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Thanks very much..but it takes all of you guys to make a good thread!!!Crispy;2641050; said:
so i thank you too....I may be biased but I think you ca't beat the Mpimbwe.They jump up at the top of the tank and let me hand feed tham. My brother has some beautiful Moba and they just hide whenever they see you.
I'll take personality anytime !!!!!!
I'll take personality anytime !!!!!!
Mpimbwe Pete;2801244; said:
I'm thinking this has a lot to do with Moba being wild caught quite often. I have some burundi that aren't shy at all, but my 2 WC Mobas dart off in a second. I had some F1 Mobas that weren't too skitish until the larger WC were added. Just a thought.
Ash;2153996; said:Some information on Hybrid Frontosas
There are many types of Frontosa out there but when dealing with any hobby you always come across Hybrids. The photo below is a great example of a hybrid burundi frontosa.
This is called mooning. It's when the the white comes down inside of the black stripe creating a half circle that looks like the "moon". It can also make the stripe look like its split. This is cuased by bad breeding/interbreeding and bad genes. Example someone breeds their fry with a parent, this can cause mooning. You always want a fresh gene pool when you breed to avoid something like mooning. Now keep in mind even though the parents may not show mooning, the fry still have the chance of showing the mooning.
If you look at the adult male above, not only do you see mooning but you also see that by the tail, 2 stripes have combined but the top part of the stripe to the right did not quite connect all the way. In some cases that stripe may connect and you will see 7 stripes on one side and 6 on the other. This is something that is very common in a hybrid frontosa caused by bad breeding. If you notice the second picture of the juvie Frontosa- he shows signs of mooning.
If you look at the photos below look at the 6 stripe fronts with mooning and then look at the 7 stripe front: She shows no mooning and has cleaner looking stripes.
*These photos are of my own frontosa - I dont breed them so no worries*
Mooning or not he is still a cute little bugger.
Real good work. Or should I say a lot of hard work. This helps tremendously. I had/have still lol a lot of problems with the variants.