new to frontosa... please help

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so i went to petco, looking at saltwater fish, and what do you know in the cichlid section i spotted 2 baby frontosa, now i asked one of the workers what the price was as the price wasn't on the tag, he called to the front, and after about 5 minutes of what looked like dis believe, he cam back and said 160.00 each. but his fish lady would be coming back soon, 15 minutes later she comes back and walking the the tank she said she had no idea how much they were before she ordered them... and said she'd sell them too me for the convict price. $3.79, is this a good deal?

now on to care, i have them in a 30 gallon tank, just the 2, with 2 cory cats, and an eel. what should i feed to bring out the best in them, should i replace the sand substrate with crushed corral, or something along those lines, and all around just care for the fish. i have kept many cichlids, bred many cichlids, but these are different then parachromis and cichlasoma, as i have read. any info would help. im super excited about this buy, and will get pics up after the tank settles. did a 50% water change before i introduced them.

thanks in advance... John
 
Thats an incredible price for fronts, you just have to make sure they are a solid strain and not a mixed strain. They get big but they grow slow. You need at least a 125 for 6 of them, they are schooling fish.
 
i picked up two as thats all they had, and if i can find some at a decent price i will pick some more up. they are only around 2" right now, so they are growing in my 30 right now, and will go to a 75 gallon when ready, and finally ending up in a 125-180. would crushed coral be a better substrate as apposed too play sand?
 
any pics? what size? and the price sounds to good to be true (great price)
cyphos run about $7-8 to 10-15 depending on the inches starting
with 1/2 inch to 1 inch $7-8 / 3-4-5 inch $10-15
 
just noticed you mentioned there 2 inchers so the price you got them for is outstanding!
i would like to see some pics though got any you can share with us??
 
i will take some pics tonight. they have settled over night. they look, and all i can figure is 6 stripe blank... im no expert on fronts at all. maybe i can get an ID tonight. the sand substrate i have in there needs changed, so i got some crushed coral to change it too, the sand was dying the water brown. they are showing great blues in the fins, are still a bit stressed so they don't have the blue body yet, but getting there, at the store they had the typical front blue's.
 
i hope some of these pics are good enough for an ID, and to please the pic hungry mob lol. :grinno:

as of right now they are eating flakes, i changed the substrate to crushed corral, and the are not afraid of me when i walk up to the tank anymore. im pretty happy about this purchase. lol and they are so cute, makes you wonder where the big ugly adults come from... :nilly:

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Probably burndi. The price is good... here they sell for about $20 at that size or a bit smaller. I would switch them to a sinking pellet for food, if you feed flakes make sure you soak them and let them sink, it avoids float issues. I would get them a nice diet.. NLS sinking pellets, krill, shirmps, veggies are all good for a mix. As for substrate I dont like crushed coral... I'd stick with sand. As said they will need a bigger tank, but it sounds like you already have that covered! They are generally skiddish fish.
 
im just not a fan of play sand, looks bad, and to get sand blasting sand, or pool filter sand, i would have to go to denver. i can get crushed coral here in town, and it doesn't look that bad in my other tank. im still learning tho. this small tank will help me get an idea of how the final home with be. as of right now, im stumped on substrate.


i also got a better pic of the more bold or comfortable one, to possibly help ID

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