Kribensis fry journal

[eve]

what a surprise
i was out today, and came back
when i looked in my tank, i suddenly see little tiny fry

55 gallon tank
planted
1 pair kribs
6 giant danios
6 silver tipped tetras
2 kuhli loaches
1 bristlenose pleco

2 submersible filter for up to 30 gallons
2 submersible heaters
1 bubble wand with 20 gallon pump
medium sized gravel
lot's of plants
decorations
slate pieces


spriulina flakes being fed every other day
shrimp pellets fed every other day for the bottom feeders


water change was done on january 10th 2009
ammonia and nitrite 0
nitrate below 10 ppm
ph is around 7.6-7.8
Temperature 80 F


added a few plants on jan 13th
added Co2 on jan 13th, which means i disturbed the tank quite a bit


i saw aggressive behavior against the other fish, where the krib pair just chased all the others away from their right corner



they where also digging out the gravel under a slate piece before i did the water change
i never disturbed that are though

and now i have some krib fry

will try to get some pics from them, which is very hard

none of the other fish are able to get closer then 10 inch to them, or the female chases them away

they're both extremly protective of their fry

at the moment they're about 5 mm long, i assume they're about a day old
still a bit of an eggsack on their tummy, but most of it already absorbed

[barbara]

Awesome! I hope to see pictures, but I do understand the challenges of taking pictures of fry. Congratulations!

[brenda]

Cool Eve. Yeah, get some pics of the parents and fry.

[goldenpuon]

Congratulations on the babies! You wrote a very nice description of your tank too. I can't wait to see the pictures!

[eve]

thanks guys

for me, every time i get as lucky as to have fry's, i think it's important to really keep track on what the parameters are

if they don't survive, at least you have an idea where to look or what to look for to make it better the next time around


yes, those fry are really a challenge to get a pic of
first of all they're really tiny, which shouldn't be a problem, and wasn't a problem for me before

but my challenge is the light gravel, i even have a hard time to spot them, as they're kinda see through, and they're hiding all the way in the back, right behind a plant, even harder

i will see what i can do, as i really don't want to disturb them to much, and the male hates his picture being taken, lol


so far i have seen 8 of them

[Carl]

Congratulations Eve on your baby Kribensis!

This was one of my clients favorite fish to breed



Carl

[eve]

thanks carl


unfortunately, just as i feared, as it was their first time, i unfortunately don't see any fry any more

they don't guard that site of the tank anymore, but are more then ever in spawning mood

they display some awesome colors at the moment



don't pay attention to the background noice

[goldenpuon]

Nice video. I like how your lighting brings out the colrs on your fish and decorations! I did notice a little voice in the background noise and I must say it's a cute one! lol

[eve]

Jan 21, 2009 18:14:18 GMT -5 goldenpuon said:

Nice video. I like how your lighting brings out the colrs on your fish and decorations! I did notice a little voice in the background noise and I must say it's a cute one! lol

thanks

the background noise are my kids and my husband

[Carl]

I am a little late commenting here, I am sorry that you lost the fry, but I still enjoyed the video.

Nice colors and activity in the tank, as well I enjoy hearing your family in the background too

Carl