Why do my frontosas die?

[crvic93]

Im srry to hear that.

 

[deeda]

What are you feeding the fish in this tank?

Do you notice if the fish have a stringy, white colored poo?

Also, please list the other species in the tank and the quantity of each.

 

[mshill90]

I can tell from owning Frontosa that there is almost always a reason they die that can be figured out.

At 1", I would personally not have mixed them with the cichlids that are currently in that tank. African Cichlids are very zippy, and aggressive. Frontosa, although an African Cichlid are very calm and docile cichlids, and they can stress very easily. It is VERY likely that they are stressing out, or being bullied by the other fish.

They are 1", and your other fish seem bigger, so internal injuries from the bullying is very possible. Which would cause the swimming issue.

Although you say they do not attack them because you watch doesn't mean it doesn't happen, as we all can't just sit in front of our tank all day, so there may be something you are not seeing.

I would recommend moving the 2 you have if possible.

 

[m1ste2tea]

i see either a demasoni or a johanni cichlid in there... these are probably the culprits. they are very aggressive when you are not looking, I have learned that the hard way. I highly recommend that you seperate these from the frontosa

 

[pshtex]

all i can say is that in my experience with fronts i have not had a problem. i have 4 fronts with 4 dats. yes the dats do and would chase them but it would not be to the same extent as cichlids. the fronts went in when they were around 2.5 inches the largest dat was about 5-6 inches.

 

[mshill90]

Datnoids are completely different in terms of the cichlids he has with them.