Frontosa coloring

[haynchinook334]

Question for all you frontosa owners out there. Do all adult frontosa get drab looking when they reach adulthood? Every adult frontosa I see for sale has a washed out look about it. Is this because of inferior food or is this what they all look like? I've seen some decent looking frontosa on videos, but not many. I like that they are reportedly not very active in the aquarium. I've seen some in larger tanks with light colored sand and like the look.

the fish that you look at are eather scared, strested, uncomfable, or just shy. when i watch my fronts, they change color when they are chasing each other, or when it's feeding time.

 

[cichlidgirl]

Very true. I had picked up a cute jet black front with no stripes visiable at all, after settling in he now is still darker than all others but has stripes. I can spot him by his coloring, so there are differences in coloration between individual fish too.

 

[Mij]

the fish that you look at are eather scared, strested, uncomfable, or just shy. when i watch my fronts, they change color when they are chasing each other, or when it's feeding time.

Yeah, I know most fish go through that when stressed and lets face it, in most lfs they are stressed to some degree usually because of the small tanks they are kept in. I just see some pictures of fronts and they don't look good. Usually if a fish is fed properly and housed in a big enough tank with the proper tankmates they color up nicely. Until cichlidgirl turned me on to some nice pics, I hadn't really seen any frontosa that nice. I'm liking them more and more.

 

[Mij]

Very true. I had picked up a cute jet black front with no stripes visiable at all, after settling in he now is still darker than all others but has stripes. I can spot him by his coloring, so there are differences in coloration between individual fish too.

Speaking of individual fish, is it ok to mix and match frontosa from different parts of the lake or is it better to stick with one variant? What would be a correct number of fish for a 120g with a 5'x1.5' footprint?. Would it be better to keep just one single male to several females or could I keep two or several males(if they were different ages and sizes so a pecking order established) to to proper number of females?

 

[haynchinook334]

Yeah, I know most fish go through that when stressed and lets face it, in most lfs they are stressed to some degree usually because of the small tanks they are kept in. I just see some pictures of fronts and they don't look good. Usually if a fish is fed properly and housed in a big enough tank with the proper tankmates they color up nicely. Until cichlidgirl turned me on to some nice pics, I hadn't really seen any frontosa that nice. I'm liking them more and more.

well then, get 20 to 30 .75 inch fronts, house them in a 55 intil they have settled in, grab your net scoop up the top 15 fronts put them in another tank, and that will be your fronts show tank...breed the top 15 and sale the hell out of them.

 

[Mij]

well then, get 20 to 30 .75 inch fronts, house them in a 55 intil they have settled in, grab your net scoop up the top 15 fronts put them in another tank, and that will be your fronts show tank...breed the top 15 and sale the hell out of them.

I often thought about breeding fish, but there usually isn't a big enough market for them once you get them spawning on a regular basis. Is there a big enough market for frontosa?

 

[Robertshadow]

I often thought about breeding fish, but there usually isn't a big enough market for them once you get them spawning on a regular basis. Is there a big enough market for frontosa?

Yeah definitly, of course that probably depends on whether or not you're willing to ship.

 

[Mij]

Yeah definitly, of course that probably depends on whether or not you're willing to ship.

Of course it also takes a lot of time, so that will probably have to wait until retirement.

 

[haynchinook334]

Of course it also takes a lot of time, so that will probably have to wait until retirement.

well jump on it....the cheapest fronts i seen were $15, and that was my discount to.=\

 

[mike dunagan]

Right the grapping the top 15 is not a good deal. Males grow faster than females, you need a good ratio as well. 2m maybe 3 rest females. Either get a already grown group or get a lot grow out and vent them.

Is it a 4ft or 5ft 120? I would say no more than 5 for life.