Krib ?

jb-ny said:

My kribs are sharing a upside-down flower pot.
The female stopped showing the male her belly and it is not quite all red as it was.
Does this mean they have spawned or will be spawning.
The next question if they did how long before the eggs hatch?
So far today the female has spent all of her time in the pot, is this a sign?
I can't see inside the pot and I'm afraid the fry will starve.

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More than likely they have a batch going. From what I understand, they eggs will hatch and the fry will go to the bottom of the container/cave. Not sure how long it takes before they're free swimming. We've always just let our kribs do it all themselves and haven't changed a thing when they are spawning or have babies. We don't change our feeding patternes or nothing. We've always had some fry grow up, but have lost many to larger fish in the tank (we have one hungry leporinus, lol). If you mess with the eggs or fry the parents could end up eating the eggs/fry.

Kribs are known as good parents and will take care of the fry at least until they are free swimming. I wouldn't mess with them until then.

Sometimes, the parents will eat the first couple of batches of eggs before they get it down right, so don't be too worried if you get none this time. They will soon have another spawn.

I've noticed mine going from deep red/purple with almost gray/black on the rest of the belly for a day or two and then going back to the normal pink with a pearly background for the rest of the time. This happens every couple weeks, and I have not yet seen fry, but I do know that mine are very young and there are lots of other fish that could also be eating fry (tetras, guppies, plecs, mollies, and now gouramis!).

Oh, and the female will usually "disappear" for about a week after a spawn to take care of the eggs and the male will chase off anything that comes near. At least, that's what I'm told. As I said, mine are young, and I've only had them for a few months.