Will Mrs Krib kill Mr Krib :crtttt:

She is blossoming, her colours are coming really beautiful, she patrols the tank and if she spots him she beats him up :sadd:

I have been hand feeding him blood worm to give him strength and to fatten him up, he is looking better, but if he spots her he does a runner.

awww noooooo... fingers crossed he she doesnt do him in... i would of thought if they were different sexes they would have been compatible :thinking:

Apparently, it's quite normal for the female to fight with the male, (so I read) but a few years ago I had a female who killed off 3 males :2431: pissed me right off.

They need to pair up, then when that happens, they get on with the nitty gritty, I have been told, if she kills him, to look for the biggest male I can find as that speeds things up (lol, before she has chance to kill him, I expect)

But my male is young and small, I love him, don't want her to kill him :nhy:

When Kenny comes hopefully he can shed some light on it all for me

ooh no hun... can you not seperate them until the male is bigger :thinking: i should imagine its a costly expense to keep on buying new kribs for the fussy thing lol

On Ebay they sell them already paired up, :thinking:

We shall see how it goes

I can't seperate them at the moment, as I have 2 young fish doing well in the small tank, they are still to small to go in the big tank, yet they are far to big to put my new born babies in with them

crikey almighy hun lol .... :2431: .... ooooh if your two dont work out, you could return them to the pet store and order a compatible pair from e-bay

:nhy: I am sentimental, I get attached, I couldn't return them :cwyy:

im the same hun.... i dont like to return fish unless im absolutely desperate...

Sorry to be so late Sandra thursday is training night with dogs.

If she is coloured up and quivering in front of him she is ready to spawn but by the sounds of it he is not ready, so she is chasing him away for not paying her any attention (god that sounds familiar :2445: )
Nothing to worry about if he has a few hinding places he will be ok hes just a bit under the thumb at present( he'll soon sort that out) in a week or 2 the roles will be reversed.
From the pics u posted it looks as though he may have been dominated by larger males in dealers tank , when he realises he is the only male in tank his attitude will change , no need to split them up

Thanks kenny that makes me feel better


He has loads of hiding places, and sticks (mainly) to the one end of the tank, he is looking a bit better now, eating well.

The thought of these 2 getting it on is all very exciting they are so interesting to watch

oooh that is good news sange... i cant wait for further updates hun :san12:

Lets cross fingers all goes well hun

.... fingers crossed you have success hun, unlike me :2431:

:love: :love: :love:

they will lay eggs in cave etc they may hide a few days after the eggs hatch the will move fry about tank ,you will have to look very hard to see them as like the 1st photo i posted in on other post with them in gravel.
they will chase all other fiah away at the above stages