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Just did a water change, swapped out about a third of it.

looks like he's hiding from her now, i just spooked him out and she's chasing him all around the tank.

Yeah, they've got 2 caves to choose from. Before they started this whole mating thing, her belly was super red, but now it's pretty much back to normal. And I've also noticed she's got a bit more yellow to her now.

Just went to check on them, and the male is literally standing on his head, tail ...

they were swimming around each other, looked almost like a little dance, but also kinda like they were fighting, hard to tell.

just saw my kribs mating and now i'm curious - how long's the gravid period?

I just sat down and observed for a bit, and I guess she's out more than I thought. I was still and quiet for a minute, and she came out, then she was out the whole time I was sitting there - about half an hour. She'd go in and out of the cave, and it seems like she's being really aggressive, chasing ...

but what's got me stumped is the male isn't showing off his colors that much

the female is swimming around outside the cave right now and the male is inside, just chillin'. so even if they did lay eggs, i wouldn't be able to get to them anyway because they're way deep in my plastic driftwood cave thingy. wasn't talking about eggs, just saying they're really far in there.

haha, no worries, i meant burrowing too, just typo. yeah, they're in my 30gal, pretty packed i know, will def keep an eye out for eggs, thx for the tip!

I've had my kribensis for about a month now and they're super shy - hardly ever come out of the cave. The female will occasionally make an appearance, but it's not very often. Then just last night, the male surprised me by coming out and starting to dig in the sand under my driftwood. I spent hours ...