HELP! My Kribs have eggs, now what?

[Stix_oz]

As the heading says my Kribs have just laid 30+ eggs in a little rock cave in my 70G community tank. I'm a total newbie to aquariums, got my first tank just over 2 months ago which has just finished cycling but have 5 tanks in total already.

My Kribs laid eggs today but i'm not sure what to do, considering they are first fish i have seen spawn i would like to try and take care of them as much as possible. Would should i do?

I'm thinking of buying a small tank to put them in but should i wait until they hatch? Should i put the parents in there as well? What do i feed them?

The community tank they are in has 10 Congo tetras in it along with some corys, rams and bristlenose.

What is the best thing i can do for these little fellas without going to extremes. I can afford another very small tank and filter setup but not much more.

Thanks in advance

Stix

 

[fearlessfisch]

Boil water!

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know nothing about breeding kribs, but I'm sure someone will be along to help soon.

Good luck--this is very exciting! Please post pics when you can.

 

[fearlessfisch]

Also, you might want to repost this in the breeding forum to reach the right audience. Good luck.

 

[rich311k]

Kribs are prolific. You may be better off just letting them be and setting up a breeding tank just for them the next time.

 

[Stix_oz]

So by breeding tank you mean a tank with just my 2 Kribs in it?

 

[bs6749]

Yes. A bare bottom tank with 2 clay flower pot caves should be sufficient. A ten gallon tank with a heater and a sponge filter will do but some breeders don't even use filters in the breeding tanks. Regular water changes every other day will take care of the built up pollutants.