Single Species; Frontosa

[Gamble]

Yo Guys,
Just wondering how many of us here actually keep a single species front tank?
I sold off my entire monster collection recently as I had to move out and so I found myself starting out again but this time I kinda fell for the Frontosa :newbie: after seeing a monster male for sale in one of the farms here, I GOT ADDICTED :drool:

Since this is my first real experience in rearing them Fronts, I've decided to start of with the Burundi species..More cost effective for the moment, and also, foul ups wont be as painful to the wallet(knock on wood!)

I got about 4 x 1incher babies and 5x 2.5inchers the second round, supprisingly, they're getting along ok so far..They're currently held in a 2ft tank, I know I know(its way too small) but for the next month or two they should do just fine in there as I need to bring over and prepare the 5footer for them..

Will update pics asap, sharing of personal experience would be really appreciated, I've gone through all the sites for info, but nothing beats first hand experience :evil_lol:

[RockyGoldy]

Yo Guys,
Just wondering how many of us here actually keep a single species front tank?
I sold off my entire monster collection recently as I had to move out and so I found myself starting out again but this time I kinda fell for the Frontosa :newbie: after seeing a monster male for sale in one of the farms here, I GOT ADDICTED :drool:

Since this is my first real experience in rearing them Fronts, I've decided to start of with the Burundi species..More cost effective for the moment, and also, foul ups wont be as painful to the wallet(knock on wood!)

I got about 4 x 1incher babies and 5x 2.5inchers the second round, supprisingly, they're getting along ok so far..They're currently held in a 2ft tank, I know I know(its way too small) but for the next month or two they should do just fine in there as I need to bring over and prepare the 5footer for them..

Will update pics asap, sharing of personal experience would be really appreciated, I've gone through all the sites for info, but nothing beats first hand experience :evil_lol:

Dear old bro is mine..would luv to see ur darling pics!!

:hearts:

[Gamble]

hahah...soon bro, soon, my camera is still at my old place..

Nothin much at the moment, they're still little babies... Just cant wait to get them pumped up!!!!!! :drool:

Will update asap bud :headbang2

[RockyGoldy]

hahah...soon bro, soon, my camera is still at my old place..

Nothin much at the moment, they're still little babies... Just cant wait to get them pumped up!!!!!! :drool:

Will update asap bud :headbang2

well then, u need to have alot of patience...it sort of like takes forever to grow into monster size..

[HilJack41]

yeha beef heart really is effedtive and variety in diet. like try black worms, blood worms, lots of diffrent meaty food. it will help cover a broad specrtum of nutirents. and keep emacualte water condish. nitrates can stunt growth or so i have heard from my front lovig freinds.

[Vitaliy]

I love Frontosa only tanks.. whenever Ill have a place of my own I will put up a Frontosa tank! :)

[Caveman]

My Frontosa loved shrimp sticks and Hikari pellets but will generally eat anything. That will be a good sized colony that should start producing alot of fry in a year or two. If I had the tankspace I would also do a frontosa colony tank. Good luck!

[Gamble]

well then, u need to have alot of patience...it sort of like takes forever to grow into monster size..
Dude, do you remember once someone posted a pic of a Jap family that had monster sized fronts in their tank(in AF), think you could pin a link here, I kindda dunno where to find it.. :wall:

hahah...tx man..

[Gamble]

yeha beef heart really is effedtive and variety in diet. like try black worms, blood worms, lots of diffrent meaty food. it will help cover a broad specrtum of nutirents. and keep emacualte water condish. nitrates can stunt growth or so i have heard from my front lovig freinds.
My Frontosa loved shrimp sticks and Hikari pellets but will generally eat anything. That will be a good sized colony that should start producing alot of fry in a year or two. If I had the tankspace I would also do a frontosa colony tank. Good luck!

Tx buds, will keep that in mind..
There's a certain kindda pellet for sale here in Singapore, from what I heard, it really maxed out my friends oscars in a very short period, they became monsters..
I'll try to get my hands on some and post some pics, see if you guys tried it before...Oh..it's brandless btw :22_yikes:

[Gamble]

I love Frontosa only tanks.. whenever Ill have a place of my own I will put up a Frontosa tank! :)
If I had the tankspace I would also do a frontosa colony tank.

hah...I feel ya man..lol :hitting:

[RockyGoldy]

Dude, do you remember once someone posted a pic of a Jap family that had monster sized fronts in their tank(in AF), think you could pin a link here, I kindda dunno where to find it.. :wall:

hahah...tx man..

Hah..that someone is me dude...damn, I cannot seem to find that pic in my comp anymore...its been some long time man.. :wall:

[Gamble]

hahah...manage to find mine, should have known you were the "culprit" ...heheh:grinyes: :grinyes: :grinyes:

This is sweet, especially, since I did not have ANY interest in fronts when I saved it...lol :hitting:

[piranha45]

that fishtank is.... WOW :D now i wanna get a frontosa-only tank too lol

[Gamble]

Got a couple more for ya viewing pleassures...not mine btw.. :cry:

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this tank!! 5 posts here I come.

[fsc46]

still not a "MFK Member" oh well. maybe I'l see those pics one day. :-(

[Miles]

Tx buds, will keep that in mind..
There's a certain kindda pellet for sale here in Singapore, from what I heard, it really maxed out my friends oscars in a very short period, they became monsters..
I'll try to get my hands on some and post some pics, see if you guys tried it before...Oh..it's brandless btw :22_yikes:


Anything will max out an Oscar fast.. The growth rate on them is incredible.

Just some food for thought.. I was under the impression that most of the rift lake cichlids have a veggetiation based diet. I would go with a combination of BeefHeart for intense growth, but at the same time a mixture of veggies for a well-rounded diet. I have seen a few companies who put out a 'Spirulina Cichlid Stick', which infact has a picture of a frontosa on it. I would reccomend making sure he gets a good share of veggies and variety ;) All Meat for an African cichlid can't be the most optimal growth setting, IMO..

Perfect water quality will help.. I have also heard for 'power' growth, daily water changes will help as well. It was once explained to me by a person who bred plecos that there are organic wastes that collect in the water that we can not test for.. As well as fish will use certain micro-nutrients found in tap water, which will quickly get depleted. She changes 70% a day on her rare Plecos when she is breeding them, as well as feeds them 5-6 times a day. They grow at a ridicolous rate.

[Miles]

PS. The rare plecos I am talking about are Zebra Plecos, Btw ;)

[TankGurl]

My Frontosa loved shrimp sticks and Hikari pellets but will generally eat anything. That will be a good sized colony that should start producing alot of fry in a year or two. If I had the tankspace I would also do a frontosa colony tank. Good luck!


I feed my colony with New Life Spectrum, supplementing every week with brine shrimp, krill or bloodworms. I've found you get outstanding results with NLS. My alpha male went from 3" to 5" in 8 weeks when I switched my primary food. In fact, I'm getting about a 1/2 inch growth ratio with every front in my colony per month.

Frequent water changes will also super charge growth. I do 2 30% changes every 4-5 days or so.

Kelly