Re: Help with Kribs fries...

"Amit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> This is starting to get ironic but here goes:
> I have a spawning pair of kribs 2 on a 40 gallon planted tank.
> I can also mention that now they have spawned for the fourth time and each
> followed spawning there are more fries!
> On their 3rd attempt I siphoned half the fries to a 30 gallon tank but was
> starting to loose all of them, the other half was eaten by the
parents.(they
> were removed a few days after hatching)
> This is the fourth spawning and I do not with to loose the little
guys....I
> am thinking of maybe removing the parents after a longer period ? or
should
> I wait longer and once again remove the fries the 30 gallon tank, but
taking
> some water out in order to ease it up for them while searching for food ?
> Comparing to the 3 previous attempts there numbers of fries is
> increasing.....
> Any suggestions for saving them ?


>From what I've read here in the past (my Kribs are also breeding right now,
the female is protecting her cave) the Kribs will eat their first few
breeds. After a while they learn what's going on and stop eating them.
Instead, they take them to other safe areas of the tank. Give your Kribs
time and they will learn. If you keep removing the fry, your Kribs probably
won't learn what they're supposed to do.

- J