Spawning Rainbow Kribs?

Yeah. I've spoken to the guy that's having the fry off us and he's said the same thing.

The Mrs has told me, I've been at work, that the male has been holding the smaller fry in his mouth. So it seems he still has paternal instincts.
The 'plant' in question was a plastic one and she had got stuck right down at the base where there is even less movement. The current she got caught in was the intake so it is more than likely the nipping took place before hand. But she was head down in the plant as if she was feeding on the algae and had got stuck before the nipping.

That's an interesting point.

He only seems to be taking the smaller fry into his mouth and the others are desperately trying to gain access. I'm going on the assumption that he believes the bigger ones are big enough to fend for themselves stronger swimmers, better grazers etc.
He's still protecting them, chasing the Penguins away, but at the same time willing to leave them to it.
He's doing an ok job but I think he might be feeling stretched with the workload as he doesn't seem as bright in appearance.

Be alert for the day that dad decides they are competition rather than children. He will try to kill them. Well, kill the males, and maybe try to mate with the females now that his partner has gone. You'll need to remove the fry asap when that day comes.

Fry are now in the hatchery after a good 20 frustrating minutes of searching.
Dad, as cunning as ever, has smuggled 3 fry into the main tank.

Thanks fcmf.
I wish I had done it sooner to be honest, the tank is a lot calmer, the only chasing seems to be when it's feeding time. I may well still have Princess Mia as well,  never mind though there's all ways next time.

The problem with turning it off is that ammonia will build up. I know they are only tiny, but all infant animals make more waste than you'd think for the size because they are busy using energy to grow.

What do you mean by the Fluval 1 HOB filter? I can only find Fluval 1 plus and U1 internal filters on Hagen's website or anywhere on google.

If you do mean an internal filter, try getting hold of a knee high sock (ask a female friend/relative to donate a new, unused one  ) and slide that over the intake slits. That's what I've done with the Eheim aquaball in the tank with the shrimps to stop baby shrimps getting sucked in. And there are ways of making a baffle for internal filters - cut the top and bottom off a 2 litre plastic bottle to make a cylinder, and trim it till it slides over the filter.
If it is an actual HOB filter (which sits outside the tank at the top with an uptake tube removing water from the tank like this) slip a piece of sponge over the end of the tube.

It's those Americans with their different names for everything that are to blame 
They use HOB filters much more than we do; in fact they hardly use internal filters. If you read things written by Americans you'd think there were only two types of filter; canisters that go in the cupboard under the tank (which we call externals) and HOBs. In the UK, you rarely see HOBs in shops but they are full of internals. So reading things written by Americans it is easy to assume that when they say HOB, they mean internal.



A sock (the things we used to call pop socks) is better than the end of a pair of tights - a cut off pair of tights tend to unravel. And if you have a U1, see if they have black socks/tights as then it won't stand out as much 

I fear I may be to late to create a guard.
I've just got home from to find one of the larger fry struggling to free itself from the filter intake.
At the minute I fear I have lost the majority of the shoal.

  That was a close one!

Good luck with the rest and keep us updated.