Kribs Keep Breeding

[wolfwolf]

My kribs breed every 2-3 weeks even if they have fry that are alive. I though kribs were good parents until they fry could care for themselves???

I watched my male krib chase the 2 week old baby yesterday in order to keep him away from the cave and the female fish.

Is this normal? Are my fish still immature in regards to parenting?

 

[kribensis12]

Nope, they parents breed about every three weeks. IN the wild by now, the fry will have swam off but in a tank they cant, so they get attacked.

 

[poohbear1]

My kribs breed every 2-3 weeks even if they have fry that are alive. I though kribs were good parents until they fry could care for themselves???

I watched my male krib chase the 2 week old baby yesterday in order to keep him away from the cave and the female fish.

Is this normal? Are my fish still immature in regards to parenting?

My Kribs do the same.
I now have 2 tanks one a 25 litre I think and one 190 litre.in the big tank is the pair kribs with the only krib that survived from their origional babies. With the last batch after about 3 weeks the dad started eating the babies so he was quickly netted and put in the small tank, but now I have the babies in the small tank to grow out and the pair in the big tank.

 

[wolfwolf]

So how do I get the babies into my smaller tank? I bought a 10 gallon tank for the babies, but I thought they would much bigger before I had to move them. The lone survivor hides in the wood or in a plant root. I'm afraid I'll have to rip my tank apart to catch him. In the process I stress the breeding kribs and even the little fella I am trying to catch. Is it worth trying to get one fry out?

Will the fry survive the move?
Will the parents eat their eggs because of the disruption to the tank?

Last night I saw the female "eat" the fry but she spit it right back out. In general the fry seems smart enough to stay away from his parents...

 

[sandoug]

So how do I get the babies into my smaller tank? I bought a 10 gallon tank for the babies, but I thought they would much bigger before I had to move them. The lone survivor hides in the wood or in a plant root. I'm afraid I'll have to rip my tank apart to catch him. In the process I stress the breeding kribs and even the little fella I am trying to catch. Is it worth trying to get one fry out?

Will the fry survive the move?
Will the parents eat their eggs because of the disruption to the tank?

Last night I saw the female "eat" the fry but she spit it right back out. In general the fry seems smart enough to stay away from his parents...

Parent Kribs will often pick up fry in their mouth and move them to another spot.

 

[wolfwolf]

After 3-4 days of chasing the fry away from the cave that presumably had eggs in it the male krib is back to guarding the lonely fry again. It has been fascinating to watch. IT appears as though the male krib is even protecting the fry from the female krib. In order to keep peace I moved the fry who is 4 weeks old now into his/her own 10 gallon tank.

Two days post move and the fry is still alive. The female krib never did have a succesful hatch. I'm not sure what happened but already she is showing off for the male again.

 

[bricko]

Glad I stumbled across this post, I have the same problem. Do you have a really fine net to catch the babies with? Or is there a better method as my tank is very heavily planted and would be a complete nightmare to try to catch the Krib fry. Maybe I will try to catch the parents instead (they are becoming quite a problem with agression toward other tank mates) and place them in my spare 60L tank. Do you think that tank would suffice for a pair of Kribs?

Anyway sorry for the Hijack wolfwolf, hope all goes well for you.

Regards,

Bricko

 

[wolfwolf]

I ended up removing 5-6 plants to create an open spot in the tank where the fry usually hung out. It was actually not that hard to catch. The fry was VERY quick when it moved but it was just basically trying to hide and stay still. I blocked him in the corner with a large net and prodded him out of the very corner and he swam right into the big net. Piece of cake. Ofcourse I could have just been lucky.

I believe 60 l is okay for a pair of kribs. I hate moving fish because of the stress on the fish. I would rather stress my fry and lose them than lose the breeding pair of kribs. My parents do harass my other fish but there has never been any damage done. Just letting the other fish know who rules the tank.