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Breeding Kribensis was so fascinating and absolutely my favorite species to observe. Their rituals are so specific and they are fantastic parents. I love that both male and female are different yet equally beautiful.
Wow best video of krib spawn on RU-vid. Thank you this is exactly what I was looking for. I got an accidental spawn about a month ago and the fry are doing great in a grow out tank but I do want to initiate another spawn thank you for sharing.
Great video and I agree that they are easy to spawn. I was only holiday for 3.5 weeks this summer and didn't feed my fish, but the kribs _still_ managed to spawn and raise about 10 fry.
Thank you for your presentation of the whole process and your tips and insight. I had once a pair of Kribensis and i really enjoyed wattching those parents having "walks" with their offspring around the tank. I must say i love this specie and i'm going to prepare a new tank for them and keep having these beautiful creatures once again, in a low tech african stayle aquarium.
Just stumbled on this whilst researching whether or not I should pair my lone female kirb. What an amazing video! Thanks for sharing your experience - a great doc of captive bred krib behaviour.
Thank you! And yes that tank sure looks overpopulated by far. I didn't mention this in the video but it is part of a system that circulates water through a second tank so it has more water volume than it looks. That many fish in 10 gallons would be rough!
how often were you doing water changes when the fry has started eating? this is a very extensive and detailed video of them breeding. i'm so happy to have discovered your channel!
When they were very young maybe once a week. Once they got larger and just before I moved them to a larger grow out tank it was more like every other day.
Thx for this video so beautiful to watch and great info I went and bought a pair for my community tank and am now the proud owner of my first spawn It’s a bit nerve racking for me and the parents! Watching the male keep the lemon and neon tetras at bay (Mr K has them all in one corner of the 150 litre tank) So here’s hoping and prayers, out of at least 100 babies, I’ll get some to grow up 🤞🏼
Hey there haha I had to pull out all the community Since then it’s just the Family in there I have about 50-60 babies that are about 1/4” now I think the filter ate some 😬 I need help Mums in and out of the Cave atm and I really want to get these kids out What size Grow out Tub should I get I have a mature sponge filter ready to go What’s going to be the best way to get them out Without destroying the tank to much I was thinking of sucking them out with a hose or should I just use a net? TIA Sheridan 🇦🇺
I sound like a frantic sub parent All good I got them all out (73) with a net and now in a temp tub Mum and Dad are living it up, now that the kids have left home Here’s to another spawn with these amazing fish Thx again 🇦🇺🐠🇦🇺
Great job learned a lot from the video thanks! I have a pair in a community tank with Corydoras and Endlers, from your experience do you think if I spot any signs of spawning I should remove other species or?
In general I think if the goal is maximum fry survival, species only is your best bet. On a personal level, I say give it a try and be happy if 25% survive. Kribs are tough to find homes for.
Thank you again for this amazing video! Since years I try to breed Pelvicachromis taeniatua Nigeria red. And I just can’t breed them. Do you have some tips for me or even a video. If not - also no problem. I found you account about a week ago. And all I can say: I am in love with this videos! Amazing and informative. Videos you can’t see anymore on RU-vid etc. I appreciate all this videos and informations. Thank you for that! Greetings Kilian Jesaja Zellmer
I haven't bred nigerian reds myself but my best advice would be to make sure you really have both sexes and then feed them well. Also maybe check if they are one of the krib species that need a lower ph. If so, look into ways to facilitate that. An RO supply goes a long way for breeding many species.
