Do I have to separate Kribensis parents?

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Dekz

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My last attempting at breeding Kribs was moderately successful. Fry hatched, but then some got eaten, then the male died (which I can only assume was killed by the female), then the rest of the fry disappeared.

I've had a new Male in there for about a month now, and there has been lots of mating displays and a LOT of digging over the past couple days.

Today when I checked on them, the female was guarding the cave, she would barely leave it for food, only sneaking bites when they were close and zooming back to it. The male was at the other end of the tank and seemed to be afraid of her.

In fear of her killing another male, I have decided to remove him (which is no big deal, I have many tanks).

Is this common?
 
Sometimes one cichlid parent takes sole responsibility for the fry and shoves the other away even to the point of killing it to do so. My festae female for example nudges her mate to leave the fry all the time. I've heard of kribs being very belligerent about it before, so might be common.
 
I don't even have fry yet, but her change in behaviour was both drastic and sudden. Do you think this indicated fertilized eggs?
 
Very well could be. Can you see the eggs? It might indicate that some have already hatched.
 
Mine were great parents. I wish I still had them. They cared for the fry as a team, until I moved the fry to a separate tank at around 3 months.
I would have left them alone, but I was afraid that my big gourami might kill the parents because they were being so agressive about protecting the fry.
 
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