tropical fish anyone

Nosipho wrote:Can I ask why you have only 3 female kribensis? I'm a fish-freak our 1 bed flat has already got 5 tanks

Marty wrote:Me as well Gem big pond in my back full of koi

niff wrote:lmao missrouge , you should try scotland lmao

BlueStaffBlue wrote:It's been that cold in Scotland niff has had to put a t-shirt on

gem wrote:

niff wrote:lmao missrouge , you should try scotland lmao

I love scotland there are some really lovely places, we went to Portpatric last year this year we are going to Loch lomand hope the weathers good though

niff wrote:

Nosipho wrote:Can I ask why you have only 3 female kribensis? I'm a fish-freak our 1 bed flat has already got 5 tanks

you may , i inherited a plec of aroud 6 inches off my dad , which on the first night completely dug up all my tank , so it got switched to my other tank that has no ug filter , and put on gumtree free to good home , someone swapped me it for 3 fem kribs , couple of corys and a few neons , now if i got a male krib and had him in a community tank with fems and he decided to breed which they do readily then almost certainly id have ended up with a whole load of dead/injured fish as it is now the females are very peaceful , however the kribs are going to live in my mates tank this weekend and he is getting a male to have a go at breeding , like yourself he has 5 tanks , ive got 3 but only have the one set up at the mo .

ps , one of my fem swords has had a sex change , now growing a sword lol and the whole anal fin area has changed . so she will be an infertile he now

Nosipho wrote:

niff wrote:

Nosipho wrote:Can I ask why you have only 3 female kribensis? I'm a fish-freak our 1 bed flat has already got 5 tanks

you may , i inherited a plec of aroud 6 inches off my dad , which on the first night completely dug up all my tank , so it got switched to my other tank that has no ug filter , and put on gumtree free to good home , someone swapped me it for 3 fem kribs , couple of corys and a few neons , now if i got a male krib and had him in a community tank with fems and he decided to breed which they do readily then almost certainly id have ended up with a whole load of dead/injured fish as it is now the females are very peaceful , however the kribs are going to live in my mates tank this weekend and he is getting a male to have a go at breeding , like yourself he has 5 tanks , ive got 3 but only have the one set up at the mo .

ps , one of my fem swords has had a sex change , now growing a sword lol and the whole anal fin area has changed . so she will be an infertile he now

im really not sure why they do it , my dads right up on his fish , funny he phoned the other week saying how one of his swords was changing , then sure enough i noticed 1 of mine doing the same , males dont change to fems only fems to males and then they are infertile males , strange , but i know sometimes rainbow trout do the same thing .
the kribs are gone now , and my tank seems alot happier even though the kribs weren't a problem maybe my fish felt threatened by them ,

do you have any japanese hillstream loach aka japanese butterfly fish , hong kong plec ? really nice little fish and when you have a few very playfull , change colour on a whim cool wee dudes

Its true Kribs do become very aggressive when they have babies, especially to tetras and other cichlids. I have a breeding pair in my community tank (no space for them to have their own!) and they like to nibble the other fish. They have about 2/3 s of a 4 1/2 foot tank and the other fish all hide in the corner!

Wow about the transexual swordtail, I never knew they could do that. Is it common? Why would he/she do that?