Re: Confused Krib?

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Would you believe 8 months? Being a lazy aquarist I've had this happen on many
occasions. Only when the fry become sexually mature does the male take notice of
the other males "invading" his territory.

Mike Wise

K & D Martin wrote:

> 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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