RH, THATS SWEET!

here ya go karrie

(CHILLS)

hey guys i seen some 7 bar frontosas for sale, they pretty special

where did you see them?

at the fish shop in adelaide, they were $70 aus each for a baby

thats way over priced for a kitumba, they should be in the 12-15.00 for 1.5"

really, are they a special/rare fish

no, 3rd most common frontosa

in aus they are pretty expensive for some reason, for a normal one you pay $50aus

i would tell them you know what they are worth and are willing to pay that and nothing more.

here ya go Marc...

Very nice , Sir.

we live in aus and the ones at our local aquarium are 15 to 25 dolars

More Aussie's. We're multiplying like rabbits her. Lol!

Or should i say Convicts.

lol yeah, we live in brisbane

well i gotta shoot, gonna make some pumpkin soup, oh yeh, talk soon peeps, peace.

bye joel

What's the 2nd most common front variant, Mpimbwe? (I'm presuming burundi's are the most common). BTW, the 7-bar variants are Kigoma, not Kitumba.

So how can you tell the difference between the Mpinbwe and the Burundi's. Is it just color or are there other ways.

There are both here Kay, I had Kitumba that would throw both, skinny bar are Kigoma, wide bar Kitumba. And crap i thought i had posted that, no the 3 most common are Kavalla, Kapampa, and Kitumba or 7 bar.

come to think of it Kay, about a year ago I had Kavalla that would give me 2-3 each brood which had 7 bars, they used to do that pretty regular, I should have kept them and raised them for breeding..lol would have had 7 bar Kavalla..lol

Frank, in addition to coloration differences, the burundi's have a vertical eye-bar, while mpimbwe's typically have a 'mask' (similar to the moba's in the above photo), meaning there's a horizontal band which 'connects' both eyes.

Thanks Kay Bee. I want to add about two more to my tank and want to make sure they are the same.

Kigoma's (and the much rarer Boulomboro and Bujumbura variants) are the only 7-stripe variants. 7 stripes seen in all other variants, especially the southern 'Gibberosa' types, at best should be considered an anomaly.

I guess routine availability of frontosa variants varies with what area you live in (burundi's and kigoma's are typically the only variants seen in LFS in my area). I wish they sold moba's like your's Mr. C!

They are readily available here Kay if you know where to look, where abouts are you?

Tampa, FL

any body know where to get
this frontosas