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General Category => Old World => Topic started by: Steve on September 26, 2016, 04:43:21 PM

Title: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on September 26, 2016, 04:43:21 PM
(http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag470/stevewayneclark/misc%20001_zpsjc4htfqb.jpg)
(http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag470/stevewayneclark/misc%20002_zpsknotrw7s.jpg)

My Burundi Frotosa fry are now about a month old, and the cutest damn things I have ever seen too :)
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on September 26, 2016, 05:57:49 PM
Aawww they are the cutest lil critters ever...didnt know you had females Steve, I thought your display was all blokes...how many youngens did you get?
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on September 26, 2016, 06:24:44 PM
I didn't know I had a female either Danny lol. Looks like I have 4 males and one female. Got 7 fry from them and all 7 survived and are doing really well.

Thanks for moving the topic Josh, I didn't know if I should put it under old world or fish pics or where to put it.
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Regalblue on September 26, 2016, 10:06:23 PM
Cool!  Looking like you're gonna have a BAP entry,  huh?
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on September 26, 2016, 10:30:32 PM
A great surprise Steve. Thx for sharing mate
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on September 27, 2016, 01:04:08 AM
Cool!  Looking like you're gonna have a BAP entry,  huh?

That require giving them away? Because if so then nope, these little guys are not going anywhere :) lol


Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on September 27, 2016, 07:57:37 AM
Hey Steve do you have a pic of mum? Do you know which male is dad? Be nice to see the happy parents too. Cheers cypho daddy 😀
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: jcunningham0295 on September 27, 2016, 08:48:12 AM
Cool!  Looking like you're gonna have a BAP entry,  huh?

That require giving them away? Because if so then nope, these little guys are not going anywhere :) lol




You can always bring three of them to a meeting when they hit one inch for BAP and then buy them back.  Or another way would be to write an article on them and include your tank setup, food you feed, tank maintenance, etc.
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Regalblue on September 27, 2016, 10:22:52 AM
Cool!  Looking like you're gonna have a BAP entry,  huh?

That require giving them away? Because if so then nope, these little guys are not going anywhere :) lol


Bring them to a meeting,  put them in the BAP auction & just buy them from yourself.  Most you pay is $1 & you get a nice certificate to hang on the wall
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on September 27, 2016, 07:52:46 PM
I have never beed to a BAP auction so plz excuse my ignorance of how things run, but what if someone there wants them and bids more than he is willing to pay for his own fish?
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: jcunningham0295 on September 27, 2016, 09:51:23 PM
I have never beed to a BAP auction so plz excuse my ignorance of how things run, but what if someone there wants them and bids more than he is willing to pay for his own fish?

It is just like a normal auction, fish go to the highest bidder.  Sale $6 or over $1 to the club remaining to the breeder, sale under $5, 100% to breeder.
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on September 28, 2016, 02:59:11 PM
Hey Steve do you have a pic of mum? Do you know which male is dad? Be nice to see the happy parents too. Cheers cypho daddy 😀

Yep I now know which one is for sure the female, and the dad is 99% sure my biggest one that was hanging out in the cave for a while with the female a couple months ago. I'll snap a pic of them shortly.
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on October 08, 2016, 06:29:29 PM
12" Dad
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(http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag470/stevewayneclark/dad_zpsekymtpzy.jpg)

9" Mom
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(http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag470/stevewayneclark/mom_zpsknwrawbh.jpg)
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on October 08, 2016, 11:34:00 PM
Nice looking parents Steve!! Thx for posting 👍🤓
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on November 18, 2016, 06:24:48 PM
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/9444/rFIGfX.jpg)

I can't believe how fast these little guys are growing. Couple of them are starting to get close to the 2" range already.
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on November 19, 2016, 01:28:50 PM
Nice Steve...have all the lil' guys survived in with the adults? Has the happy couple spawned again?
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on November 19, 2016, 01:55:41 PM
Yep they all are doing well, none of the adults even give them a second look so no problems with them eating them at all. Haven't spawned again as of yet.
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on May 04, 2017, 12:19:06 PM
Been a while so figured I'd show some updated pic of these little guys. They aren't quite so little anymore. Now are about 8 months old and I'd say close to 4" now. At least 3.5" to 4" range. Doing great and colors & stripes are nice and clean looking.
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(http://imageshack.com/a/img922/3194/g11kbk.jpg)
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 (http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2235/oD6HlV.jpg)
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: danotaylor on May 05, 2017, 11:18:21 AM
Handsome lil guys mate. Very nice. They're dwarfed by that beast male...lol
Title: Re: Frontosa fry at 1 month
Post by: Steve on May 05, 2017, 11:26:53 AM
Yeah he's really turned into quite a monster. He was about 12" when I got him a bit over a year ago and I figured he was maxed out in size, but I think he's got even a bit bigger in the past year. Hard to say for sure though because I see him every day so it's hard to see but I think he's a bit bigger than he was.