they do look a lovely fish. May get some when the tanks are ready. Had a little move around today. Cleaned out the Roma 125 (water change & general clean-up). Emptied the Aquael Pearl 40. Fish from Pearl 40 went into Roma 125. Pearl 40 is now empty for...

Well, after watching an instruction dvd I got with one of my tanks, they say that a litre of water is equal to about 1 Kg. So, a 250L tank should be roughly 250kg, then you have the cabinet etc on top, so I would say 300kg on the safe side. An average human weighs what, 70-80kg. So 4-5 people...

Yeah, I think I may have lol :) Actually, make that 5. I bought another tank tonight, second hand one, about same size as Roma 125 with cabinet for £60 :D LOL, that's the missus mate, not me. But I still quite like it actually. Makes a difference from the same old sand, or shingle. Gonna...

Wow, what a transformation from how it used to look (no offence intended). That now is absolutely stunning. You have doen a really good job there :good: :thumbs:

LOL, this made the missus laugh :rofl: . But, I'm afraid I do NOT own any tights, so the missus ones will have to do, if I decide to net the existing filter. Well Dave, I have purchased another new tank, an AquaOne AR-380, with an overhead filter in the hood, like the AR-620. I decided to do...

Well, i've considered this. Problem is the filter in smaller 40L tank. It would suck them in. So, what I'm thinking is this.......... Change filter in smaller tank to external one, or one that is easily plugged. Add some gravel & decor etc. Move Krib fry into the smaller tank. Move the Krib...

Thanks mate. Good idea about the cube, breaking it in three bits. We did look at freeze dried brine shrimp too, but wasn't sure about that. I'll go & have a look tomorrow for the frozen baby brine shrimp. The Fry are in the tank now. It swamps them, bless em. I'll get some pics up later...

Cheers Dave. I don't have any frozen Brine Shrimp at mo, I nearly bought some today, but was advised that they won't eat it yet. I'll just crush some flake food up & give them that for a week, then get some frozen brine shrimp & see how they get on. More pics to follow soon with them in the...

Ok, had our water tested today, as I did not have any ammonia tester & nitrite tester. Water is spot on & have been given the go-ahead to add fish. The tank is all ready & the fry are in a bag floating in the new tank as I type. The mother is now swimming in the breeding tank they were in &...

That is rather bad. I'm surprised it has been allowed to be sold. Surely some animal rights person must have reported it & got it banned, as it would be classed as cruelty to animals. That poor fish can't eat, breathe or have any freedom of movement. I'd be surprised if it lasted more than a...