Kribs - Finally

[Ichthius]

Well, I couldn't help myself, so here are more pics

Male and fry:


Thought it was a nice pic:


They're going off on their own somewhat:




Just the fry


They do look a *tad* bigger. lol Enjoy.

[emc7]

Anyone have thoughts on that?

They will definitely do better with some live food. BBS is great, so are microworms are small daphnia. Among non live food, I like frozen bbs and AZOO artificial rotifers and artemia and Hikari first bites. The last three are all floating powders, which is less than ideal if the parents are keeping them in a cave. When they get a little bigger the frozen cubes of "encapsulated" daphnia from Hikari is good, the parents will eat it too.

[Ichthius]

Very good. Thanks for the info . I've got them on infusorians that I cultured, live BBS, crushed flake, and crumbled OSI shrimp pellets.

I keep counting between 16-18 now. I was certain that I counted 20 the first time, but maybe I was wrong. I guess it happens though. Still, these guys are looking great and progressed quite a lot

[Ice Prince]

Great Pictures. What size tank are they in? They like blend in with the rocks.

[Ichthius]

Thanks . They're in a 29 gallon tank with a few peaceful community fish.

Once I get a chance to go collect more shale (the rocks you see), I'm going to redecorate the tank a bit. But that'll be a little later on, so not to disturb them.

[Ichthius]

At just over (estimating) three weeks, they finally look like fish .

The pics aren't as clear as previous ones, but you can see them. lol

Fry hovering around the filter intake


The male and some fry


You can't see the fry too well here, but the pair is looking good and the female's caudal fin grew back nicely


Who'd have thought they'd end up looking like fish


Size comparison


The pair and fry

[Baby_Baby]

Lookin' good!!
I love the size comparison shot! <3

[Buggy]

My dominant pair are on their third batch. My other pair I think lost all of theirs. They aren't as aggressive about tending the babies as the first pair but it's their first time so maybe they will tend the next batch better. She is already excavating her pot again.

Leah, are you going to move the fry to a grow out tank before she has her next batch or just let them grow up in the 29 with the other fish? She will stop protecting them when she gets ready to do it again so if they aren't very big they may be in danger from some of the other fish.

[Ichthius]

I plan to leave them in there for a little longer. At least until the mother stops protecting them. They're too big for the other fish to eat already at this point, but I may move them to the 55g with the rosey barbs, royal pleco, and a school of rasboras.

I'm not moving them now because I'm afraid that it'll stress them at this point. But they'll probably be better off with more room to grow, since there are over a dozen of them

[Shi Xuan_]

Hi,

Great Pictures you have there! A pity I am not able to breed them because I only have a male Kribensis. Kribensis shipment to my country is pretty rare nowadays~~

[Kribensis12]

Very Ncie!!!!! What have you been feeding them? The papa look's stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Buggy]

Leah, tell the parents to get busy. I just moved 12 more fry to the grow out tank yesterday (bringing the total to 30!) and she's at it again. Hurry Hurry, try to catch up! LOL

[Ichthius]

Thanks for the comments!

lol, Rita, they're taking their time :P. But that's ok, I don't want too many at once, and it's their first.

[Kribensis12]

Got any new pic's?

[Ichthius]

Not at the moment. It's been over a week, so I suppose new pics are in order .

I'll try to get some up before I leave town Friday.