Re: Confused Krib?

["Walter" <wmccree@usa.net>]

I have fry that are 4 weeks old and the parents just spawned again last
night.  The female has been courting for about 5 days.

The male is splitting his time between the cave and the fry.  The fry are
all over the tank now so I don't think he'll stick with them too much
longer.
Walter McCree
wmccree@usa.net


-----Original Message-----
From: K & D Martin <martndk@ibm.net>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: Confused Krib?


>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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