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Posted	kribensis
08-10-2006 17:00 by bluboy	hi all can i have as much basic background knowledge on kribensis. i saw a pic not that long ago and realy fancy keeping some how big do they grow/would they be ok in a tank with other fish how much would a pair cost? thanks
08-10-2006 17:04 by -Rob C-	do a google search plenty of info on the net already
08-10-2006 17:39 by heros hero	Fella joins a forum, asks a question, and you tell him to check out google. Nice one, very helpful. African lake cichlid, not bad in a community tank unless they breed when all hell can break loose. Male has a pointed caudal fin and elongated dorsal, female smaller with rounded caudal.4 to 5 inch for a male, very easy to get hold of so should be cheap,5 to 10 pound per pair. Hope that helps
08-10-2006 18:02 by JOHANSWAN	ive kept kribs in their own tank and it is one off the best cichlids to keep and breed they are fasinating and a real pleasure a bit nifty to keep in community and more diffycult to breed but in overall a great cichlid
08-10-2006 18:04 by kingie11	hi mate as heros hero said great ciclid easy to breed look to pay about £5 a pair in most lfs
08-10-2006 18:06 by paul stevens	Yeah rob c how rude are you....
08-10-2006 19:29 by -Rob C-	sorry i just dont see the point of asking for background information about fish when theres loads of information on the net all ready. and i dont see how its not helpful to tell someone to do a google search theres loads of info on there
08-10-2006 19:34 by Danny Boy	must admit this kind of info is all over the net... seems like a lazy question to me. you'd find out far more doing a little reading than just snippets of peoples experience http://www.justbajan.com/pets/fish/species/krebensis/index.htm
08-10-2006 19:57 by Redshark1	This is my favourite cichlid. When I started out as a kid with my first tropical tank my parents were kind of heavy on influencing me on what to keep. They bought me neons without asking me(all but one died quickly of neon disease), paid for a black angel (that caused no end of trouble) and encouraged me to obtain platies (that gave birth to more young than I knew what to do with). On top of that they criticised my "colourless choices" e.g. Pearl Gourami, Corydoras etc. When I saw kribs for the first time I got that feeling we all now know. I was on my own with money in my pocket. I had to have them. This was my first unaided purchase and it felt good. They were called "Purple Cichlids" at the shop in Leeds Road, Bradford back then and they lived up to the name and looked sensational in the shop's tank. I can still smell the shop and feel the joy at discovering them now. Imagine the trouble at home then when the colourful characters were taken home. They had changed a uniform grey and my parents were unimpressed. However, I persevered and provided them with a flowerpot which they quickly made a home. These became my favourites and the female would follow the male around, both in stunning colours. After they beat up the angel, they were moved to a seperate aquarium where they bred and led happy lives until their brief lives (3-4 years?) flickered out. Much later I was given a female by a passer-by who was giving up the hobby and who had noticed the tank as it was lit up on dark nights. She had a happy life in my community tank. My last experience of these fish was the best as in Nov 2003 I obtained a pair for old time's sake and placed them in my 6ft community. The pair laid eggs in one cave but cared for the young in another cave. It was fascinating watching the pair care for the young. They basically had exemplary teamwork as they ensured no fish came within 30cm of the young (except my 20cm Gibby who ignored their assaults but proved to be no threat). They took fully 30 minutes to put the young to bed in the cave. This was timed so that they were finished before the aquarium lights went out. The male cleared the area of other fish and then the female brought the young who willingly entered the male's mouth in small batches of 3-4 and were spat into the cave. They knew not to come out again. Lastly the female went in the cave to stay with the young until morning. The male stood guard outside (he was too big to fit in anyway). The colours of the fish during this period were dramatically enhanced and I can't think of any fish more beautiful, personally. When the young were 2cm long the male tried to drive them away so they could start another batch. Instead, I passed the pair on and raised the young on, keeping the biggest male (he avoided capture). He is still in the aquarium today and is a large specimen at 5 1/2 inches. I shall have to take some more pics as this one doesn't do him justice, although his colours never reach the intensity of a breeding pair.
08-10-2006 20:05 by Redshark1	Can you see him in this pic peeping out of the roots just right of centre?
08-10-2006 20:12 by Redshark1	Sorry about that last pic. I've got to be joking right? Without being able to zoom in you've no chance of identifying the krib! But if you tell me what you are planning I can maybe give you my opinion. Whatever, I hope you enjoyed my story.
08-10-2006 20:50 by Cichlid Fury	great fish unfortunately get put into the "easy to keep community bracket" which in a way is true admittedly, but a great cichlid, breedable, great colouration and character and also pretty tolerant of a variety of water parameters. I am interested in getting some albino strain, are these natural or man made?
08-10-2006 22:43 by jonie	think albino are natrual strain and the *pink* are man made
08-10-2006 23:45 by jonie	kribs are awsome fish fpr personality had a pair w hcih bred nd if i put my hand in the tank they would try to hug it lol there fins would be like arms (the fry not parents that was a whole different story)
12-10-2006 18:18 by bluboy	thanks guys im not sure wot i can do cos it sed on google search dey wuld be aggresive against corys so im not sure. the tank i wuld put dem in is way understocked so i suppose that wuld be ok there are zebra danios,corys,pink kissers,mollies, wuld they be ok
13-10-2006 19:18 by Redshark1	I suggest you try and if they fight be prepared to take out the ones you least like. It is sometimes difficult to predict which fish will get on, although I personally suspect there might be problems between kissing gourami and kribs. In my experience I would say kribs like other fish to get out of their way, unless the other fish are larger in which case the kribs may well give way. My krib was challenged by my male betta and was promptly shredded so I wouldn't mix these two species again! He gives way to the larger clown loach (18cm) but challenges the ones of his own size (<14cm). I would have said harlequins are one of the most peaceful fish but my shoal suddenly took off all my hoplo's whiskers (ouch!). Not to worry though, I separated them and the whiskers grew back even longer than before in a month! The more space you have the better for territorial fish, although virtually any aquarium is small compared to the wild situation where the fish's behaviours evolved.
14-10-2006 21:22 by Redshark1	The fighter was shredded by the krib of course!

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