@@MakeMoreFish thank you very much for your answer 🤩 yeah I have both sexes and they get fed with different kinds of food. Maybe I have to check the PH more. Thank you. I‘ve breeded already so many different kinds of fish. But with this ones - for some reasons- I just don’t have the luck 😂 ( or skills) whatever. Thank you again and I am looking forward for the next videos. Greetings Kilian Zellmer
this is different to what mine did they were much smaller babys they kept the babys in there mouths until they were to big to keep in there maybe they do it a little differently when there are other fish in the tank that can eat them
I had a pair of Kribensis and spawned them in a little Fluval 5 Gallon tank (to small) The Hatch was big (just like in your video here) Everything was great for a Week or 2, then all hell broke loose late one night, I heard splashing in the Dark?? The Male was at the Top splashing around with The female trying to Kill him! In short, I had to remove him before the Female destroyed him. They are really cool little Fish, just beware and watch for Aggression as it can happen FAST. My problem was likely due to the Small 5 Gallon Tank
I haven't and probably won't, unfortunately. I think they're beautiful but they're a fish that breeds in large numbers but typically are in very low demand at local stores. Kribensis are too. From what I've heard, convicts are an "add water, will breed" type of fish.
I have some kribensis I have breed about three months ago and they still are not very large. Maybe about a half an inch or less. Your fry at 5 weeks look way way bigger than my Kribs. Any suggestions for why my fry are staying so small? They are in a 40 gallon tank by themselves.
For putting on size (or not) I always look at water quality, food quality, volume and frequency of feeding. Assuming water quality is preserved, I find it easier to feed fry and juveniles in a smaller space than 40g
Hi, I would like to know how thick is the sand substrate in that tank? Like just a thin coating of sand over the glass or about 1-2 inch thick sand coating?
@@MakeMoreFish okay thank you so much! Recently I have successfully bred Betta..and now I am willing to experience breeding Kribensis! And your videos have inspired me a lot into breeding fishes! Amazing videos and so much educational! Thank you!
There's some debate about that I think.. I've read they do well on a more plant heavy diet but for me they did well on protein. From my own experience I think I would say find a good pellet food mix in some live or frozen and they'll do great
just got a pair of kribensis super excited to try and breed them, i want to let them grow out a little bit, how can you tell if your kribs are sexually mature?
Pink/purple belly on the female would be a good sign to look out for. In my experience though dwarf cichlids can spawn at a younger age than we tend to think. The spawns just get larger as the parents do, particularly the female
@@MakeMoreFish I was just curious because mine have lots of circles on the fins and the male and female have pink bellies. Mine could have been line breed.
I am more interested in NOT breading them. 😋 I have two 35 gallons , heavy populated, community tanks and I've recently impulse rescued 2 males and 4 females Kribensis. One pair is dominating and I put them in one of the tanks, the "subordonated" male and 3 females were put in another tank that is heavily planted. In the tank that only have the pair, I have some rocks at the roots of the plants, and they started digging among them. So, my question is: if I don't provide caves, will the Kribensis pair keep being peacefull towards the tank population (coryes and guppies, for example)?
I don't know but my guess is they will try to spawn whether they have a great place to do it or not. Well fed females will fill up with eggs and eventually need to get them out. I've seen cave spawning cichlids deposit eggs out in the open on top of rocks, on sponge filters, or on the side walls of the tank. Whether the eggs hatch or not you would still end up dealing with whatever effect that has on the parents' behavior. I don't recall kribs being particularly aggressive to other non-cichlid species.
@@MakeMoreFish Thank you for your fast response. 🙂 I keep hearing horror stories about community tanks with all fish to one side of the tank and the breading pair of Kribensis on the other side. 😋 The 1 male and 3 females in the planted tank seem to like to stay in a lose group, with some light pickering among the females, so no problems there so far. In the tank with the one pair, I have 11 duplicareus cory that I would not want to see bullied (as a general rule, if a fish disturb them, it goes bye bye, I really love those guys) and I really want to make Kribensis work in a community setup. Ofcourse, I can always donate the Kribs to some shop, but I want to avoid that, as I like their colors and behavior.
@@MakeMoreFish Update on the Kribensis front. 😋 I've set up a cave for the pair, they love it, but a male Ancistrus has claimed it. So, tomorow the male Ancistrus is going on a trip to the fish store.
