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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #45 on: March 19, 2016, 08:39:27 AM »
That looks great!

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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #46 on: March 19, 2016, 02:47:19 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtrOOSa3910

Short vid of it up and running. Thanks Marty for the two great fronts you brought over today to add to my colony 8)
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #47 on: March 19, 2016, 07:36:10 PM »
Bloody marvelous...those big fronts are beasts...so all males then Steve?

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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #48 on: March 19, 2016, 09:21:09 PM »
Yep all males. I might add maybe 1 or 2 more big males, but that would be it.
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #49 on: March 26, 2016, 09:59:30 PM »






Added some DIY moonlighting to the frontosa tank so now all the tanks have moonlights. Nice way to sit back and watch the fish after a long day working on.
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2016, 08:50:34 AM »
Damn, those are looking BEAST in the 6' tank Steve!
So did you end up putting all of the ones you picked up from me in this tank?
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2016, 09:45:21 AM »
Thanks Tony. Yep those are all the males I got from you and then a pair of males I got from Marty a couple weeks ago.
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #52 on: March 31, 2016, 06:00:02 PM »
Very nice!

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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #53 on: April 18, 2016, 09:11:18 PM »
Thanks Tony. Yep those are all the males I got from you and then a pair of males I got from Marty a couple weeks ago.

Looks awesome
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #54 on: June 08, 2016, 11:49:37 AM »
Someone on another site asked for some updated pics of this tank, so figured I might as well post the updated pics here as well. Tank is doing really well. All the fronts are happy and healthy, they eat a mix of NLS pellets, Algae wafers, flake food, a mix of plecocaine and krill as a treat every once in awhile. Starting to get a slight bit of algae on the background and rocks and plants which gives it a nice look now. In addition to to fronts I've also added a nice Lelelupi, a gold face comp, and a good size king tiger pleco from Jon. Plan to add some more leleupi but will probably wait till after my 2 week fishing vacation at next month to do that. Don't want to make any changes before I leave for 2 weeks.











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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #55 on: June 08, 2016, 05:10:15 PM »
Looks great Steve...stunning set-up and fish! Really nice orange leleupi! Did you source them locally? Wouldn't mind a few of those myself!

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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #56 on: June 08, 2016, 06:19:20 PM »
Leleupi came from Al about 2 months ago when he was selling them, not sure where he got them. There were two of them up till about a month ago.....were being the key word there lol
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #57 on: June 09, 2016, 12:47:23 AM »
Tasty lil leleupi finger for a hangry frontosa...shame they won't eat snickers :D

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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #58 on: June 09, 2016, 10:23:01 AM »
Al Stampley he's a member of MCA.
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Re: New 6ft frontosa tank build
« Reply #59 on: June 09, 2016, 08:03:34 PM »
Still looking great