Frontosa and plants??

[Badplankton]

Do you think a Frontosa and a planted tank would be a good combo? i havent read much about the frontosa being a digger and have seen a lot of pics. with them in a planted tank ?
Thanks

 

[Managuense]

hello. what size tank do you have? i used to have several burundi fronts in a 125 gallon, and did not find them to be too bad about digging.

the best way to do fronts is to buy 8-12 young (1-1.5 inch) individuals. feed good pellets, mysis, etc. and remove your males as they sex-out.

what you want to do is basically have 1-2 males per 7-10 females. having too many males causes aggression problems. HTH
M

 

[Badplankton]

ive got a 150gal. used to have a reef tank but tore it down a couple of weeks ago,I would really like to have a planted tank but i also would like to have some frontosa's havent filled the tank yet so i guess i have time to decide

 

[Managuense]

you have made a good choice switching from a salt tank to a front tank . if you have anymore questions drop me a line and ill do my best, i love to talk cichlids.
M

 

[Badplankton]

I see you have a green terror i had a green terror a couple of years ago,i wish i knew how to put pics. with my posts cause ive got some good shots of him

 

[fishboy]

Send them to me and i will post them for ya. Email fishboy_63@hotmail.com

 

[fishboy]

Here are the pics from plankton, and nice ones i might add.

 

[fishboy]

Another face off!

 

[Badplankton]

Thanks for posting them, i especially like the look the oscar has!!!

 

[Managuense]

nice fish bro! mine still has a bit to go...
M

 

[Badplankton]

yeah unfortunately i had to get rid of him when i moved he was my favorite ,im getting another as soon as my tank gets set up

 

[Badplankton]

you can see a managuense on the top right of the pic with the red devil he was about an inch when i got him and he grew to maybe 5-6 inches in about two months theyre cool fish too

 

[Badplankton]

top left .sorry

 

[lee648]

re:fronts

i have five burundi fronts and they do well in planted tank...my largest alpha male is 7".......if you were closer you could get them...ha...i have them listed for sale
i just dont ship
later
tim

 

[Badplankton]

Very cool, thats exactly what i want!!!!!

 

[lee648]

wishe i had better camera.....but the one in the front is now 7"
and the nunchal hump is amazing......i just want to go back to the more agressive and proliferant africans...fronts are beautiful, but
extremely docile ....only agressive at breeding..have a good one and good luck
tim

 

[Badplankton]

They are nice, you dont have any problems with them and the plants?

 

[lee648]

fronts and plants

well brad they try but i anchored them under the gravel
with slate...take small piece of slate and drill fine hole thru it and pull pland base thru and work under gravel
they try somewhat but rarely suceed...
later tim

 

[jeffsspace]

Just don't

put a Red Devil in a tank that is planted. I worked for a month trying to get that sucker to live with plants and all he did was tear the tank apart. That fish is just ignorant. He will not live with other fish and all he does is dig up the tank. Right now he is on punishment in the 28 gallon until I get the 40 situated.

 

[mike the zealot]

lol @ grounding fish