Breeding Kribensis (Pelvicachromis Pulcher)

[Chrystal]

Newbie here, just reading through the various topics. We notice pevechromis fry on Christmas day with parents taking care of them. We left them all to get on with it and now have just 9 left. Strong and between 8mm and 12mm long. We took the parents out and into there own tank now to see if we can keep more alive next time.

[Chrystal]

Great news, The pair of Kribs that we moved to their own tank have more young just a couple of mm long, not sure how many but in this tank they only have half a doz lemon tetras to protect them from.

[Antony]

Hey I don't know if you guys have rules against resurrecting dead threads, but since I have a pair of Kribensis myself who've spawned three times already I just wanted to add my two cents.

They've actually just spawned and the male is guarding the area with the mother and the fry. They're one of the most aggressive parents and will defend their fry pretty much till death.

Also wanted to ask if the Taeniatus and Kribensis could cross-breed? They're from the same family.

[Mick]

Ressurect away
I haven't heard of these cross breeding but I don't know of many keepers that do breed this variety as they tend to take longer to mature than the pulcher.

[malakye]

As Mick said ressurect away on the breeding sections thats what they are there for and for people to add to them.

[Eric]

[Mick]

I used to use a small glass jar to move fry about,works well once you get the hang of it

[malakye]

I used a really fine net to move fry into a bigger tank, catch them up in the net but don't take it out the water. Put a jug under the net and lift it it out with the net so the fry are still able to swim in the net as its in the jug, then carefully release by adding the jug and net into the new tank or fresh water, let them swim out then remove the jug and net.

[Eric]

Thanks for that folks. Always wondered how people moved them