I'd say if you're going to upgrade in due time go ahead and get them but I kept them years ago and they do get big. Just don't keep them in that tank for any extended period of time and really try to get a group. 2 Fronts are not a group! I'm not an expert but i would say get at least 5 to 7. Good luck.
frontosa's in a 55g?
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toehead11183;811525; said:
I found that having more a 50/50 mix you get better results than 1 male to 10 females.....fish like variety too.....
Larger amounts of fish dont need to be culled unless you have a huge sausage fest......and if you where to cull the colony down, only do it to wild caught ones.....F1, F2's and so on.....you should cull all the males and get another male from a different colony....try to bring in new blood lines......
fishingaddict;811623; said:
No, most front owners dont feed them live....its more frozen foods such as krill, brine, blood worms, flakes, SINKING pellets, market shrimp, ghost shrimp, black worms......Tou dont want to get tehm in the habit of eating live as teh rest of the colony might eat the fry when hatched down the road....
Go to cichlid-forums.com or cyphos.com all the front info you will need to knwo is there....and then some....
You should read up on the needs of the fish before you go further....
I had most success w/ frozen brine shrimp, cichlid gold pellets, and freeze dried krill.
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yeah i tried the freeze dried krill and they dont seem to like it. eat and spit out, never to be eaten again.
Try frozen krill.....you can get it at all Petco's......I have yet to own a front that turned down frozen krill......or any fish.....make sure u put it in a cup to thaw it out first.....so it will sink down to them and not have them gulping air when they bite at it at the surface
tankmates;806312; said:
hm.. i plan on gettn some more fronts and hopefully find a bigger tank on craigslist. is there a way to tell the difference between male and female?
