Re: brooding female?

["alex pastor" <alexp@idirect.com>]

>Tell us all, i'm interested. I've got a pair of kribs that breed regularly
>but it is in a community tank and most of her last spawn got eaten.  She
had
>a hundred or so wrigglers so i was pretty disappointed.
>
>kym

IMHO it would be easier to remove all the other fish than the kribs!  As
soon as you put the net in, both parents would go "underground".  Whenever
we remove juveniles and the parents have already started another brood, the
parents and little ones disappear.  Some of the juveniles also go into
hiding with their parents and are occasionally booted out.  Kribs are
amazing.  I think they take better care of their brood than apistos and have
a much higher tolerance for their older brood.  I've never seen a Krib eat
its kids, but I've sure seen Apistos do it.

G. Kadar




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