Comments on: Frontosa African Cichlid

By: sahil

sahil — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:22:31 +0000

hi
ih have 24 frontosa in 700 gallon of tank

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:26:54 +0000

Great info, thanks! I have a breeding pair of Frontosa in a 55 gallon aquarium. Right now I only have 6 babies under 2″ because I had to move the mother while she was holding a brand new batch of babies and she got stressed I have found that temperature and water changes are very important when keeping Frontosa. They are prone to hole in the head if water conditions aren’t just right. I noticed the water movement issue as well. If you have a high flow canister filter, you may want to point any cave entrances away from the outflow of water. Young Frontosa eat just about anything, but the adults, especially my male, are a bit picky. I keep a separate tank with only red cherry shrimp in it. They breed nonstop and provide never ending food for the Frontosa. They really like algae wafers and pellets as well. I don’t remove the young from the tank, but I have several small caves that the adult fish can’t enter which provides a safe hiding place for younger fish. Keeping them well feed seems to keep them from eating their own young.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:46:52 +0000

hey,
i have about 7 frontosa cichlids and over the last few months 2 of them have changed colour to a browney yellow colour… if you could give me a response as to why they might be doing this would be much appreciated. i look forward to your reply.

thanx

By: raffy bagao

raffy bagao — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:01:49 +0000

hi good day! =) i have 3 frontosa in 50 galoon tank.. my problem was……my frontosa losing its color and i dnt knw why.. my frontosa size is 2 inch.. is it normal or not? thanks

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:13:46 +0000

You will prob need at least 2, if not 3 more frontosas… they do better if three are 3-4 of them in a tank. But u can remove all the fish, except the frontosas, from the main tank into a smaller tank for a week or two. This lets the Frontosas get comfortable together and the home tank feel. When you re-introduce the rest back into the main tank…the frontosas sshould be looked at as equal or the owners of the tank by the other fish. Good luck.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:36:16 +0000

I just bought 2 Frontosa’s to add to my mix of mbunas. I have a 90 gallon tank with lots of plants and rocks for hiding. The fish are all very small right now, but nfortunately I couldn’t purchase the 2 Frontosa’s untill 2 weeks after the other 15 fish. When the Frontosa’s were introduced they were immediately harassed by the other fish and I can only find one 3 days later who is hiding behind the power head. Is there any hope that this situation will change or is this a lost cause?

By: paul dixon

paul dixon — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:05:30 +0000

interesting read, look forward to hearing from you, p dixon

By: paul dixon

paul dixon — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:03:30 +0000

very interesting information, im planing on keeping frontosas in my 110 gallon tank,i have in there at the moment around 80 mbuna which i had for 4 years, i intend to sell them all to keep maybe 8 to 10 frontosas in, your expert opinion on this would be a great help. with thanks paul dixon.