frontosa
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The Frontosa is one of the more popular cichlids that come from Lake Tanganyika. This boldly striped fish is usually found at a depth of 60-100 feet in its natural habitat. It is an African cichlid and like many cichlids, including most Central American cichlids, develop a large fatty growth on the top of the head, known as the nuchal hump.
The Frontosa is a fairly peacfull fish, however it is territorial. It should be kept with other fish of the same temperment. This fish rarely burrows and generally won't harm plants. Keep the Frontosa in hard and clean water. To maintain this fish successfully, you must replicate the conditions of Lake Tanganyika. It appreciates rocky structures with fissures and caves for hiding. It will accept a bottom of fine sand and plants are not essential.
I have a video called "Jewls of the rift" its a documentary about african cichlids, Fronts are in it, basically deep water cichlid, low light, sand and all the rocks I see in the documentary are rounder shaped, not much flat rock or slate, almost all boulders.
I think this is the best front tank i've ever seen.
The Frontosa is a fairly peacfull fish, however it is territorial. It should be kept with other fish of the same temperment. This fish rarely burrows and generally won't harm plants. Keep the Frontosa in hard and clean water. To maintain this fish successfully, you must replicate the conditions of Lake Tanganyika. It appreciates rocky structures with fissures and caves for hiding. It will accept a bottom of fine sand and plants are not essential.
I have a video called "Jewls of the rift" its a documentary about african cichlids, Fronts are in it, basically deep water cichlid, low light, sand and all the rocks I see in the documentary are rounder shaped, not much flat rock or slate, almost all boulders.
I think this is the best front tank i've ever seen.
There isn't a whole lot of footage of the Frontosa in "Jewels of the Rift", but I guess you have to settle for what you can get.
That pic looks nice but the photo editing is pretty blatant.
One of the nicest Front tanks I have seen is FMuellers. He took his time with the tank and got everything nice N perfect, then jumped the gun and bought a bunch of burundi. Not that burundi are bad, it just seemed that a tank that nice should have gotten some of the more rare zaires. It seems to get better looking with age too.
http://www.cichlidforum.com/phpBB/v...ghlight=&sid=f583c3f8a857e10dea95ea4d25d1547c
One of the nicest Front tanks I have seen is FMuellers. He took his time with the tank and got everything nice N perfect, then jumped the gun and bought a bunch of burundi. Not that burundi are bad, it just seemed that a tank that nice should have gotten some of the more rare zaires. It seems to get better looking with age too.
http://www.cichlidforum.com/phpBB/v...ghlight=&sid=f583c3f8a857e10dea95ea4d25d1547c