Wanted to show off my 29g Kribensis Pair tank

TigerTalon1

Jack Dempsey
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Had this setup going for about 5 months now. I have a stunning female kribensis, with a unique krib male, they have eggs right now the male is guarding so I can’t get pics up close right now because he won’t leave the eggs but you can see him tucked in the cave in one of these pics. Also got 5 white skirt tetras, which is one of my favorite non cichlids for their semi aggressive nature and ability to live with cichlids, they seem like a very tough hardy fish. I. This tank as well is 7 Cory catfish including the types are; (1) Juli (2) Bronze(1) Leopard (1) Albino (1) Panda. I’m gonna try to get more pics of the other ones tonight they weren’t coming out but the juuli Cory is in between that roots of the big plant.

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Duckman77

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Nice fish! I have been looking at picking up a pair of these. Is the female a pelvicachromis taeniatus "nigerian red"?
 

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Nice fish! I have been looking at picking up a pair of these. Is the female a pelvicachromis taeniatus "nigerian red"?
Yeah unfortunately an accident occurred I haven’t talked about yet... I can’t beleive this but I was redoing my wire organization and I didn’t realize I left the heater unplugged... it got 40 degrees.. both cichlids died to my horror.. my prized fish dead for a simple mistake... I’ll never let this happen again.

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Duckman77

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Sorry to hear that. I have made my fair share of mistakes like that, and lost some irreplaceable fish in the process.

I just picked up a female at my lfs yesterday that looks just like the one in your pics. They didn't have any males though.
 

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Sorry to hear that. I have made my fair share of mistakes like that, and lost some irreplaceable fish in the process.

I just picked up a female at my lfs yesterday that looks just like the one in your pics. They didn't have any males though.
Yeah mistakes can be made and I know for a fact your going to enjoy them. Kribs are one of my favorite fish, if you could find a male you could breed them relatively easily all you really need is a cave.
 

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Sorry about your fish. We live and learn.

Mistakes like this are the reason I set 2 hour timers on my phone with reminders to check tanks after I am done.
 
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