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Fish talk => General Aquarium Discussion => Topic started by: on May 24, 2006, 08:53:00 AM

Title: FIRST SPAWN ~ C. frontosa "Ikola Blue Lightning
Post by: on May 24, 2006, 08:53:00 AM
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
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Post by: merjo on May 24, 2006, 10:56:36 AM
Very nice Doug..hope you're right about the ratio. Good luck with them.

Andrea :)
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Post by: Thanes on May 24, 2006, 07:05:15 PM
Very nice fish.Good luck with them.
Cheers Brian.
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Post by: on May 24, 2006, 07:15:17 PM
im now depressed, nice frontys, will see them sat hopefully  :lol:
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Post by: jimbozed on May 24, 2006, 07:21:04 PM
very nice fish mate, nice shed too..
 :D
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Post by: braddo on May 24, 2006, 07:32:19 PM
Great looking fronties doug.
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Post by: watsonboyd on May 25, 2006, 08:27:20 AM
STUNNING!

Cheers
Boyd
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Post by: shaz on May 25, 2006, 10:36:18 AM
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
Title: update on wild caught fronnies
Post by: on May 27, 2006, 08:56:08 AM
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
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Post by: here fishie fishie on May 27, 2006, 11:45:20 AM
Very Nice Doug. Good Score.

Frenchy :D
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Post by: GTR73 on May 27, 2006, 09:10:46 PM
Awesome stuff Doug. People will be beating a path to your door when they start breeding.  8)
Title: Fronties
Post by: Savage_roo on May 28, 2006, 06:44:21 PM
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
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Post by: wantsfish on May 28, 2006, 08:55:29 PM
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.
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Post by: Aquariums Alive on July 28, 2006, 11:09:07 PM
Here is a couple of Photos I took from Doug's house on Wed

[img:f9d43f1a3b]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/AquariumsAlive/100_0486.jpg[/img:f9d43f1a3b]
[img:f9d43f1a3b]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/AquariumsAlive/100_0446.jpg[/img:f9d43f1a3b]
[img:f9d43f1a3b]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/AquariumsAlive/100_0509.jpg[/img:f9d43f1a3b]

Brad
Title: FIRST SPAWN
Post by: on July 30, 2006, 12:02:33 PM
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
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Post by: Morton on July 30, 2006, 01:48:15 PM
congrats on the fry. well done
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Post by: shaz on July 30, 2006, 07:14:19 PM
congrats doug on the fry now to get another one of the girls holding  :D
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Post by: wantsfish on July 30, 2006, 07:28:54 PM
congrats on the fry doug,
great looking fish.

cheers dave.
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Post by: gasnitro on July 30, 2006, 10:35:42 PM
Doug was it the one practicing to shuffule.

congrats on the fry  :D
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Post by: on July 31, 2006, 06:04:27 AM
Dibs lol  :lol: They do look great mate, was going to comment, but something distracted me.
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Post by: Thanes on July 31, 2006, 06:27:31 PM
Congrats doug.
Cheers Brian.
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Post by: on August 05, 2006, 03:17:43 PM
Thanks for the congrats guys, I have ended up with 17 free swimming fry :D
 
Now to get those other 4 females breeding  :lol:

Cheers, Doug
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Post by: aquaholic99 on August 08, 2006, 03:08:36 AM
I noticed the mouthfu Doug, but have read this a few weeks too late. C`grads! I would be worried about the roughness of the besser brick blocks though, or have you sanded them right down? Fronts can spook v wildly and a rough brick could do a lot of damage. (easier ways to harden water).

Winston
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Post by: on August 08, 2006, 06:37:14 PM
Hi Winston

Haven't heard from you for a while. I've been using the half besser blocks with fronnies and other fish for a few years now without any problems. I use them as they make great caves and are easy to get a grip on and lift out when trying to catch and strip a female, even if they are covered in slimey gunk. I hadn't given any thought to whether they would assist in hardening the water, if so that would be a bonus.

Cheers, Doug
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