Turtleman's Kapampa Frontosa

[PaulineMi]

You know they were prolific in my tank from all the fry I kinda dumped on you.    Is it possible that the fronts are snacking on fry?

I ended up with a couple escapees. One of them shares rock cave quarters with my black calvus.  I'm surprised he didn't get eaten when he was tiny.

[Super Turtleman]

Anything is possible. Those fronts wolf down a lot at once. Actually, if they're eating them that's what I want. Some extra snacking between meals.   

[Super Turtleman]

I think an update is due. I better do some tank maintenance then get some pics...

[Super Turtleman]

As of yesterday...












http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxsh6U5_5wM

[Super Turtleman]

Here's a video of the Fronts as of last night...and there's a guest appearance by our new additions...a breeding group of Tropheus Duboisi. Need to get more rocks for the Tropheus to provide a few more caves...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv5WupbTPog

[LoveTheFishies]

Nice looking Front's.  They appear really mellow.  The Tropheus Duboisi are cool when they school.  Are those 6' tanks?  How many gal?

[Super Turtleman]

They're both 6' 125G tanks.

[Super Turtleman]

Just watched my Fronts breeding.       Video uploading as we speak. I don't know if they're old enough to fertilize the eggs though...

[Super Turtleman]

Around the 1:46 mark you can see an egg. I think there are a couple more visible throughout the video.

http://youtu.be/rSHERDcaNT0

[JeffroM]

Around the 1:46 mark you can see an egg. I think there are a couple more visible throughout the video.

http://youtu.be/rSHERDcaNT0

Congrats!   

All though I wish I didn't see this as its making me regret not fighting when Marty stole mine from me.

[jcunningham0295]

Awesome Emil.  Congrats.

[four_by_ken]

Wow, eggs are much bigger than I thought they would be.

[Super Turtleman]

Did a major water change and redecorated last night. I think it looks a lot better. I also found a couple of my Julies in the FX5. About 6 weeks ago, the Fronts knocked the strainer off the intake tube. Must've got sucked in then and I didn't notice. They're a little thin but otherwise ok.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8qIJNbuXiY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M82c6MWpj20

[Super Turtleman]

Bought a new home for the "Gibbs".

Got an 8' Acrylic tank w/ black back panel (8x2x2), Acrylic Stand, 75G Acrylic sump, pumps, UV Sterilizer, PH Testing gizmo, electronic float that can be used to activate WCs, 2 4' lights, half a garbage bag of bio balls and some other miscellaneous items. I just need to buy new hoses to hook everything up (once I figure it all out...seems somewhat simple). $925. Not too bad.



Tank is on it's back because of the bulk heads...






Not sure exactly when I'll set it up. Gotta figure everything out, take down the current tank, blah blah blah, etc, etc. Looking forward to it though.

[Marty]

Sweet!