Re: Confused Krib?

["K & D Martin" <martndk@ibm.net>]

Michael, I had the same thing happen with the last spawn of my p. pulchers -
the dad is taking care of the brood, the mom wants to spawn again but he
isn't giving her a second look at the moment.  The fry are about 5 weeks old
now.  Anyone know how long they care for them before they aer left to fend
for themselves?

kym
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Meyer <mikeymeyer@sprintmail.com>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 12:59 AM
Subject: Confused Krib?


>Just wanted to share my interesting experience with my current Kribs.
>At work I keep a 20 gallon long tank with a pair of Albino Kribs.  This
>is their second spawn.  The first was normal with around 20 fry. The
>female would herd the babies all around the tank and treated the male
>pretty well.  I have had female kill their mates before.  On occaison he
>would watch the babies for short periods of time.
>This spawn was very different.  When I left work Thursday for my unusual
>3 day weekend, I noticed the female would not come out of her flowerpot
>cave.  I suspected eggs had been laid since she had been doing this for
>a few days.  When I arrived at work on Monday, I hurriedly looked in the
>tank and saw Dad with 30+ babies. Yippee! As the day wore on I noticed
>the female would not come out of her flowerpot.  The one time she did
>the male chased around for a couple laps around the tank and back into
>her cave.  As of Tuesday nite the male has taken sole custody of his
>litter.  So I guess I have a Mr. Mom!
>As for the geneticists out there - apparently one of the fish is not
>fully albino (Kribs have unusual genetic characteristics that fascinate
>me).  I came with 13 pigmented fish, 7 full albinos and 14 albino colors
>with black eyes.
>I saw a recent post about Pelv. sacrimontis (giant krib) and I was
>wondering if any other Pelvicachromis species has been documented in
>albino form.  I know many purists hate albino, but I would love to see
>an albino Pelv taeniatus in breeding coloration to see what colors would
>show.  It would also be interesting to see if the albino gene is an
>incomplete dominate as in the case with Pelv. pulcher.
>I volunteer to do the experiments if anyone has the fish!
>Michael
>
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