Saltwater & Reef

**fishfanatic** · 04-25-2012, 08:05 PM

Here we go! Plans for another tank!

I want this tank to be for Kribs. I would really like to breed them, because I find raising the fish as a great enjoyment.
So i have some equipment but I don't have the tank. well that isn't true I have a tank but the trim around the bottom is broken in several places. I basically want to know what the biggest size tank I could do with the equipment I have, I have:
A Penguin Bio-Wheel 150 (marineland) filter
A 150 watt Aqueon heater
A duel 36 inch T5-HO Glo fixture (expands to 48 inches)
And plants for existing tanks

What is the biggest tank that this equipment could handle?

I plan on buying:
Pool filter sand
A new tank
(And I think that is it?) I probably missed something.
Thank you for your time and effort!

rkilling1 · 04-25-2012, 08:08 PM

If you want enjoyment out of this tank, I suggest you don't put ANY of the plants that you already have in another tank. This tank should be different.

Coursair · 04-25-2012, 08:17 PM

Look at Bolbitis, African Water Fern

No idea on how large a tank, sorry.

**fishfanatic** · 04-25-2012, 08:25 PM

I read on the marineland filter and it says it filters 150 gph and is suitable for 30 gallon tanks. Is that true?

rkilling that is a good point about the plants, I will venture out of my comfort zone and try something new. Depending on the size tank i get i will have to figure out what level of light I will have.

What size tank would be suitable for breeding the kribs?

Morgie · 04-26-2012, 01:31 AM

A 20 long would be a good size to breed kribs. :>

**fishfanatic** · 04-26-2012, 08:59 AM

Would it be alright if after a while I put the babies (when they are like .5 inch) in my 90 gallon community tank? The 90 gallon would be their tank to grow up into selling size. I have done a tun of reading and everywhere I read said that Kribs are great community fish UNTIL they start to breed. The babies that I put in the community tank won't be of breeding age so i won't need to worry about them being aggressive. Sound like a good plan? I also need to figure out what I am going to do with the babies if I ever end up with any. I am going to call some lfs and see if they will buy them for in store credit.

LyndaB · 04-26-2012, 09:27 AM

Just be prepared to hang onto your fry. My lfs won't take kribs until 5 months so they can sex them.

**fishfanatic** · 04-26-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by LyndaB

Just be prepared to hang onto your fry. My lfs won't take kribs until 5 months so they can sex them.

Yikes! I will really have to make sure to call them and ask if they will take them. But I could keep quite a few in my 90 gallon if that will work.

LyndaB · 04-26-2012, 09:58 AM

When I kept kribs, after a few failed spawning attempts, they were providing me with 150 fry per month. If you keep some fry to grow out with the adults, it takes them a little longer to spawn again, maybe 6 weeks. When I started feeling like I was running a nursery instead of keeping fish tanks, I donated them all to my lfs.

**fishfanatic** · 04-26-2012, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LyndaB

When I kept kribs, after a few failed spawning attempts, they were providing me with 150 fry per month. If you keep some fry to grow out with the adults, it takes them a little longer to spawn again, maybe 6 weeks. When I started feeling like I was running a nursery instead of keeping fish tanks, I donated them all to my lfs.

So you wouldn't recommend breeding them? I would definitely leave some fry in the tank so that the parents will not spawn as often