iv just set up a 1500*540 w*700h tank with rock caves etc.also has plants in there sword and cryts,and a colony of kirbs,there 30 of them.what anthors can i put in there. cheers ant

ps must be the same size as the kirbs,

30 kribs! in a week that will be 300, another week 3000, another we...... you get it

That will be a pretty sweet tank man! Alot of fish will go with kribs, a long as theres enough hiding places.

Some huge schools of tetras would look awesome in with them. Pencilfish also do well with them i have found

cheers for that,

i was think of ele yelow or same in those lines .

E.yellows need a different pH etc though. Kribs are a rift lake cichlid, but prefer lower a lower pH than most africans

I have kept kribs in my full african setups before they they have done well.. You could get the ph to around 7.5 and it would work for both, I never bothered and they were ok

You have the advantage of having a big enough tank to have alot of options.. you could go down the community tank way.. Or down the african cichlid way full it up with yellows and demasoni Someone has to try and get more dems than evil

Or down the african cichlid way full it up with yellows and demasoni Someone has to try and get more dems than evil

Never!!! Muahahahaha

Some Lionheads would go in well with the Kribs, the Kribs being non rift lake.. they don't need the same requirements water parameter wise as Malawis... I reckon some Lionheads would be awesome amongst the rock work, they are also an African, but non rift lake also..... Oh and maybe a pantodon butterfly fish would look wicked 8)

rainbows 8)

lol all sorts of options Lionheads are a cool fish also

angels i had them with kribs

cool that gives me some options.

angles to big. i want fish that is same size as the kirbs,cheers ant

they are called K R I B S not kirbs and they are called angels not angles

:lol:

A school of tiger barbs will work fine with kribs too. Similar size, water conditions and they dont hassle each other. 8)

Cheers

Ian

sorry just had to get that out before

blue rams and bolivian rams dont go with kribs neither do coryhydras....well not in my case, i think its because th kribs have just apawned and tank is on the smaller size - 600x300x300

evil you say rift lake is there any anthor fish species in nz that a rift lake?? cheers ant.

cheesejawa :evil: :lol: 8)

Sorry i was wrong. Kribs are NOT a rift lake cichlid, but are still considered an african cichlid. Lionheads as has been suggested would be awesome with them IMO.

phantom butterflyies are they a cat fish also .how do you tell male from female,

dems are nice fish but they want go with kribs or will they problen is evil many not talk to me if i get more dems than hes got :lol: :lol:

Nah, i'll still talk to ya.... I will just have to buy some more dems before i do though :lol:

i could get a lot of dems in a 560l tank 8) 8) nah im to much of a cat fish fan.

so what kribs are african cichlid so what is there in the a/ciclid range that is the same size as the kribs,

could i put in discus??

Discus would probably work. You'd have to up the temp though. In your other post up further i think you may be talking about pantadon butterflys? They are a top dwelling that eat mainly live food. they have real cool finnage and are quite easy to sex i believe. Google will give you a pic and tell you about finnage as i have never kept one.

You could keep Dems and kribs together I have and am at the moment.. However most purists wont recommend it as they're from different places, what PH and GH is your tank?

Discus may work but I think they may take a hammering once the kribs start breeding like mad I would probably go for something more robust.

ph7/ and gh is 10/ temp 26 it the same as my planted 600l discus tank

the pantadon buterflys arent catfish are they?