Nodalizer Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 G'day people,I have had little to do with kribensis, I grabbed a couple mainly because I knew they breed well and the kids would love it.Now I have a coconut full of eggs, but the female is not in there 100% of the time, she goes for walks at feeding time and the like.Should I be trying to remove the eggs ? I want to have some fry for my kids to see.Or do you think she will be fine ? The male is keeping everyone (electric Labs) away from that part of the tank, so he is doing his part well.I just thought it was a 24/7 thing to fan the eggs, but as I said I am new to kribs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Kribs are usually good parents. I'd be inclined to leave them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalizer Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Is it normal for the mum to leave the cave for say 10-20 seconds to have a walk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 +1 to Mattrox just leave them alone in a few days you will have wrigglers then free swimming fry once the egg sack is almost goneif you want to remove any fry the wriggler stage is the best time but don't take all the fryvery interesting time when you see the parental behaviour with fry with KribsChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalizer Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yeah I might leave them then .. I think this all happened last night .. saw her doing her belly dance so i turned out the tank lights early.Will they still be eggs in say 3 days ? Kids are at there other dads house for the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 depending on temp 3-5 days they should be in transition from egg the wrigglerthen a few more days till free swimmingalkaline water gives more male and acid more female in the spawn ratioChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalizer Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yeah I will be getting mostly males. I am at the very top of there tollerable PH level.Hey for anyone out there looking for good coconut homes for kribs... I found out something interesting.Use the bottom part of the coconut that doesn;t have any holes. I have 3 coconut homes and they choose the darkest one (the one with no holes in the top that you use to get the milk out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalizer Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Well that didn't last long, the eggs are gone. Lucky I didn't tell the girls hahaThey were well defended inside a coconut shell with a small opening, my tiny bristlenose wouldn't have eaten them would he ?I am guessing just first time gitters for the kribs or my flash light spooking them ?Any help to make the next lot of eggs more successful would be great.EDIT: also the eggs were white.. how soon do the eggs turn orange ? 24 hours ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My money is on the bristlenose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 if they were white then they were infertilethey will go again in a few weeks I would think50/50 call the parents will eat them if in fertile orthe b/nose might have got them if they were left unguardedChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalizer Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 They were taken during the day, and the brisslenose are only 1cm big. Still think there the problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teki Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I would say the parents ate them but normally they are great parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodalizer Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yeah I think the male didn;t know what to so when he got inside and left them unfertalized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 After a couple of goes I'm sure he will get it right. Young males are often clumsy and inexperienced and it doesn't quite work out as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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