Pelvicachromis subocellatus

[Rod]

I Love Kribs....
many years ago I was spectacularly unsuccessful at keeping "taeniatus"
buying New pairs every couple of months

then I tried something different....

I kept them in 80% rainwater....voila

Success!!!

Standard Kribs are much more tolerant but all Pelvicachromis do better in very soft water
in my experience...

 

[Captain Jim]

MOL_PMB... Hey..good looking "kribs" Would you be interested in trading fry if mine continue to proceed? Second batch "Molowies" doing great,..maybe 4o swimmers!

 

[Mol_PMB]

Possibly! No sign of spawning from mine yet so no promises

 

[Captain Jim]

Well, keep me in mind,..I can get some local, but I like the prospect of keeping a "purer" blood line for tank raised fish. I also have some angelfish to trade if that is interesting.

 

[Mol_PMB]

Babies
Zillions of them!
Sorry for the terrible picture - I'll try and get a better one soon.

 

[Mol_PMB]

If I leave these in their community tank, what is likely to happen?

This is only my second cichlid spawning and the other one was my Dicrossus which are in a very quiet under-stocked tank, so I don't have much experience of what happens in a community. Though I do know that even the little Dicrossus can get violent.

The tankmates of the pair of ocellated kribs are:
6 Phenacogrammus interruptus tetras
6 P.aurantiacus 'lefini' tetras
5 Hypoptopoma sp. otos
1 Synodontis nigriventris UD cat

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Mol_PMB]

So, tonight there is no sign of the zillion babies. Mum and Dad are frantically searching all areas of the tank for them. The tetras and otos are shrugging their shoulders and saying 'not me, guv!'.
Actually, I'm relieved. I have too many other babies at the moment to deal with these too. But if/when I do want to raise them, I'd welcome any advice

 

[gerald]

If I leave these in their community tank, what is likely to happen?

I think somebody on here answered that question once ... maybe even twice |;>)

 

[Captain Jim]

Is that the Moandas kribs spawning for you? My Molowies are ready to find new homes and parents bright again..Still I would want Moandas!

 

[Mol_PMB]

Yes, they're wild-caught Moandas
And I have found the babies again - they haven't all been eaten - just hiding well.

 

[Captain Jim]

That is what I was hoping..Count me out ten or a dozen,..we can trade Molowies or money. Where are you, again?

 

[Mol_PMB]

I'm in Manchester.
I guess it'll be a month or two before they're big enough to share? Hopefully there will still be some alive by then, you can be top of the list for them

 

[Captain Jim]

Manchester, England? I'm in Florida, USA

 

[Mol_PMB]

Ah, that may be a little problem!

 

[Mol_PMB]

The 12 tetras in the tank have spent all weekend in the top corner of the tank trying to keep out of the way of Boko and Haram who are now in charge of 90% of the tank. Interestingly the giant Otos are less scared of them.
I've seen Haram (mum) pick up babies in her mouth and bring them back to the brood, which is rather cute.
I'm feeding microworm and BBS though I have no idea how much is actually getting to the fry. That's working for my Dicrossus so hopefully will work for the Kribs too?

 

[Captain Jim]

They will love and thrive the shrimp..

 

[Mol_PMB]

 

[Captain Jim]

Just a few Molowis left.

 

[Captain Jim]

Hoping for some of mine soon! Yours look good!

 

[Captain Jim]

Looking good!