choosing a safe baby crib

[flametech]

I just got back home to a tank full of 20 little fry and I'm wondering, what's the plan now?. I picked up a divider for my other fish (8 serpae and 2 golden Killi), Liquifry baby plus food, and a hatchery just in case. From what I've read, kribs are pretty good parents, right? They've been keeping the area around them clear, chasing off anything that gets too close, so I'm hoping the divider will help with that.

What's the general rule for leaving the fry with the parents? I can see the male spitting out flakes for them and he's being super protective, while the mum moves them around every now and then. Will this change or is it okay to just leave them alone for a few weeks?

thanks

[creekdwlr]

I'm surprised Liquifry is still on the market, it's an oldie but a goodie, mainly designed for livebearers, but I'm sure your kribensis fry will appreciate it. For optimal growth, Baby Brine shrimp, or BBS for short, is the way to go - you can either hatch them yourself or buy them frozen, the latter being more convenient for a hobbyist like yourself. That being said, unless you're planning to sell the fry and have buyers lined up, crushing up flakes will do the trick for now. I do want to caution you, though, that while local pet stores might be eager to buy kribensis fry from you initially, the demand tends to dwindle after a few batches. If you leave the fry with the parents for too long, they'll likely turn on them - in the wild, the fry would naturally disperse, but in a tank, they're stuck, and when the parents spawn again, they'll see the remaining fry as intruders.

[flametech]

I'm surprised Liquifry is still on the market, it's an oldie but a goodie, mainly designed for livebearers, but I'm sure your kribensis fry will appreciate it. For optimal growth, Baby Brine shrimp, or BBS for short, is the way to go - you can either hatch them yourself or buy them frozen, the latter being more convenient for a hobbyist like yourself. That being said, unless you're planning to sell the fry and have buyers lined up, crushing up flakes will do the trick for now. I do want to caution you, though, that while local pet stores might be eager to buy kribensis fry from you initially, the demand tends to dwindle after a few batches. If you leave the fry with the parents for too long, they'll likely turn on them - in the wild, the fry would naturally disperse, but in a tank, they're stuck, and when the parents spawn again, they'll see the remaining fry as intruders.

Yeah, I didn't really know what to get, just winged it and grabbed the liquifry stuff since it had a picture of a female krib on the logo, figured it was worth a shot. I've actually got frozen brine, bloodworm, daphnia and flakes on hand already, but I'll keep an eye out for frozen BBS, thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, I'm down to 7 fry now, not sure what happened - could be the water conditions, nitrates are around 10ppm and I'm worried the filter might've gotten them. I'll be keeping a close eye on the parents and when they start looking like they're breeding again, I'll move the existing fry into a separate tank, which I'm trying to cycle at the moment.

[creekdwlr]

If they're in with other fish, I reckon they've probably been nipped off.

[flametech]

I'm surprised Liquifry is still on the market, it's an oldie but a goodie, mainly designed for livebearers, but I'm sure your kribensis fry will appreciate it. For optimal growth, Baby Brine shrimp, or BBS for short, is the way to go - you can either hatch them yourself or buy them frozen, the latter being more convenient for a hobbyist like yourself. That being said, unless you're planning to sell the fry and have buyers lined up, crushing up flakes will do the trick for now. I do want to caution you, though, that while local pet stores might be eager to buy kribensis fry from you initially, the demand tends to dwindle after a few batches. If you leave the fry with the parents for too long, they'll likely turn on them - in the wild, the fry would naturally disperse, but in a tank, they're stuck, and when the parents spawn again, they'll see the remaining fry as intruders.

I set up a divider in the community tank on day one, so it's just the parents and the fry swimming together for now.