Mega “jump” ???

As long as there is local demand for the offspring! Kribs can be hard to move

Awesome photos 🐠😜

Thank you! And yes that tank sure looks overpopulated by far. I didn't mention this in the video but it is part of a system that circulates water through a second tank so it has more water volume than it looks. That many fish in 10 gallons would be rough!

I'll hope with you! They don't need to get all that much bigger before they stop being such an attractive food.

Hey there haha I had to pull out all the community Since then it’s just the Family in there I have about 50-60 babies that are about 1/4” now I think the filter ate some 😬 I need help Mums in and out of the Cave atm and I really want to get these kids out What size Grow out Tub should I get I have a mature sponge filter ready to go What’s going to be the best way to get them out Without destroying the tank to much I was thinking of sucking them out with a hose or should I just use a net? TIA Sheridan 🇦🇺

I sound like a frantic sub parent All good I got them all out (73) with a net and now in a temp tub Mum and Dad are living it up, now that the kids have left home Here’s to another spawn with these amazing fish Thx again 🇦🇺🐠🇦🇺

When they were very young maybe once a week. Once they got larger and just before I moved them to a larger grow out tank it was more like every other day.

Yep, just a clay pot cut in half with an entrance carved into it.

Thank you, the cave is open ended and placed up against the tank glass. There is a camera mounted outside

In general I think if the goal is maximum fry survival, species only is your best bet. On a personal level, I say give it a try and be happy if 25% survive. Kribs are tough to find homes for.

I haven't bred nigerian reds myself but my best advice would be to make sure you really have both sexes and then feed them well. Also maybe check if they are one of the krib species that need a lower ph. If so, look into ways to facilitate that. An RO supply goes a long way for breeding many species.

@@MakeMoreFish thank you very much for your answer 🤩 yeah I have both sexes and they get fed with different kinds of food. Maybe I have to check the PH more. Thank you. I‘ve breeded already so many different kinds of fish. But with this ones - for some reasons- I just don’t have the luck 😂 ( or skills) whatever. Thank you again and I am looking forward for the next videos. Greetings Kilian Zellmer

I'm sure you can :)

Ouch, grumpy girl!

It's been a while so I don't remember clearly, but I think about 80-100?

Yes I have

A $20 webcam. I think the brand was Spedal, for what a brand name is worth bought from amazon.

Maybe 3/8 to 1/2 inch. Just enough to cover the floor and give the fish something to shuffle around

@@MakeMoreFish okay thank you so much! Recently I have successfully bred Betta..and now I am willing to experience breeding Kribensis! And your videos have inspired me a lot into breeding fishes! Amazing videos and so much educational! Thank you!

For putting on size (or not) I always look at water quality, food quality, volume and frequency of feeding. Assuming water quality is preserved, I find it easier to feed fry and juveniles in a smaller space than 40g

There's some debate about that I think.. I've read they do well on a more plant heavy diet but for me they did well on protein. From my own experience I think I would say find a good pellet food mix in some live or frozen and they'll do great

Mine do really well with anything I feed. They do regularly eat dead leaves on my plants and really like repashy (super green and spawn n grow)

I haven't and probably won't, unfortunately. I think they're beautiful but they're a fish that breeds in large numbers but typically are in very low demand at local stores. Kribensis are too. From what I've heard, convicts are an "add water, will breed" type of fish.

Pink/purple belly on the female would be a good sign to look out for. In my experience though dwarf cichlids can spawn at a younger age than we tend to think. The spawns just get larger as the parents do, particularly the female

20, give or take a couple

Supposed to be pulcher but you never know

@@MakeMoreFish I was just curious because mine have lots of circles on the fins and the male and female have pink bellies. Mine could have been line breed.

I don't know but my guess is they will try to spawn whether they have a great place to do it or not. Well fed females will fill up with eggs and eventually need to get them out. I've seen cave spawning cichlids deposit eggs out in the open on top of rocks, on sponge filters, or on the side walls of the tank. Whether the eggs hatch or not you would still end up dealing with whatever effect that has on the parents' behavior. I don't recall kribs being particularly aggressive to other non-cichlid species.

@@MakeMoreFish Thank you for your fast response. 🙂 I keep hearing horror stories about community tanks with all fish to one side of the tank and the breading pair of Kribensis on the other side. 😋 The 1 male and 3 females in the planted tank seem to like to stay in a lose group, with some light pickering among the females, so no problems there so far. In the tank with the one pair, I have 11 duplicareus cory that I would not want to see bullied (as a general rule, if a fish disturb them, it goes bye bye, I really love those guys) and I really want to make Kribensis work in a community setup. Ofcourse, I can always donate the Kribs to some shop, but I want to avoid that, as I like their colors and behavior.

@@MakeMoreFish Update on the Kribensis front. 😋 I've set up a cave for the pair, they love it, but a male Ancistrus has claimed it. So, tomorow the male Ancistrus is going on a trip to the fish store.

and selling them if you do