Alia
Fishaholic
Well, my two kribs, Speedy and Pink, had quite a surprise for me last night. I had just finished cleaning their tank, a temporary spot until I "fix up" my 29 gallon with new lights and live plants, when I noticed that the filter wasn't pumping and started pulling things out. Suddenly the tiniest thing caught my eye -- and believe me, it was miraculous because my eyes aren't great and the light in there is awful. It was a teensy little fry in the filter box (Whisper type).
Right away I'm freaking out, understandably since I've just done a major gravel vacuuming and water change on this 10 gallon tank and now I see it was a terrible mistake doing either. When I looked in the bottom of the box, I saw more fry swimming around, so I managed to pour them all back into the tank and left the filter off. I start watching my fish and the babies start to appear around the parents.
The parents are miffed -- well, who wouldn't be? But they are gathering the little ones together and it looks like there might be as many as twenty fry.
Tiny little things, must not have been out of their eggs for very long at all. I try not to think how many I've killed
, and focus on those I've saved. They are adorable!
I had hoped to get my kribs into the bigger tank and experiment with lowering the water pH a bit before they started a family, but I am pleased they liked one another and their home enough to get right down to business. So far they seem to be excellent parents! I'm very proud of them. Now I need to get serious about fitting out that larger tank -- they are going to need the space! What fun!
Alia




I had hoped to get my kribs into the bigger tank and experiment with lowering the water pH a bit before they started a family, but I am pleased they liked one another and their home enough to get right down to business. So far they seem to be excellent parents! I'm very proud of them. Now I need to get serious about fitting out that larger tank -- they are going to need the space! What fun!
Alia