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Botia Sidthimunki & Kribs
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:17 pm
by mattseale
Hi, I am in the process of restocking my tank and have 3x Botia Sidthimunki, does anyone have any experience on if they will be ok if I introduce a pair of Kribs?
Many Thanks
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:25 am
by Emma Turner
You would probably be ok if your tank is of reasonable size and if the Y. sidthimunki are more-or-less fully grown and the kribs are still quite small. I think a more pressing matter would be to add more Y. sidthimunki to your shoal though - they do so much better in bigger social groups.
Emma
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:02 pm
by mattseale
How many would you consider adding?
My tank is 130L, 81cm(w) x 36cm(d) x 50cm(h).
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:48 pm
by Martin Thoene
Me? I'd go up to 10 sids total in that tank, assuming that you have adequate filtration, but the problem is that it's not really big enough to include a pair of Kribs because they absolutely will breed ,and then there's going to be brood guarding going on. Then the babies will grow and unless you have somewhere else for them, the whole tank will get overcrowded.
Martin.