Malta Aquarist Society

hey guys about a 2weeks ago i bought a pair of kribs, unfortunately the male died after 4 days. today i bought another male he is healthy and vibrant but the female started to beat him up as soon as i put him in the tank what should i do? the are suppose to be my breeding pair

I think martin can help you on this porb he has kribensis and he had bread tham

Theres nothing you can do but you have two possibillities

•   Or you can try to exchange the female  
•   Or else try to stabilize in another tank so that he will become dominant and then add the famale to that tank so that she wontfeel like a SUPER  WOMAN

 

This is my first and only Krib spawn...placed first @ the Show (junior section)

 

that came into my mind infact i removed her from the main tank and placed her in a breeder and shuffeld some things around. maybe now he will become the dominat one and end not be domestically abused lol

    >>>> No

i did not understand the answer lol

I think he meant if a male and a female fight they do not spawn :) 

When I bred kribs I never tried breeding 1 male with 1 female. This combination is very hard to be successful. With kribs I normally

buy 2 males and say 4 or more females. The alpha male will generally kill the other male in the tank and then choose a female

for him to breed with. I normally leave them breed in the comunity tank for the first tiemand then remove them in a seperate tank

if I want the brood to be bigger in quantity. Then you can be sure you have a breeding pair.

Thats right Ted!

Oh yes I forgot to mention that I had around 6 kribensis (bred in gozo) but when pairing occured they killed all the others....

ok din kanna mela alija ax jin par andi biss issa naraw kif immrou jekk dak inehhi kollox alissa

Imma taqtax qalbek daqshekk malajr. Il-kribensis mhux xi huta difficli biex takwista. Jien bhalissa ma ghandiex ghax kont intik.

With breeding any fish, you have to be patient & not in a hurry at all. You have to be prepaired for the fry & have tanks available. You cannot breed much in one tank & surely don't place any fish in a breeder.

for breeding i have a couple of tanks in more rooms that i use solely for breeding and rearing, and patient is a thing i hyave i will just keep on trying

Kristofer .....good to know that kribensis are shy fish specially when breeding. They like to be left in peace and quite to lay their eggs in a remotely flower pot hidden between several plants and rocks. The more you try to peep to see if they laid any eggs or disturbing their hide out by lighting a flash light or something similar you are inviting disaster. The best thing to do is to leave the couple alone and one fine day you'll see a proud mum coming out with a brood of baby kribs for a sunday swim........ 

le min daqsekk np ax andi fiex naddi iz zmien ax emm ir rosybarbs u il wcmms al breeding u dan is sajf id dwarf gourami