Some questions about kribs

**Glub** · 01-17-2009, 05:27 AM

I'm considering getting a pair of kribs.

I've read that they're pretty easy to breed, and that their young aren't incredibly difficult to care for.

I'm just wondering, what's required to breed kribs (equipment wise)?

The most important question I haven't been able to answer is, how would I raise the fry until they're a good size to be traded/donated? I have a 29gal, and I'm wondering if the fry would overcrowd the parents if I tried raising them to such size in such a tank. I was considering getting another aquarium anyways, what size would this have to be so the young fish aren't overcrowding each other to raise them long enough?

Just exploring my options and possibilities to see if I could actually get set up to raise fry.

**Dave66** · 01-17-2009, 05:36 AM

Glub,
Floating around on the forum are the six installments of my how to culture tutorial. Several entries, particularly the first three, would be helpful in your endeavor to breed kribs.
All you need is a compatible pair. Your best bet would to be buy eight young kribs, and let them pair off naturally. Give you an immensely better chance at a compatible pair.
You'd need at least a 40 gallon to raise the youngsters to saleable size of 1.5 inches. You have to have that space to grow the fry out like that. If cramped in a 20, you'd get a poor yield.
You wouldn't be able to raise many in a community tank like your 29. The fry would steadily be eaten by the tankmates at night when the parents are asleep. A better bet would be a special, planted aquarium specifically for krib pairs to spawn in. Letting the parents raise them for a month or six weeks would give you much superior fry.

Dave

**Glub** · 01-17-2009, 05:47 AM

Alright, I think that's a bit beyond what I can manage to keep. Thanks though!

**Dave66** · 01-17-2009, 05:54 AM

Easier than it sounds, glub. Kribs are just-add-water breeders. It's just raising the young that's more involved, but isn't at all difficult. It's very rewarding successfully raising egg-layer fry of any kind.

Dave

**lovleeko** · 01-17-2009, 05:59 AM

I am going to get a pair of kribs for a twenty gallon long. But I dont really plan to sell the fry. So I will just take my fry to the LFS and they will take them off my hands. Therefore I dont have to have a separate tank for the fry. I am just interested in the breeding behavior and watching them rear the fry. I am so excited about it. Wow, I said the fry like ten times. LOL