Flumpweesel Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Well when the lights came on today I discovered my male Krib floating. No signs of disease or damage. Would anyone know if this is likely to be due to females behaviour? He'd been mainly in or guarding the cave recently while she has been about feeding. I hadn't seen him feed for a day or two. Has he staved or stressed himself out due to her absenteeism? They never seemed to successfully spawn I'd got him about 9 months she was added about 2 months ago and they paired up within minutes of her getting in the tank. Just to confirm the water parameters are good and normal for tank. Community planted tank. I currently don't think I'll get her a new male she seems quite hard on boys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) I don’t know kribs but my condolences on your loss 😢 Edited November 1, 2021 by Guppysnail Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 @Guppysnail thanks I'm still blaming the female who seems completely unphased by his loss but I'm not getting the black widow another man to bully. The rest of the tank seems happy so I can only think it was behavioural. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Not sure - my kribs fault a lot before they paired (maybe 4 weeks); but never had much indication of damage. The one thing that concerns me is that if they did not successfully breed for a while then it is possible one decided to drive the other away in hope of a more viable mate but i'm not sure if that is consistent with kribs behavior as it is with some other cichlid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 I'm wondering if she got frustrated and is now hoping for a better prospect. She is certainly swimming around in full colours and keeping the cave mouth open. Still this wasn't really a breeding project just thought it would be an interesting watch, so she can embrace celibacy for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewbie Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) you could try another male if they are readily available. I had mine in a 40 breeder community aquarium. Once a bond forms it is pretty strong and they will behave well. Edited November 2, 2021 by anewbie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 11/1/2021 at 5:24 PM, anewbie said: you could try another male if they are readily available. I had mine in a 40 breeder community aquarium. Once a bond forms it is pretty strong and they will behave well. they are normally available at my preferred LFS will probably eventually add another as I try to avoid single fish generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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