Ash Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Hey all, My friend was sold these frontosa as "Zaire blues" about a year ago, if they are "just" burundi he isn't too fussed as they look pretty swish. He has two clear males & four undetermined, the largest two are approx 17cm, smaller 4 about 12cm. Anyone know what they are? One of the big boys One of the sub-dominant fish just thought I'd share the following pics. Tanganyika Tank Malawi tank All of the shots have simply been resized - no cropping or retouching whatsoever. Cheers Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndoboi Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Awesome tanks What size are the tanks?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 Doh! I thought I put that in - both 8x2x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Not one for frontosa but some nice looking tanks. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevkoi Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I'm sorry to break the news to you, but they are DEFINATELY not Zaire blue. The mask is completely wrong. The finnage colour is wrong.... It's a Burundi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Absolutly a Ziare Blue would be so blue that you would know it straight away Don't worry though they are still awesome looking fish and both tanks look great, if a little understocked atm. What filtration is he running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I will third that. Burundi for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 They have been a lot more blue, but never just about purple like some of the pics you see online. I did also think the mask on the face was too thin to be a zaire so thanks for confirming it guys! Now I've gotta tell the owner! He got them from a breeder with assurances they were zaire so... should I be warning some of the LFS who buy from this breeder? Bit of a problem as the breeders wife works at one of the LFS so it could complecate matters. They had only just been shifted back into their tank about an hour before those pics were taken so they are faded compared to normal (refer to this thread for why they moved) How do they look so far as burundi go then? Locally they are usually black & grey with virtually no blue on the body (I do live in the sticks people) so these guys stressed as they are in the pics look better than the average "generic" frontosa in Townsville anyway. Also, they were cheaper than local retail "generic" fronts as well being straight from the breeder - the bars & colour look pretty good to me - so apart from the name deception it's no real loss I guess? wui39 - both tanks have big sump systems, first filter floss, then bioballs, then a gravel bed, then heaters & 6000lph return pump. Unfortunaltely the bioballs didn't end up out of the water, but it works so who cares? There are also two 10mx4mm denitrating coils running in parallel. Seachem products provide the perameters as the sand & rocks are just regular inert river stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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