i picked up 2 agressive front's with lots of hiding places and stuff so i tossed them into my 240 and they are all cool with me now and each other the male used to beat the crap out of the female but now he's cool now. i got a silver arow 4 dats 2 comp/calvus and 3 bala sharks in the tank... the fronts are 6+ inches with the biggest one being 12 inches...
Frontosa temperment???
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if it will not fit in their mouth (Fronts) they will leave it a lone. I would wonder how the fronts would do with them...
would a 75gal be too small for them? I've been reading that some get up to 15". Is that true? I know that would be pushing it.
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mike dunagan;2275799; said:
That's what I figured. Thx. Too bad I would love to get 1, hopefully by next spring I'll be able to afford to upgrade.
I've had 2 VERY aggressive fronts over the years. One was a huge burundi male that I got as a little fella and had for years. The other was a large wc mpimbwe male that I got for some females I had. The burundi lived for years with the same tank mates and no problems, then one day he realized he was big stuff and started killing his tank mates one by one. He was 12"-14" at the time and was in a 300 gallon tank with only a few large tank mates.
The mpimbwe male was trouble from day one. He would kill any other frontosa, male or female as soon as they were in the tank. I tried dither fish (silver dollars) at the suggestion of a few experienced hobbyists but he ignored them. I could keep him with anything but another frontosa, even some smaller trash fry I was hoping he'd eat. They were safe as could be with him!
All the other frontosa I've ever had, including the two groups I have now - Moba & Smazi, have been peaceful and no problem. I have bought all those no problem fronts in groups, I don't know if that makes a difference or not. I've been able to keep many different types of fish with these fronts with no problems at all.
The mpimbwe male was trouble from day one. He would kill any other frontosa, male or female as soon as they were in the tank. I tried dither fish (silver dollars) at the suggestion of a few experienced hobbyists but he ignored them. I could keep him with anything but another frontosa, even some smaller trash fry I was hoping he'd eat. They were safe as could be with him!
All the other frontosa I've ever had, including the two groups I have now - Moba & Smazi, have been peaceful and no problem. I have bought all those no problem fronts in groups, I don't know if that makes a difference or not. I've been able to keep many different types of fish with these fronts with no problems at all.
