Kribensis Cichlid - Cichlid Forum

http://www.petforumz.com/Kribensis-ftopict48025.html (Kribensis)
Hi folks I returned to fish-keeping at Christmas following a break of about 16 years. I got a 48x18x18 Renia tank and have struggled to stock it in a way I am happy with. I had some tiger barbs, b..
« fry will be in a pit in the cave prob, cover filter intakes so they don't get sucked in. I have found using a 'nightlight' to simulate moo.. »

http://www.petforumz.com/Kribensis-Breeding-ftopict42671.html (Kribensis Breeding)
Hi, I've got 3 Kribs in a 180L community tank, 1 male 1 female and one I'm still not sure about. The female has all the right colouration, but chases the othe two off if the so much as enter her l..
« She isn't ready to spawn yet - might not be full of eggs. You might try changing the food, or feeding less, more often. Another little tri.. »
« "Frank": Thanks Frank, I'll try all of that. Whats a good (safe) way of lowing ph ? Rich »
« Driftwood or bogwood in the tank or run the weekly change water through peat before putting it into the tank should trigger a spawning if .. »

http://www.petforumz.com/Kribensis-Eggs-ftopict45551.html (Kribensis Eggs!)
Hi All, I was cleaning my tank on Wed and discovered that my 2 Kribs have laid eggs! There looks to be in total about 150 eggs scattered in my rock cave. As far as I can tell, they must have laid t..
« "David Paquette": eggs! far Wednesday. David my Kribs have bred many times however I have never actually seen the eggs as I do not disturb.. »
« Thanks for the helpful feedback everyone! I left town for the weekend (It's Thanksgiving Day in Canada), and when I came back, the eggs we.. »
« "David Paquette": The Kribs accessed your ebay account while you were away, and sold all their children to lfs's via the web. This is why .. »

http://www.petforumz.com/Tankmates-Kribensis-ftopict50714.html (Tankmates for my Kribensis)
I have a 40 gal. and 20 gal. long tank. What fish can I keep with my favorite Kribs?
« I have mine with mollies they dont seem to mind when they get banished to the top of the tank whenever the kribs breed »
« On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:05:03 -0700, "W. Eric W.": Been wondering the same thing. I plan on having a pair of Kribs in my 37gal community ta.. »

http://www.petforumz.com/Convicts-Kribensis-ftopict50703.html (Convicts and Kribensis)
Can they live together? in a 20g or 50 g tank? They are 2 of my fav fish, but with my snakes and current fish I am running out of space. At least that is what my wife said. hehehe ;)
« "W. Eric W.": won't work, the convicts will get far too aggressive. Rick »
« "Rick": fish, And the Convicts will fill up a 50 gallon tank within 3 months, if not sooner. Limnophile »
« Are you telling me that 2 convicts will grow large enough to require a 50 gal. tank? "Limnophile": least »

http://www.petforumz.com/Feeding-Baby-Kribensis-ftopict43361.html (Feeding Baby Kribensis)
Hi, I have a 180L well planted and well stocked community tank. Last week my pair of Kribensis did the cave thing, and now they're busy shepherding a load of tiny babies along the bottom, keeping..

http://www.petforumz.com/weird-Kribensis-behaviour-ftopict50920.html (weird Kribensis behaviour?)
Hi I'm new to keeping cichlids, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on my kribs behaviour. I got a male and a female krib from the LFS about 3 weeks ago, and I'm really enjoying them..
« "kmm": It all sounds pretty normal to me. If the shell is harder to get into, then it makes a more secure home to lay eggs in. Why she .. »

http://www.petforumz.com/SELLING-PRICE-KRIBENSIS-ftopict50101.html (SELLING PRICE FOR KRIBENSIS)
Hi, I am selling my kribensis (about inch and half in lenght) to a local fish shop for $0.33 each. Is this price reasonable? I have about 15 of them. They are from the breeding pair i bought about 6..
« sell 'em a $.50 to $1 a peice... they're gonna sell them for $6.99 to 9.99 or so... atleast in my area.... just an opinion.. "Sushil Prasa.. »
« Standard rate is 1/3 of what the store will sell them for. $0.33 is a rip off. You'd get more money selling it to your local aquar.. »
« That's what I was thinking... I'd give them a chance of atleast a buck a peice.... "Ghazanfar Ghori": 9.99 »

http://www.petforumz.com/Kribensis-Eloiris-breeding-ftopict40953.html (Kribensis Eloiris - breeding?)
I bought my first two kribensis on the weekend from the LFS, and I specifically asked the guy for a breeding pair. He said I would know when they are going to breed because they would be staking ou..
« NetMax wrote in message ... Don't worry too much about your success rate. Enjoy the show, and I think I spent about 5 hours watching them.. »
« "Paul": dug out to "disapear the both trips pebbles Regarding the female re-appearing after 5 days with fry, I'm sure that is what happene.. »
« NetMax wrote in message ... thanks again Netmax, just one last question (for now hehe). If they have spawned, how I can I tell? should I .. »

http://www.petforumz.com/kribensis-30gallon-long-advice-ftopict50444.html (# kribensis in 30gallon long? (advice request))
First post -- sorry in advance if this has been talked to death recently and I've just been too lazy/incompetent to find it in the archives... Here's the story: I have a 30 gallon long, with fairly ..
« "Davin": I had a breeding pair of Kribs in a tank with a dozen Tiger Barbs and they did breed however none of the fry will likely survive... »
« I have two kribs that bred in a 29 gallon("high") tank with half a dozen mollies and a few lemon tetras I took the fry away when the paren.. »
« They sound like Convicts as far as breeding goes.. Get a pair and wet rag and they will breed.. Tim "Phil & Edwina": livebearer tank. if s.. »