Please note that the following was a mistake. (Happy I made it nonetheless) I'm simply writing this as if it was intentional.
Frontosas are almost always very skittish fish, and almost always need a very large aquarium. Through some mistakes however, my single front ended up turning into a totally different fish from what I was told he would become. He has all the grace of a big male in a colony, but has all of the outgoing personality of an Oscar. If you only have room for a tank like a 75, don't veto fronts yet!
Here's a step by step process to keeping a single and outgoing frontosa:
1.) Set up a tank of at least 75 gallons.
Anybody on MFK can figure out how to do this!
2.) Purchase your frontosa. Pick one that seems active, healthy, and outgoing. (by frontosa standards) of any variant. I've only used this process for small fronts so of recommend purchasing a 2" or so fish.
3.) Put the frontosa in the tank all alone for three months. Both fish I've done this with have dug caves underneath rocks due to initial nervousness.
4.) After three months, your front will have hopefully grown a little, and it's time to put in a few more fish. I recommend very small julidochromis.
Your frontosa will be very assertive with them because the whole tank has been his territory for three months. No damaging aggression should take place. With the new fish, your frontosa will always be out patrolling, hence seeing you more, therefore watching you feed him. Of all of this goes well, your frontosa wont really have the urge to spook or hide again.
I'm not trying to change the whole dynamic of the frontosa hobby. Most would rather see fronts in a colony but some want something a little different.
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Frontosas are almost always very skittish fish, and almost always need a very large aquarium. Through some mistakes however, my single front ended up turning into a totally different fish from what I was told he would become. He has all the grace of a big male in a colony, but has all of the outgoing personality of an Oscar. If you only have room for a tank like a 75, don't veto fronts yet!
Here's a step by step process to keeping a single and outgoing frontosa:
1.) Set up a tank of at least 75 gallons.
Anybody on MFK can figure out how to do this!
2.) Purchase your frontosa. Pick one that seems active, healthy, and outgoing. (by frontosa standards) of any variant. I've only used this process for small fronts so of recommend purchasing a 2" or so fish.
3.) Put the frontosa in the tank all alone for three months. Both fish I've done this with have dug caves underneath rocks due to initial nervousness.
4.) After three months, your front will have hopefully grown a little, and it's time to put in a few more fish. I recommend very small julidochromis.
Your frontosa will be very assertive with them because the whole tank has been his territory for three months. No damaging aggression should take place. With the new fish, your frontosa will always be out patrolling, hence seeing you more, therefore watching you feed him. Of all of this goes well, your frontosa wont really have the urge to spook or hide again.
I'm not trying to change the whole dynamic of the frontosa hobby. Most would rather see fronts in a colony but some want something a little different.
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