Re: Recommended Krib Breeding Conditions

["S. Ong" <sab_ong@yahoo.com>]

Would it matter whether the plants were live or not?
Also, do you feed them any specific food to induce
them?
How long after they spawn do you remove the pair from
the 10 gal?
thanks for all your input!

--- Stuart R Scott <scottyflag@enter.net> wrote:
> On 4/6/00 at 2:08 PM S. Ong wrote:
> 
> >What would you recommend to be ideal conditions to
> >breed kribs? (ie: tank size, water parameters,
> temp,
> >tank mates, food, surroundings?)
> 
> I've only been breeding kribs for about a year and a
> half, so I'm no
> expert. I can tell what is working for me.
> 
> I put a pair in a 10 gal or larger tank with as many
> plants as I have and
> an overturned "muffin" flower pot with a large notch
> out of the side for
> entry and exit. ( a"muffin" pot is about 3" in
> diameter across the top and
> about 2 1/2" high. ) I use gravel with a sponge
> filter and or 1/2 the tank
> with an under gravel filter and sometimes also a
> sponge. I want to use this
> tank as the grow out tank for 3 or 4 months. 
> 
> The couple usually finds the pot within a day and
> hides there for a
> while.They then cruise the tank and when they are
> ready to breed they
> disappear. They usually pile some gravel at the
> entrance and sometimes spit
> it out the top hole. They are in there for a week or
> so and when I see them
> the young are free swimming and following the
> mother. I have never seen
> wigglers. 
> 
> The young are big enough when I see them that I can
> feed them decapsulated
> brine shrimp and raise them on that and flake food.
> It's amazing but the
> fish I've raised to adults still love those tiny
> brine shrimp.
> 
> My water is about 8 ph and HARD. that seems to be no
> problem for the kribs.
> BTW, this system does work for me. I sell all the
> kribs I can produce to
> help pay for my habit.
> 
> Even if I couldn't sell them, I would try to always
> have a breeding pair as
> I think these are a very interesting fish. Last week
> I described a 50 gal
> tank that I keep kribs, corys and angels in and
> that's one of the most
> interesting tanks I have had.
> 
> 
> Scotty
> Philadelphia Area Betta Society
> http://karlin1.com/PABSdefault.htm
> 
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> http://ibc.bettas.org
> 
> 
> 
>
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