Advice about Kribensis

[BarbsandGobies_expert]

Hey, I'm new to keeping Rainbow Kribs and want to know about their breeding tendancies. I have 2 females which I purchased because I have long fined Barbs in the tank and apparently males can get aggressive towards them when mating. Basically, one of them has a pink belly that is slightly jutting out, does that mean their pregnant? Will I need a nursery tank? I got them from a tank with the ratio 3 females: 7 males.
In my tank I have: (not aggressive fish)
Rosy barbs
Yo yo/ tiger loach
Bristlenose pleco (female)
Gold barbs
Danios (long fined zebra and giant)
Rainbow Gobies (about 5 or 6)
Tetras (silvertip and blood fins )
Neon rainbow fish

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Essjay]

If you have 2 females you won't need a nursery tank as you don't have a male to fertilise any eggs they might lay. Some species of cichlids will lay eggs without a male, but I do not if kribs are among them.
The female krib may possibly have eggs but nothing will come of them.

If you post a photo of the fish, members will be able to say if it is eggs or if there's something wrong.

 

[BarbsandGobies_expert]

Okay thanks, forgot they had to lay them to be fertilised.

 

[emeraldking]

Funny mistake... But hey, we all had our problems when we started...
And welcome to our forum...

 

[BarbsandGobies_expert]

Funny mistake... But hey, we all had our problems when we started...
And welcome to our forum...

Thanks, I did know that was the process but I just... Long day

 

[emeraldking]

Thanks, I did know that was the process but I just... Long day

No worries.... even as a seasoned aquarist mistakes can happen all the time...

 

[BarbsandGobies_expert]

I'm used to dealing with livebearers. I had a Mollie fry for ages it was so cute. Weird though cause it's alleged parents didn't last very long.. got them from a bit of a dodgy fish shop tho ( although I didn't know that at the time) I don't go there anymore

 

[GaryE]

Once you raise a fish you've bred, how long it lives is generally up to your skills. Fish from shops experienced a lot before you got them, and if that was negative, lives are shorter.
We're quick to call inbreeding on fish, but I doubt that's the problem. It's poor treatment early in the supply chain that causes more issues.