Re: Help with Kribs fries...

Jee I hope you're right!
10x

Amit
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> "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
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