Hey guys, All of this post should make sense if you read the whole thing, so expect to read quite a bit or stop here.
I have a juvenile kigoma frontosa in a 55 gallon tank, and plan to keep him there for life. Yes, for the average frot this is too small, but a friend of mine has a special frontosa project going on. He had a group of wild kigoma, and when he managed to get them to breed, he saved the smallest (after they were raised to adult size) couple fish for breeding stock. These fish spawned, and their young maxed out at 9-10 inches where your average frontosa would be at 12 inches if male. I have one of the fry of these fish, so expect it to be smaller like the others. And physically he will fit in the tank at this size, but if he looks uncomfortable, he will be upgraded to a 75-110 gallon tank.
Now on to keeping him alone. Frontosas do like to be kept in groups, but he is one of the healthiest and most active fish I've had the honor of keeping in my tanks.
Now to the real question I the thread. The frontosa was being fed garlic soaked food from the time he was able to take pellets, and I continued him on this, and I think this was a contributing factor as to why he didn't get the horrific ich his dither fish did. (the dithers were a few tetras) The tetras sadly passed away, I'm thinking because the ich infested their gills and I could not treat it quickly enough. With the loss of the tetras came the frontosas retreat into his caves. He still feeds fine, and has only darkened slightly, so I'm thinking it's time for more dithers, this time from the same lake. (please note that the front knows he ruled the tank, and would constantly chase the tetras from his territory) I was thinking about a trio of lelupi, or some Julie's. What would be your recommendations?
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I have a juvenile kigoma frontosa in a 55 gallon tank, and plan to keep him there for life. Yes, for the average frot this is too small, but a friend of mine has a special frontosa project going on. He had a group of wild kigoma, and when he managed to get them to breed, he saved the smallest (after they were raised to adult size) couple fish for breeding stock. These fish spawned, and their young maxed out at 9-10 inches where your average frontosa would be at 12 inches if male. I have one of the fry of these fish, so expect it to be smaller like the others. And physically he will fit in the tank at this size, but if he looks uncomfortable, he will be upgraded to a 75-110 gallon tank.
Now on to keeping him alone. Frontosas do like to be kept in groups, but he is one of the healthiest and most active fish I've had the honor of keeping in my tanks.
Now to the real question I the thread. The frontosa was being fed garlic soaked food from the time he was able to take pellets, and I continued him on this, and I think this was a contributing factor as to why he didn't get the horrific ich his dither fish did. (the dithers were a few tetras) The tetras sadly passed away, I'm thinking because the ich infested their gills and I could not treat it quickly enough. With the loss of the tetras came the frontosas retreat into his caves. He still feeds fine, and has only darkened slightly, so I'm thinking it's time for more dithers, this time from the same lake. (please note that the front knows he ruled the tank, and would constantly chase the tetras from his territory) I was thinking about a trio of lelupi, or some Julie's. What would be your recommendations?
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