Krib Info

[xXMrBonesXx]

Hi,

I noticed where i work today that they have Albino Kribs (labelled as Snow White Cichlids) and i was wondering what the agression of kribs are, if i get one i only plan on 1 and it will go in my 65 gallon tank (which most of the fish will be moving out of if i can fix the 38 i broke the support on )

Thanks

 

[freshmike]

I wouldn't get only 1.....they like their own company.

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

yeah but im worried about them liking their own company too much and reaking havoc on my other fish or are they different when it comes to guarding or is there a way to tell sex before them actually breeding?

 

[freshmike]

Longer fins, the male will have a "more" diamond shaped tail.....

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

who will have longer fins? the males or females

 

[freshmike]

Males will, although I don't really know a lot about the albino strain.....I just know they have the same bodies, w/o the sexually seperating colors....also, females tend to be a bit more "round".

 

[Mamaschild]

I posted this previously so I just copied and pasted it here.....

Males and females both will have spots, although not all of them. I've never had a male with spots, but all of my females have had them. I've SEEN males with spots, but you can't sex them that way.

Males and females both will show tummy color, pink, lavender, purple, can't sex them "truely" that way, either. Although the female will show MORE tummy color during spawing, My first male used to blush lavendar all over.

From my experiences over the last 3 years, the EASIEST way to sex Kribs, even as 1/2" juveniles, is by the color on the top edge of the dorsal fin. Males will carry color all the way to the back tip, while females Dorsals will be almost clear at the back tip. This is helpful even before the finnage really grows in on the males, as the color comes in first.

Once they are "adult" and in full finnage, the males will have long pointed dorsal and anal fins that go back prectically to the end of the tail, and the tail (caudel) fin will come to a long point in the middle. Females will have much shorter, rounded off fins, and a round tail.

HTH