andrew.vid Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 hi all, recently i found out that one of my frontosas has (weirdly!) 7 bars on one side and 6 bars on the other???? is this some other kind of fish? pretty impressive i say! has anyone else had something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I dont keep Fronnies, but ive heard from the guy at my lfs that its common for juvie fronnies. How old is the fish in question? if its a juvenile it should come good when it grows older. The next question is will it be a 6 or 7 bar... only time can tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew.vid Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 well right now it is about 6.5cm, would that still be classified as a juvie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 6.5 cm is EASILY a juvie. i would be getting anxious at say 10-12cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew.vid Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 ohhhhh... ok well indeed time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1hopper09 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hi You must have bought the fish as a 6bar frontosa and one of the bars has split into two bars making it 7bars on one side and 6bars on the other. This can also happen with a 7bar frontosa making it an 8bar on one side, Sometimes you get V bars that can look like a extra bar and as the fish grows bigger the bars get wider and will look more like a V bar. All this is quite normal as it does happen in the wild. It’s just personal preference to have straight bars and same number of bars on both sides. And yes your fish will grow and look the way it looks now 7 on one side and 6 on the other side and it is a 6 bar frontosa. Hope this helps cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew.vid Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 hmm, interesting, well could sell it either as a 7 bar or 6 bar haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Andrew what did you buy the fish as ?? 6 bar Burundi or 7 bar Kigoma Cooder I don't think much of your LFS if that was the line they gave you 6bar Burundi can have split bars as Hopper has noted but there were some Kigoma that were throwing the markings you quote 6/7 but I had hope that genetic strain had been deleted as none have been around for a while evidently not in the wild there is always a chance of some form of mutation in the body pattern as there is no control or perceived standard to breed to in the hobby we set standards to maintain a species to and therefore cull anything deemed not to meet that standard be it physical of marking deformity 6.5 cm is viewed as a juvenile and at 10cm female and approx 15cm male they are considered sub adults post some pics of the fish as this will give a better idea also kigoma are a more green than blue, have a more elongated body and a cheek patch if it's not correct to species and you want to do more than keep it in a dispaly tank take it back and get it exchanged Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew.vid Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 i bought a colony of 14 and they were sold as 6 bar burundi's from a private seller, i do not intend to breed them, they are just for display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew.vid Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) here's a picture of it, sorry don't have a good camera... Edited August 2, 2011 by andrew.vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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