Re: [GSAS-Member] Newbie question - auctions

[dave@cheapfishstuff.com]

A little googling leaves me less optimistic... see this discussion:

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/fish/26887-will-german-blue-rams-kribensis-get.html

One person says, "Kribs are really aggresive when they breed. I've seen a
pair of kribs use the whole tank of a 65 gallon as their "territory."
Unless you want to see some dead rams don't put them in with kribs."

> Hi, John.
>
> Doubtless it will depend a lot on the size of the tank, amount of cover,
> etc.  They would make a gorgeous tank mate combination, wouldn't they?
>
> My personal experience has been male kribs can get very aggressive with
> almost everything in the tank (had one beating up on my dwarf plecostomus,
> which couldn't possibly look anything like another krib to it) when
> they're in the mood to mate which is, well, pretty near always.
>
> BUT, with lots of cover, in a large (say, 55 gallon) tank, I suspect it
> could be OK.  My impression is kribs stay pretty close to the nest when
> feeling territorial as long as they can't see anyone encroaching.
> Obviously, YMMV.
>
>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Do you know if kribs can co-mingle with blue rams?  I was interested in
>> building out a theme but don't want to stir up any aggression in the
>> tank.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> John
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:57 PM, <dave@cheapfishstuff.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, all... new guy here.  I'm really appreciating the discussion
>>> threads
>>> going past at the moment, lots of good info.
>>>
>>> So, a newbie question:  Do auctions happen every monthly meeting?  Are
>>> the
>>> details described somewhere I didn't find on the gsas.org site?
>>>
>>> My kribs have just had their second batch of fry (first batch is about
>>> 1/2-inch long), and I can see I'm very quickly going to have a space
>>> problem...
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
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