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My mum has had loads of eggs laid all over her 190ltre tank...what can she do to hopefully raise the fry if and when they hatch. Also how does she know if they have been fertilised.

I have a mature tank thats got community fish in it at the mo...I am going to put the male krib in there, hopefully he will be ok. My LFS has already said that they will take my fry when they can be sexed...dont want to rehome either of the adult kribs but must stop them breeding...I thought by...

I have approx 30 baby kribs in with their parents at the moment...parents have just laid another set of eggs and are chasing the babies away....what is the minimum sized tank I can have for the 1st lot of fry....they are about 1/2" long at the present...I am in the process of setting up a Juwel...

UK Teesside..North East England...originally from Devon..lived in Wales for 7yrs:)

I have got a Juwel 190 Trigon Tank..in the process of setting it up. I have been looking at lights for the plants I want to grow in it...it comes with a T5 Daylight and T5 Warmlight... both 28 watt....some of the plants I want just say strong light required...whats classed as strong...

I have a slight covering of brown algae on the back of my 110litre community tank. I read that this could be caused by high phosphate in some fish foods, how do i reduce the phosphate levels..I dont over feed and do regular pwc and I dont have an overstocked tank.

I have a 110 litre community tank, with 5 tetras, 7 goldring danios, 10 white cloud mountain minnows, 2 corys and a beautiful breeding pair of Kribs...just hatched 50+ babies!!!! Plenty of space to swim and hide...the kribs have taken up half the tank as their territory and shoved the rest down...

Many Thanks. Will leave the fry in and see how it goes. My LFS has said that they will take the fry at 4/6 mths old. I do have another tank set up just incase it gets a bit too much for the parents. Although my daughter is after some Convict Cichlids of her own!!

Hi all, I have a 100 litre tank with a Krib pair and 6 of their 3wk offspring, along with 6 Neons, did have 10 but the male killed 4!!!!. The Kribs are preparing to breed again..question/s Do I leave the babies in the tank with parents? Do I try and catch them and place in diffrent tank? The...

Hi Lovin Fish, yes its 100 litres...roughly. Im a bit shocked that they have/possibly decided to breed as Ive only had them 2 weeks and they were in my mothers tank. Fingers crossed they stay healthy, will be keeping close eye on them thats for sure:)

Okies, Thanks for the advice...Got a few decent LFS round here, so will start asking on the off chance:eek: Thankyou Lynda:)

Many Thanks, The female defo has a lovely purply pink belly and has been tempting the male, yesterday she went into the log and spent ages in there, he was swimming in and out. I never expected them to breed(if they have) so quickly as they had been moved from mums tank to mine. The male is...

Hi All Got a tank set up with a pair of Kribs who I think are breeding...my question is can I do the normal cleaning, filter checks etc and replanting as long as i dont disturb them. I got the fish from my mum and they were in a community tank but never bred. Ive had them about 2 weeks now. They...

Hellooooooooooo:) Just got a Juwel Rekord 800 tank off my mum...shes upgraded big time!! I have it well planted with live plants and artificial hollow log and artificial stacked stones. So far so good. I also have 2 Kribs, who i think are breeding...there are no other fish in the tank. Looking...