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female front holding
female front holding
Cyphotilapia frontosa
woke up the other morning to find my fronts had breed. this is the first time breeding these guys. i'm hoping all goes well. any pointers would be appreciated.
posted by: joshua weeks

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Feb 10th, 2008
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Ted Neubauer » posted 2008/02/10 - 20:31
I hope mine do this eventually..... Good luck!
Joe & Christie » posted 2008/02/10 - 20:34
COngrats!!!! Beautiful front!
***kylie *** » posted 2008/02/10 - 20:40
excellent babies...
fourdell kidson » posted 2008/02/10 - 20:40
michael gilchrist » posted 2008/02/10 - 20:41
nice not a lot of people have success breeding the so CONGRATS!
joshua weeks » posted 2008/02/10 - 20:53  
thanks evryone. i'm hoping all goes well. i wasn't sure if they were going to breed. the male was picking on her pretty bad. i was getting ready to put the divider up when i decided to give them one more day. i'm glad i did because the following mornong i woke to see her mouth was full.
bip_ 4u » posted 2008/02/10 - 21:42
Nice pic. Way cool that she is holding. Wish ya luck!
karrie edwards » posted 2008/02/11 - 00:34
Thats going to be awesome, nice front!
sharan knott » posted 2008/02/11 - 05:36
Frank Shortt » posted 2008/02/11 - 17:02
What size is she And how old. Josh
Good luck. Hope you get some fry
Cichlid Storm » posted 2008/02/11 - 17:06
Josh, let her hold for 15-18 days, them net her and strip the fry from her. This way you will not lose any from her. Frontosa fry will get eaten in the breeding tank, as they normally eat small fish as part of their daily diet in the wild. Congrats!!, and hope all goes well for you.
joshua weeks » posted 2008/02/11 - 18:07  
thanks for the advice cs. frank, they are both four years old. she is 8-9in and he is 9-10in.
Cichlid Storm » posted 2008/02/11 - 18:12
np.
kyle jackson » posted 2008/02/12 - 03:22
fourdell kidson » posted 2008/02/12 - 09:46
josh hows the female doing? hope is all is well.
Nathan Sederholm » posted 2008/02/12 - 18:32
Rafael Barbosa (Brazil) » posted 2008/02/13 - 04:50
What a monster she is...nice!
Abigail Leo » posted 2008/03/16 - 16:42
Awesome picture Josh - great profile
joshua weeks » posted 2008/03/16 - 16:59  
thanks abigail. unfortunately this brood was unsucessful and now i must find a new male. the othetr was too aggressive. he was beating on her too bad so he had to go.
Deann , » posted 2008/03/16 - 17:03
WOW he is Beautiful! I can not wait until my bigwig gets that big. Bigwig is about 6 inches now.
joshua weeks » posted 2008/03/16 - 17:07  
this one is the female deann. this isn't the best pic of her but shows a good shot of her mouth when she was holding.
Deann , » posted 2008/03/16 - 17:15  
OPPS! She is beautiful and it is great news to hear of the babies she is carrying. Hope all goes well! I have 9 all together all are small born last summer and then I have my big male bigwig he is about 2 now. I hope to get several females out of the smaller ones. I feel two so far are males just from the way they act. I can not vent them yet, I need them bigger.

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harvick fan, 2008-12-02 21:43

looks awesome christie . jim turned almost all black when they were gaurdin
*Christian* :o), 2008-12-02 21:36

lol!
harvick fan, 2008-12-02 21:36

looks like a t-bar to me . lucky ! i would love some of these
*Christian* :o), 2008-12-02 21:31

aww thats sux jerry...srry for ur loss...
*Christian* :o), 2008-12-02 21:30

Muy bueno frankie!
>Brad Cooper<, 2008-12-02 21:28

i know the loss