Information on types of Frontosa

[Red Devil]

Let's re-stimulate this thread again........
I've been keeping frontosa for almost 3 yrs and I did lots of research before jump into the hobby. So I'm not saying that I am an expert because I am still learning, but here's my .02
theippster1 - From the pics they look like burundi, and when you purchased them the seller told you that it was 1M 3F? IMO the guy is full of it, you can't sex frontosa at that size. Even most of the expert I know are having a hard time sometime to sex them @ 5' (except if they laid egg before, which not always happen on fronts @ this size)
AudriSampson - as the dude with the tie said, it's zaire. And there are several type of zaire, for instance: moba (the most popular one), Kitumba, Mpimbwe, etc. If the seller referred it as 'purple haze' I am 95% confident it's Kitumba. When Kitumba first to the US, people are amazed by their coloration, more purplish instead of blue. Therefore, they referred this fish as purple frontosa. And yes they are beautiful because I am keeping wild caught colony of Kitumba myself
Dragonblood - Your front is the burundi

I am not sure if someone already uploaded Frontosa map in this thread or not, if not let me know I'll be more than happy to share the info and pics with other MFKers

go right ahead and add it.. all new info is always welcomed ...thanks

 

[v3by]

Here's the map, enjoy....

 

[jturkey69]

We have two different types I am having trouble getting correct info on....we have 3 what we believe to be the 7 stripe true frontosa Kigoma, and the rest I think are Burundi...one pic is when the Kigoma's were with the Burundi..they are now separate.
Anyone want to take a crack at these, and also how can value be placed on these?

 

[Red Devil]

Here's the map, enjoy....

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fantastic!!

 

[Red Devil]

We have two different types I am having trouble getting correct info on....we have 3 what we believe to be the 7 stripe true frontosa Kigoma, and the rest I think are Burundi...one pic is when the Kigoma's were with the Burundi..they are now separate.
Anyone want to take a crack at these, and also how can value be placed on these?View attachment 744027View attachment 744029View attachment 744030View attachment 744031

thanks so much for great photos........

 

[jturkey69]

dam...sorry, I cant even edit my post..seems the pics are tooo big....anyways, the first pic is our bigboy Frankenstein...roughly 14",second pic is also I think Burundi..third pic are the Kigoma's, and fourth pic you can see the Kigomas with the burundi.

 

[Red Devil]

dam...sorry, I cant even edit my post..seems the pics are tooo big....anyways, the first pic is our bigboy Frankenstein...roughly 14",second pic is also I think Burundi..third pic are the Kigoma's, and fourth pic you can see the Kigomas with the burundi.

the pics are fine...looking great..!!

 

[Ash]

jturkey the first two photos look like Burundi to me. The last two photos (minus the two at the top of the last photo) do look like kigs (7 stripes on both sides) and have the mask of a kigoma.

 

[Ash]

I don't think I ever posted pictures of my f1 Kigoma colony in here but I'll post two quick pictures that I have on this laptop (the one with all my main pics the scree broke and I have not pulled off everything yet). These pictures probably around a year old. I have had one spawn from this colony thus far.

Here are two of them:

 

[jturkey69]

Thanks for the info Ash!!...Yours are beautiful!