FIRST SPAWN ~ C. frontosa "Ikola Blue Lightning

Hi Guys

I've just added a few photos of my new wild caught fronnies to my webshots album as per link below :

http://community.webshots.com/user/dfishkeeper


These guys are wild caught "Ikola Blue Lightning" varient and I have 7 of them, all around 14cm, so far there are 2 definate males and I'm not sure about the others, but from venting am thinking at least 4 females  :D

Cheers, Doug

[merjo]

Very nice Doug..hope you're right about the ratio. Good luck with them.

Andrea :)

[Thanes]

Very nice fish.Good luck with them.
Cheers Brian.

im now depressed, nice frontys, will see them sat hopefully  :lol:

[jimbozed]

very nice fish mate, nice shed too..
 :D

[braddo]

Great looking fronties doug.

[watsonboyd]

STUNNING!

Cheers
Boyd

[shaz]

these fish are just beautiful especially when u see them upclose and the new light u got doug makes them even better oh and just so u know the female fronnie has settled in nicely she seems happy with her new boy thanks for everything

Hi Guys

Thanks for the feedback, and glad to hear the girl has settled in well, Shaz. I've never had wild caught fish before and have had the wild caught fronnies for a couple of weeks now. I have them in an 8 x 2 x 2 tank along with a breeding colony 1m 5f of Copadichromis borleyi and a breeding colony of 11 Pseudotropheus acei "Tanzania".

Just a couple of observations :

They are nowhere near as skittish as I had expected from wild caught fish and have settled into the tank really well. In fact, they are far less skittish than the tank bred burundi frontosa previously in that tank.

They are far more active than tank bred fronnies I have had and are constantly on the move up and down, and around, top to bottom, you name it. Constantly exploring the tank.

They have very healthy appetites and are far more aggressive at feeding time than tank bred fronnies I have had. They actively compete with the mbuna in the tank for food.

All in all, I'm really happy with them so far. Now to get them breeding  :D  :D

Cheers, Doug

[here fishie fishie]

Very Nice Doug. Good Score.

Frenchy :D

[GTR73]

Awesome stuff Doug. People will be beating a path to your door when they start breeding.  8)

[Savage_roo]

We Doug I saw them first hand and there brillant
Your like a proud dad lol you just couldn't get that cheezie smile of your face the hole time we where there lmao
 And  you have a fish room i would kill for lol
So good luck i hop u get a tonn of fry loved the cats as well

Andrew

[wantsfish]

hey doug,
great looking fish indeed,
thanks for the tour of your room aswell.
as we could tell, you are proud of your fish.
well done.
best of luck with your fronny's

dave.

[Aquariums Alive]

Here is a couple of Photos I took from Doug's house on Wed

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Brad

Thanks for taking those photos, Brad, and putting them up.

I'm surprised nobody commented on the holding female in the third photo  :)

The one that I stripped this morning at day 12 and got around 20 fry from   :D  :D  :D

Cheers, Doug