Kribs spawned

[lighting]

Hi guys can any one help me out my kribs spawned a few days ago and the fry are free swiming now .do i leave the male and female in with them or do i move them at the moment they are taking good care of the fry and taking them around the tank which is well planted . any help welcome on all aspects of raiseing krib fry.

 

[Nick S.]

Spawned

Good for you. If the parents are leading them around I would leave them for a while, at least until the fry are taking regular food and grow a bit.

 

[dhm325]

Congratulations. How big is your tank? I usually keep the parents with the fry for 5-6 weeks. If the parents start to fight you should remove one or both of them. What else do you have in the tank? Are there any other fish that would eat the fry if given a chance?

 

[lighting]

Good for you. If the parents are leading them around I would leave them for a while, at least until the fry are taking regular food and grow a bit.

Thanks for the advice the fry are starting to take dried and frozen food. but not growing all that big yet.thanks layton.

 

[lighting]

Congratulations. How big is your tank? I usually keep the parents with the fry for 5-6 weeks. If the parents start to fight you should remove one or both of them. What else do you have in the tank? Are there any other fish that would eat the fry if given a chance?

Thanks for the advice .the tank is 30 gallon tank and in there i,ve got 2 plecs, a pair dwarf agassizs, 2 emperor tetras, 2 corydoras, 1 loach,1 red eyed tetra, and a dwarf jewel. the tank is well planted and has lots of hideing places. and i forgot the sliver doller.

 

[dhm325]

All of the other fish in your tank (except mayby the plecos -- you don't say what kind they are) are fry predators. They will pick off the fry. The kribs will do their best to defend the young and you may have some left. If you have another tank, I would move the other fish. The best time to do it is at night when the fry are in their cave and the other fish are 'asleep.' Kribs are good parents they will try to kill the other fish-- another reason to move them. Also, the cory's are tough and your kribs may injure themselves attacking them.

 

[lighting]

All of the other fish in your tank (except mayby the plecos -- you don't say what kind they are) are fry predators. They will pick off the fry. The kribs will do their best to defend the young and you may have some left. If you have another tank, I would move the other fish. The best time to do it is at night when the fry are in their cave and the other fish are 'asleep.' Kribs are good parents they will try to kill the other fish-- another reason to move them. Also, the cory's are tough and your kribs may injure themselves attacking them.

The plecs are comman ones and the tank is split into two so the kribs are away from the rest of fish so they cant mix with each other.when will i know when to move the male and female from the fry?