How long should I leave my krib fry in the tank with the parents? I heard that soem times especially when the parents are ready to have a new brood of fry that they may eat the already existing brood of fry, is this true? Has anyone experienced this? Should I leave my fry with the parents until I am ready to sell them or should I separate them into my fry tank? Thanks

I also heard that the parents will start to fight with each other if you leave the fry with them for too long.

if you have a fry tank I would seperate them as soon as the parents stop trying to bring them all back into the same group, especially if the female strates to colour and fatten up again.

Thanks for the advice. Have you bred kribensis before?

The fry should be removed before the parents try to spawn again, when they are starting to spawn again the parents will probably eat them. Fights can occur when one of the parents tries to chase awawy the fry or eat them in preparation for the new fry and the other parent sees it and tries to defend the babies beating the other parent.

:gpo2:

kribs are one of my favs to breed, just the cuteness factor and the ease of raising fry.

don't fuss too much, you'll soon end up with more than you can get rid of.

I see..... My fry having been free swimming for just over a week now. Do you think it is time to remove them?

Yes

Ok thanks. I removed most of them