Post All The Different Species/varients of Frontosa you have
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that last string of pics was just snap top notch looking fish
ok a buddy of mine had a 2 year old male that the alpha was smoking like an oyster so I picked it up and put it in with my 3 juvi in my 140g here is a string of shots of it goin in and getting happy with the others
here comes the housewarming party
a game of follow the leader ensues
ok a buddy of mine had a 2 year old male that the alpha was smoking like an oyster so I picked it up and put it in with my 3 juvi in my 140g here is a string of shots of it goin in and getting happy with the others
here comes the housewarming party
a game of follow the leader ensues
Actually only about 1/3 of them have perfect fins. The rest are shredded due to aggression. But the larger specimens have some beautiful trailers.
The small fish are Golden Zebra Danios. I put in about 21 a couple nights ago and about 18 remain. One fish in particular spends the night hunting them at the surface. The other 13 are far less interested. I added the danios into the tank to try and get the frontosa used to other fish as I would like to add other Tanganyikan fish. The danios swim at the surface only, and are very agile and speddy. The one adament hunter strikes many times, and misses nearly just as many.
I only feed them live every couple months when I cull some excess male swordtails from the Sword colony.
They eat 3mm NLS. Though I won some Etreme-Exotics Cichlid Pellet on MFK for TOTM that I've started to use as my 5lb tup of NLS finally got low (after a year of feeding). The 5 pound tub of NLS was $55 and lasted about a year. Pretty awesome in my opinion.
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The small fish are Golden Zebra Danios. I put in about 21 a couple nights ago and about 18 remain. One fish in particular spends the night hunting them at the surface. The other 13 are far less interested. I added the danios into the tank to try and get the frontosa used to other fish as I would like to add other Tanganyikan fish. The danios swim at the surface only, and are very agile and speddy. The one adament hunter strikes many times, and misses nearly just as many.
I only feed them live every couple months when I cull some excess male swordtails from the Sword colony.
They eat 3mm NLS. Though I won some Etreme-Exotics Cichlid Pellet on MFK for TOTM that I've started to use as my 5lb tup of NLS finally got low (after a year of feeding). The 5 pound tub of NLS was $55 and lasted about a year. Pretty awesome in my opinion.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232934&highlight=frontasia
It is funny how i think of frontosa as the lazy africans... they are so laid back... about everything... even their aggression is like an effort to them.. one nudge and hour later another nudge towards the other fish.. hard to believe their attacks can actually cause damage... but i even lost a beauty from it.. they are slow but relentless and i quess it does not take much to stress a front.. since they are so peaceful... congrads on your win of food...Will Hayward;3026986; said:
you definitly have beauties.. how big are your biggest..how many males do you have...vs females..There are 14 in total. The largest are about 12". I have never measured them. I might take some ruler photos later if my local Dollarama will restock their black bristol board so I can cover up the back of the tank again. There are more males than females, but it is very difficult to get any reasonable price for a single Male Frontosa in Southern Ontario. It does not seem so difficult based on some of the FS ads I've seen from American members here on MFK. The aggression comes mostly from 2 or 3 individuals that chase relentlessly. The largest of the chasers is the 3 largest Frontosa.
I had a Venustus (Eww Malawi!) in with them for about two months. During this time, the Frontosa acted much more complaicent to each other. Much more of a community colony. After a month in the tank, the Venustus realised that the much larger Frontosa would not fight back, and he slowly began to claim territory in the tank. I removed him after a while, but it was neat to see him try to show off his tiny mouth infront of the Alpha Fronts. Plus I'm a bit of a purist and I like tanks that are Biotopically correct. It took me months to choose a rock that looked like rock from Tanganyika.
I may still remove a few Males, but I'm not about to take a loss on them Financially. The market here is shot though.
I had a Venustus (Eww Malawi!) in with them for about two months. During this time, the Frontosa acted much more complaicent to each other. Much more of a community colony. After a month in the tank, the Venustus realised that the much larger Frontosa would not fight back, and he slowly began to claim territory in the tank. I removed him after a while, but it was neat to see him try to show off his tiny mouth infront of the Alpha Fronts. Plus I'm a bit of a purist and I like tanks that are Biotopically correct. It took me months to choose a rock that looked like rock from Tanganyika.
I may still remove a few Males, but I'm not about to take a loss on them Financially. The market here is shot though.
Originally Posted by Will Hayward 
wow they are gorgeous.. i just bought more cave for them to hide out from each other maybe that would help for yours too.. do not want to let them get to beat up and since all of them have their own domain now it is better.. i am lucky if i have 2 girls in with another 7 males... i could be wrong but that is how i see it now.. beautiful venustus...looks like my male... he is 10 inches now.. hope you still have him..
wow they are gorgeous.. i just bought more cave for them to hide out from each other maybe that would help for yours too.. do not want to let them get to beat up and since all of them have their own domain now it is better.. i am lucky if i have 2 girls in with another 7 males... i could be wrong but that is how i see it now.. beautiful venustus...looks like my male... he is 10 inches now.. hope you still have him..ok red I was doing some moving of fish tonight and I figured since fronts are one of the fish im gonna breed I needed to learn how to hold them for when I need to strip a female. So I took a shot of each of my fronts in my hand as I moved them from the bucket to their new tank.
Eventually I will be putting my colony in the 10ft 300g this summer but I really figured that I needed to move them from the 75g to the 150g and I needed to take the 4 out of the 140g and put them in the 150g as well.
will post the pics later as well as the full tank shot
Eventually I will be putting my colony in the 10ft 300g this summer but I really figured that I needed to move them from the 75g to the 150g and I needed to take the 4 out of the 140g and put them in the 150g as well.
will post the pics later as well as the full tank shot