frontosa help

[ghostking010]

Do you think a 80 gallon is big enough for my frontosa

 

[Lady_Alia]

How many do you have?

 

[ghostking010]

One fore now

 

[Pton46]

80 gallon S/B ok

 

[ghostking010]

Ok thnx he is in the the 80 gallon now do you think he will be ok in my other tank its a 55 gallon I might move him if its ok

 

[Lady_Alia]

You probably shouldn't keep it in a 55 long term, but depending on its size it'll be ok for a while. I have 11 of them in a 55 right now, but they're all young.
(no lectures please lol)

 

[ghostking010]

Yea most likely I'm keeping him in the 80 I was gonna start salt water tank in the 80 and fresh in the 55

 

[Pton46]

frontosa take a while to grow they are not like Oscars (you go to bed and then in the morning you swear it looks bigger)

A 55 gallon Solo if it is a Juvy s/b ok just have a plan.

You could do a nice reef tank in a 55 gallon?

 

[Ukdans1k]

Frontosa get big, and messy also. Although on its own your tank is sufficient, frontosa like to be in groups. So I would upgrade you tank to a 120 and get 5 or. 6 more. If you intend to keep frontosa.

They grow fairly quick for the first year or so and then slow down . I brought one at about 1.5 inches. Fed on good food and with space he/she is now nearly 4 inches in about 4 months.

Read up what you can on the species to find out I you can give them what they need. Any questions feel free to pm me. I have a large group of Burundi frontosa that I'm trying to breed. I just can't get them to hold for longer that 5days at the mo.

Good luck

 

[Pton46]

Frontosa get big, and messy also. Although on its own your tank is sufficient, frontosa like to be in groups. So I would upgrade you tank to a 120 and get 5 or. 6 more. If you intend to keep frontosa.

They grow fairly quick for the first year or so and then slow down . I brought one at about 1.5 inches. Fed on good food and with space he/she is now nearly 4 inches in about 4 months.

Read up what you can on the species to find out I you can give them what they need. Any questions feel free to pm me. I have a large group of Burundi frontosa that I'm trying to breed. I just can't get them to hold for longer that 5days at the mo.

Good luck

Really? My Frontosa I had for over 4 months has barely grew a 1/2 inch in that time. His is around 2 1/2 now. I have a Oscar that was the same size back in Jan and now he is double the Frontosa's size.

 

[Lady_Alia]

Are you giving it quality food and weekly water changes? If so, it should be growing like a weed! lol

 

[Ukdans1k]

Can you post pics?

 

[ghostking010]

 

[Pton46]

Omega One Cichlid Pellet 2x daily supplemented by , Frozen Krill one a week, Steamed vegd
PWC 50% every 4-5 days. Dependent on Nitrate level. Nothing over 40ppm.

Tank is Cycled....picture to follow

 

[Ukdans1k]

I feed white bait, mysis, prawn, muscles, live ghost shrimp. And some other frozen foods. And some seaweed flakes

I change, 10- 25 % pwc weekly
Running a fluval 404 with ceramic beads , foams, bio balls . And an internal filter .

 

[kay-bee19]

Off-topic observation:

Your frontosa appears to be a cross-variant Frontosa hybrid.

It has 7 stripes (possessed only the the Kigoma and Bangwe/Boulomboros) yet it has the classic Burundi variant eye-stripe, and burundi's are a 6-stripe frontosa variant.

If you get additional frontosa's you may not want to breed this one.

 

[ghostking010]

Had no idea its my very first frontosa

 

[Lady_Alia]

Had no idea its my very first frontosa

And it's adorable!

 

[ghostking010]

Thank you