Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 My kribs had baby's!!!!! what should I do? I plan to order san Francisco bay brine shrimp eggs, penn plax breeder net, easy fry food. should I lower the water level? do I need to worry about the parents(fighting, eating fry, etc). can I use reef salt for hatching brine shrimp? how do I know how old they are? they are sort of swimming but they can't swim open water for very long. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Awesome! Here’s a video journal to help you out... Powder fry food can work once they’re free swimming, but BBS is best. Kribs are usually great parents. You shouldn’t need to separate from parents. We use aquarium salt for hatching BBS, but look up online... maybe reef salt could work?? Keep the questions rolling. They’re probably about 1-week old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Cory has mentioned in this video that he uses marine salt to hatch baby brine shrimp: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Fish Folk said: Awesome! Here’s a video journal to help you out... Powder fry food can work once they’re free swimming, but BBS is best. Kribs are usually great parents. You shouldn’t need to separate from parents. We use aquarium salt for hatching BBS, but look up online... maybe reef salt could work?? Keep the questions rolling. They’re probably about 1-week old. is easy fry food the same as powder fry food? that's good, what age should I separate them from the parents? I did some research and I think it will work. have you had luck with feeding them defrosted frozen bbs? 1 hour ago, James Black said: Cory has mentioned in this video that he uses marine salt to hatch baby brine shrimp: thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, quirkylemon103 said: is easy fry food the same as powder fry food? that's good, what age should I separate them from the parents? I did some research and I think it will work. have you had luck with feeding them defrosted frozen bbs? thanks. Yes, any fine fry food / powder can work for Kribensis fry. Honestly, you shouldn’t need to separate fry from parents at all. Beware of any other fish that might predate on fry. Mom & Dad Krib should take turns guarding fry. They’ll even suck them in their mouth, and spit them out elsewhere to move them around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I think live bbs are best, but they might nibble on some thawed. Just watch and don’t overfeed. We use a Walmart 10-ml. suspension syringe from the pharmacy with a ca. 5-in. airline tubing attached to gently feed fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Fish Folk said: Yes, any fine fry food / powder can work for Kribensis fry. Honestly, you shouldn’t need to separate fry from parents at all. Beware of any other fish that might predate on fry. Mom & Dad Krib should take turns guarding fry. They’ll even suck them in their mouth, and spit them out elsewhere to move them around. they are in a qt tank with a ceramic pot and some java moss it is just them currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Fish Folk said: I think live bbs are best, but they might nibble on some thawed. Just watch and don’t overfeed. We use a Walmart 10-ml. suspension syringe from the pharmacy with a ca. 5-in. airline tubing attached to gently feed fry. I am tried feeding some frozen daphnia in a 3ml pipette the babies didn't take it but the bigger one would eat directly from the pipette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, quirkylemon103 said: they are in a qt tank with a ceramic pot and some java moss it is just them currently So... (sorry I’m confused) ... you _did_ separate the babies?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, quirkylemon103 said: I am tried feeding some frozen daphnia in a 3ml pipette the babies didn't take it but the bigger one would eat directly from the pipette What do you mean by “the bigger one”?? Is there a runner fry, who is growing faster than the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Fish Folk said: So... (sorry I’m confused) ... you _did_ separate the babies?? no the parents spawned in the qt tank that I don't have any other fish in. 1 minute ago, Fish Folk said: What do you mean by “the bigger one”?? Is there a runner fry, who is growing faster than the others? bigger adult. sorry I have no social, or grammar skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 All good! I think if you have any Java moss to add, do that. It will be chock full of infusoria. Take ca. 1/4 teaspoon of powder fry food, and stir it up in a mug of ca. 8 oz. of tank water. Then draw out with your pipette to feed fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: All good! I think if you have any Java moss to add, do that. It will be chock full of infusoria. Take ca. 1/4 teaspoon of powder fry food, and stir it up in a mug of ca. 8 oz. of tank water. Then draw out with your pipette to feed fry. I have plenty of java moss. I will try to get fry food as soon as I can 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 here is a picture and video 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Kribensis/ Apistogramma are the fish I want to breed after my platys in the new nano breeder (10 gallon used for breeding fish) @quirkylemon103 thanks for creating this thread, for someone who is not a master breeder like dean or @Fish Folk this thread has been very helpful for when I start breeding these magnificent fish! Edited June 8, 2021 by James Black 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Here’s what our Krib fry looked like just before we sold them to our LFS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: Here’s what our Krib fry looked like just before we sold them to our LFS... wow they look amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 can I feed dry rephashy spawn and grow as fry food? neither lfs had fry food 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 @quirkylemon103I think I’ve seen people mention dry Repashy working on this and other forums. Worth a try! From my experience with Repashy and with fry foods about the same size in that powder form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 6:22 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: @quirkylemon103I think I’ve seen people mention dry Repashy working on this and other forums. Worth a try! From my experience with Repashy and with fry foods about the same size in that powder form. ok thanks. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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