Frontosa

[Mavyash]

Hey guyz,
I have been thinking of keeping a small colony of frontosa umm about 5 of them,my LFS is is going to bring them in shop today.He said they are about 1 inch+ .So I just wanna ask can i keep them in a 15 gallon tank till they attain maturity of about 3.5-4 inch.after that i will transfer them to 120 gallon tank.And yeah one more can you all tell me there growth rate,their diet etc etc,they are burundi frontosa.Till now i have been keeping red frontosa in 120g tank (7inch+) and he is good in eating hekari bio gold.

 

[james99]

I would at least start with a 55 as a growout. Smaller tanks are much harder to keep stable, not to mention once they hot a few inches the smaller tank will be pretty cramp.

 

[Ash]

The 15 gallon won’t work. I used a 30gal for 1 inch fry and they outgrew that very quickly and went to a 55 which they also outgrew quickly and then went in with a few larger fronts in my 150gal. They all got a long fine!

 

[Ash]

The 15 gallon won’t work. I used a 30gal for 1 inch fry and they outgrew that very quickly and went to a 55 which they also outgrew quickly and then went in with a few larger fronts in my 150gal. They all got a long fine!

Note: I wouldn’t recommend or bother with anything under 55gal

 

[AnthonyFish20]

Note: I wouldn’t recommend or bother with anything under 55gal

i agree start out with a 55 or let them grow in the big tank if nothing else is in there

 

[Wolf1781]

Got him at 1" started him in a 75gallon. Bigger the better

 

[smitty03281964]

I would not start with 5 in a 15 gallon tank. They are slow growers. I guess a better way to put it is they are definitely not fast growers.

 

[The True Guapote]

Way too small for growout. Even with their slower growth rate that size tank is too small. Frontosa’s are predators so a good staple cichlid pellet with occasional frozen bloodworm brine or mysis would be where I’d like to be for food.