Information on types of Frontosa

[Freezekougra]

no new posts for 5 months? :O

I live in new york city and here we have soft tap water with a pH of 7.2. Will the fronts be able to adapt to this or should I somehow try to bring it up? I've heard of people using certain rocks like texas holey rock or crushed coral substrate but I'm not really looking to try that kind of stuff. Any other alternatives?

 

[williamchiang]

can all the expert tell me what frontosa is this i had 38 of them really which to know thanks in advance

 

[Red Devil]

no new posts for 5 months? :O

I live in new york city and here we have soft tap water with a pH of 7.2. Will the fronts be able to adapt to this or should I somehow try to bring it up? I've heard of people using certain rocks like texas holey rock or crushed coral substrate but I'm not really looking to try that kind of stuff. Any other alternatives?

Rift Lake Buffer Recipe � Cichlid Salt by Marc Elieson Not everyone is blessed with "hard" and/or alkaline tap water. Recognizing this, several manufacturers, including SeaChem and Kent, have developed buffering salts in an effort to simulate rift lake water parameters. These serve to harden the water as well as provide "critical" trace elements. These commercial buffers and salts can get quite expensive if you have a large tank, or multiple tanks for that matter.
Instead of investing in these, there is a popular home remedy that works just as well. All the ingredients can be acquired at your local grocery store: Epsom salt, Salt, Baking Soda. Common bicarbonate of soda is effective at raising the pH, not to mention it�s very inexpensive. Epsom salts (i.e., magnesium sulfate) can be used to harden the water, raising the GH. And then you could also add salt to increase the general hardness of your water. I recommend using non-iodized table salt; however, others use Potassium Chloride or even Instant Ocean®. You can read more about the differences between these salts in my article on Aquarium Salts. For a few dollars, you can mix up enough Rift Lake Buffer to last you a year or more.



Condition of Water*pHGHKH Hard Water from Tap8.21512 Hard Water from Tap w/ Buffer8.23422 R.O. Water6.611 R.O. Water w/ Buffer7.6328* All water was treated with Dechlorinator prior to testing
The amount of Baking Soda and Epsom Salt that you will need varies from household to household and depends upon the tap water. Start by adding 1 teaspoon of Baking Soda to five gallons of dechlorinated water and see how much this raises your pH. Then adjust your dosage so as to attain a desired level (somewhere in the neighborhood of 8.2-8.6). Repeat this procedure for Epsom Salt, starting out with � teaspoon. Try to achieve a GH between 15 and 25 dgh. Then add 1 teaspoon of salt.

RIFT LAKE BUFFER RECIPE​

Ingredients
Epsom Salt
Marine Salt
Baking SodaInstructions
For every 5 US Gallons of water, add 1-tablespoon Epsom salt, 1-teaspoon baking soda, and 1-teaspoon marine salt.

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[wild bill]

We are buying a group of mobas this month more of an investment than a purchase when we get them we will have 13 mobas and hope to breed them will post pics once we get them all set up. Right now we have one in our display 150 in our kitchen nice fish and does not seem to be wild or shy. Love the idea of this forum hope it grows and catches on I will keep posting our progress.

 

[Crispy]

no new posts for 5 months? :O

I live in new york city and here we have soft tap water with a pH of 7.2. Will the fronts be able to adapt to this or should I somehow try to bring it up? I've heard of people using certain rocks like texas holey rock or crushed coral substrate but I'm not really looking to try that kind of stuff. Any other alternatives?

If they are captive bred, they could be just fine in 7.2ph. It's moreso the older wild caught specimens that need such a high ph.

My ph is 7 and my colony of kigomas have done very well the last 5 years. Always breeding looking great! My fronts were captive bred and raised since fry in a more stable ph.

 

[Red Devil]

We are buying a group of mobas this month more of an investment than a purchase when we get them we will have 13 mobas and hope to breed them will post pics once we get them all set up. Right now we have one in our display 150 in our kitchen nice fish and does not seem to be wild or shy. Love the idea of this forum hope it grows and catches on I will keep posting our progress.

thanks wild Bill..love to see some pics added of yours too

 

[Red Devil]

can all the expert tell me what frontosa is this i had 38 of them really which to know thanks in advance

looking for an ID on these beauties....

 

[wild bill]

From what I can tell I would guess they were burundi's they look like the three we just bought they have a stripe through the eye and 5 stripes If they were a type of zaire they should have a zoro type mask. The mipbwe has a lone ranger style mask so I'm guessing burundi but I could be wrong just trying to figure these fish out myself hopefully soon we pickup our mobas and I will post some pics. There was a posting on mfk a while back helping identify the different fronts.

 

[wild bill]

Just picked up our mobas today they are about 4 to 6 inches long I will give them a couple ofdays to calm down and then post some pics. Is there any way to tell the zaire fronts apart such as color or stripe pattern.

 

[Betta Mania]

New to this website , just "stumbled" on this frontosa thread, thought I would contribute my 2cworth..........
Began keeping fronts only about three to four months agao,though new I have now two double tier tanks - one 5 x 2,5 x 2.5 the other four feet tanks

I keep my Zaire Blues in my 5 x 2,5x 2 - total 16 Zaires, I also have mimpbewe and burundis I hve one tank fo rmy Malawis