trace&steve

hi there welcome

hello we feed our ornate bircher, goldfish feeders or bits of steak strips ,sometimes bloodworms only that my large ghost knife is in with him, as we had to take him out of our 700litre tank with our cichlids he tryed snacking on one of my malawis!!! grrr he doesnt eat pellets ... how big is your bircher???

ok so ive dosed him today how many days do i treat him?

thanks my4age :bounce: :bounce:

ok thanks for that ill have to get some tomo do ya get it from a petshop??

hello hey my big king of the tank malawi has developed a glass looking film over his eye???? any ideas!!! will it go back to normal or does he need to be treated with something?????

hmm yeah i was thinking that my self!!! might take awhile to rehome him but at least hes better off

skippwhore is there name ... brought for $100

yeah bit of a random purchase aye :oops: we have alot of tanks and cichlids :roll: just wanted a frontosa but not that big lol our trademe name is gizzmo11 we are selling a ornate bircher at the mo so if you looked up that and found our user name the frontosa auction is in my feed back should be at the start as ive only had him for a week!!!!!

he was listed on t/m the guy i got him off said he was 3 years old!!! yeah i was thinking of getting some sinking pellets,, though the old blood worm would fatten him up a tad ok so more of a treat.... he had nice pics on t/m but must of been photos from years back oh well ill get him all good again hes a awesome looking fish ive never had a frontosa before... looks odd seeing one by himself he needs to be with other frontosas hopefully someone will want him!!!! thanks for ya info :bounce: :bounce:

oh buggar.. hes way to big for our tank we have african cichlids and they freaked out when we put him in plus seen photos of a big frontosa it had bit a electric yellow in half!!! :oops: so i couldnt risk that happening,,, when we went to pick him up he was in a gotty green slimy tank which was 3 foot if that there was a electric yellow in there to with some clown loaches,,, the big boy could hardly move....he was so skinny the old owner said that he would only feed him very second day one block of blood worms and he would disolve it before throwing it in so the poor thing didnt look good so being me i had to take him and safe him thinking he would be in a 700 litre tank heaps of space but now hes in a 4foot by him self!!!!! now hes eating 3 blocks plus some pellet !!!! hes on the mend do you know of anyone else that would be interested im keen to swap

i have a rather large male frontosa that needs a new home i brought him and he was rather skinny im getting him back to good health but then cannot keep him as i feel its horrible to have him by himself!!! plus it just doesnt look right after seeing them as a colony!!!!! when i brought him he was in a 3 foot tank with an electric yellow cichlid,,, hes about 20cm would be a great addition to a frontosa colony!!!

hmm ok well both my big male have no egg spots but my littler one does,,, i brought a breeding group yesterday of 4 yellows the 2 biggest ones didnt have egg spots but were hardout fighting with my 2 big boys so figured they must be male and the second to smallest which is about 7cm has a tiny egg spot and to my suprise she had 7 fry in her mouth :bounce: yippee finally a female!!!!!!! so females can have egg spots,,,, strange that when my big bright males dont but the female does........

does anyone have any female electric yellow cichlids with egg spots????

hello they look wicked hun ill have to come have a look!!!!

ok so 3 females is ok ??? as for harvesting and raising fry, when she ready to release them will the others eat them or will they be ok ive heard alot of storeys,, :roll: otherwise will take her and strip her as i have a friend here in chch that has alot of cichlids and knows what shes doing to help guide me through!!! fingers crossed and will be raising the fry

thanx !!! couldnt believe how pretty he went while they were doing there thing so bright and pretty!!!!! also theres 2 other females in with them will he breed with them also??? he was abit of a bully to them though,,,

yep they have quite alot nice wee shop :bounce: :bounce: friendly guy his names john...

yippee my first lot of sunshine peacocks have bred it was amazing to watch can wait to see some fry!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

omg i have moved him into a 4 foot so hes no where near my smaller cichlids thanks for the heads up

i will also swap for other malawis !!!!

i brought this massive male frontosa tonight off trademe... anyway we went to collect it and he was in a 3 foot tank grotty as tank with a electric yellow and some clown loaches,, like this frontosa male is a good 20cm massive!!! in a 3 foot tank :evil: hes abit on the thin side but thats on the mend :bounce: :bounce: so as i do i brought it knowing at least he will have a 700 litre tank to swim in till i sort out what im going to do with him :roll: i felt sorry for him couldnt leave him there if anyone is interested in buying him to add to a colony he needs to be with other frontosa it just doesnt look right,, i will not ship him as hes to big!!!! so just flick me a p/m thanx

lol i didnt mean for this to start an arguement !!!! was simply just abit shocked with some price only for the fact we brought all our cichlids from breeder which did make it alot cheaper .... i guess with the shipping fees aswell !!!!

well im glad we are getting set up for breeding and know alot of breeders but i did score a FEMALE electric yellow so excited :bounce: :bounce: :lol: :lol:

omg i went into a pet shop today and could not believe the prices of some of there cichlids the size of them were between 1-2 cm maybe 3 on one lot prices were $18- $20 omg for fryer thats unreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!