Frontosa talk

[Red Devil]

At my lfs I found a 73" 210(I can't remember the rest of the dimensions). I fell in love with that tank, very deep and fairly tall. That's why I've been looking into frontosa's. I want a monster tank with a monsterfish.

thats great... someday i hope you get it..

 

[Red Devil]

Zaires- Kitumba, Moba, Tembwe, Kapampa, Moliro, Mikula and Kalumba

Tanz- Mpimbwe, Bismark, Samazi, Ikola, Kipili, Karema, Kasanga, Kantalamba, Fulwe Rock, Sibwesa, Mabilibili

Zambian- Chaitika, Nangu, Isanga, Sumbu

sp North- Burundi, Kavalla, Karilani, Zaire North, Bulu Point, Halembe, Ubwari

7 Stripe- Kigoma, Bolumboro, Bangwe

Thanks so much for this info Steve....

 

[Staszek]

Your welcome.

 

[Red Devil]

Your welcome.

i appreciate it

 

[Red Devil]

I agree, they are generally the same size, I think the burundi and kigoma types can "appear" larger because of exceptionally large nuchal humps compared to the gibberosa species such as mpimbwe or moba types. In general frontosa are rather slow growing but over time achieve larger than average size in adult hood. I consider a 12 inch cichlid to be quite large, frontosa commonly exceed that (both male and females) but it takes more years to get that big than some similar new world cichlids such as oscars etc...

good info Sue... thanks...

 

[SovietFireExtinguisher]

Good work. It pretty much answered all my questions.

 

[Red Devil]

There are collection points not listed, i will go over some at the top of my head. There are alot that are not brought in. The market for frontosa is not so great right now for anything other then Zaire. And even with that, not all Zaire blue types are brought in because lack of name recognition.
Example, there are other blue types that look just as good as Moba, kitumba, kapampa, but those are the most well known so they are the most requested. Other new blue types will have a hard time over coming lack of name recognition, thus they will have zero demand.
Not all frontosa are the same size, example mbita island is smaller then the others and one of the meanest frontosa.

Others at the top of my head that are missing on your list....
halembe, molwe, chituta, mamalesa island, mbita island, gombi, magara and resha.

thanks for added information... i appreciate all contributions to information on frontosa... please submit it all if you have it..thanks