tangka Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 HiJust wondering what is the min tank size to house a small colony of adults fronts? E.g 1m2-3females or 4 fish max.Has anyone breed them in a tank that size before?Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 It is not a simple as would they breed in a tank that size. I am sure they would be able to breed but at 450 litres it is right on the edge of what I would be comfortable with. Keep in mind that they could potentially grow to a foot long. The other things you need to consider is your filtration system, feeding and maintenance regimes. You also need to consider what you are going to do in a blackout. Hopefully Firthy13 will be able to give a personal reflection as I think he had Fronts in a 4x2x2 at one stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryscichlid Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hi Dan,I have had no issue breeding Kigoma in a 4x2x2, with 1 male at 22cm and 4 females at 15cm.Though this was never meant to be a long term option and they have recently been moved to a larger tank.It all depends on how territorial they are?You may have trouble moving an adult colony from a larger tank to a smaller tank?A larger tank would be a better option.CheersHarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter.ng79 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hi DanI have 1m5f kigoma breeding in 4x18x2 with no issue. All the fishes are from 18-24cm.Cheerspeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firthy13 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 as ged mentioned i have done it. it did work for me, but i also had all the fish from when they were 3cm and grew them up together. they seemed to get on well until the males started wanting to breed with everything. then he became quite aggressive and the girls were always missing scales as they didnt have enough room to hide from eachother.harry is right, each fish has its own personality, i know mine were pretty placid for frontosa, but a mate couldnt get his adult kigoma female to stop killing every male that he put in the tank for her. it just depends on the fish.it can be done but if i was going to do it again, 6x2x2 absolute minimum for fronts.if you go on some of the frontosa forums and speak to some of the true frontosa enthusiasts they will tell your 6x2x2 is to small and an 8 footer is a minimum. my advice would be get a bigger tank and get more fish, they look soo much better with more of them in a bigger tank, it will be harder for the males to kill your girls and they will breed a lot more in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangka Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thanks for the responses guys, bigger the better as I thought but wanted to see what all the risks were in keeping them in a 4x2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Ive done this they came from a 6x2x18 a colony of 7 7bars and breed a month or two later in a4x2x2 just give them more than enough caves .They have been in the 4x2x2 for near 3 years the last mouth full was 60 fry.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepperfish Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I kept a colony of blue moba in a 4x2x2 for about 5 years. Grew them up from fry, They will be ok for a few years but to breed with a colony of 10 you really need a 6x2x2 at minimum. The only reason I sold them was because I couldn't house them in a larger tank that they needed. It was a sad day indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firthy13 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 that was a sad day, that was a beautiful colony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepperfish Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 that was a sad day, that was a beautiful colony!Fanx Firthy13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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