krib pair in 10g?

[Senorjizzy]

this might have been asked many times before, but is it possibly to comfortably keep a pair (male and female) in a standard 10 gallon?

why a 10g? i just have it lying around and want to do something with it. and really badly want to raise a cichlid. thanks in advance for replies and suggestions

 

[kimmcannally]

Yes, I did it for years. But if cared for properly, Kribs will breed like rabbits and then you will have too many fish in the 10 gallon. I used to sell the babies to a LFS for store credit.

 

[Senorjizzy]

thats what i planned on doing, maybe not even for store credit. just because i love the local fish store, and that way i can know they will always have healthy, humanely raised fish.

how were your water parameters for the kribs to breed if you remember?

 

[kimmcannally]

Not positive because it's been so long - but pH was around 7. Never measured KH or anything other than what API Master test kit supplied. They need a cave to breed. They didn't seem to be too picky about anything but needing a cave