Frontosa tube down

Hi Guys

a quick question 3 of my burundi frontosa have dropped there tubes slightly, does this mean that i'm going to get some fry soon ? 1 of them the tube is down alot more then the others.

thanks

 

You would need to post pics for is to confirm.

You will get eggs before you get fry :bigsmile:

If they are about to breed they will generally be cleaning a flat surface on a rock or something sturdy as well as re-shaping your gravel.

It is a bit odd that three have extended Ovipositors.

How many Fronts have you got in total?

 

the pic isnt so clear this is one of them now. i didnt take pic's of the others i'm trying not to disburb them much now as during the weekend i caused chaos in the tank by removing other fish.

 

i got 9 Fronts but only 3 are big over 24cm the rest are smaller

 

Sounds positive, keep at it and see what happens, up to one of the males to figure out what's cooking now, if I'm not mistaken you can expect males to reach breeding age later than females.
Females may hold a few times before carrying to full term as well.

Whatever you do with Fronts and Altolamprologus, don't get impatient - they're always getting there!

@Ebrahim - care to enlighten us?

 

ya i'm being patient but really curious to see what happens, the largest 1 which is a male seems to have dropped its tube alot more since the weekend, maybe his getting the hang of it now. i've seen them with the light on doing alot of circling and chasing. hopefully i get some eggs soon:smile1:

 

Yes tube down, the male will drop his tube when ever he things of spawning.

 

Ja Mr. Stone..... will do. When it comes to breeding frontosa Zaire blue is the most difficult to breed (aspacialy Moba and the guys in cape town are struggling with Mikula too.) Burundi is easy. Most if not all of them in south africa are tank raised. This what you do with Burundi. Get them into a room of their own, no movement what so ever, only feeding time. Change water regularly. Try to get info on the bucket sistem, it works for many burundi breeders. Feed good food. Make very little changes to the aquascaping. When they spawn dont tumble, they will hold. Be patient..... thats it. I have bread them and needed a new challenge and l got it.....

 

thanks for the info guys, i'll just keep up the water changes and keep feeding frozen mysis shrimp and blood worms. i also feed tetra cichlid stick and tetra bits.

 

male tube down about +-5mm now and his chasing the female her tube is also down, still waiting for eggs :bigsmile:

 

Excitement!!!! Lekke!!! Try to have as little movement as posible in from of the tank. You dont whant to disturb them unnecessary at this stage.

 

i did a 30% water change this past weekend and changed the filter wool on my sump but some of the small fronts are sort of rubbing themselves on the gravel should i do another water change or should i hold on ? i really dont wanna upset the mood there.

 

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Never change water and filter media at the same time. You loose bacteria. That can be one of the causes. The tap water another one. PH change another. I hope some one can chime in here cause this not a frontosa specific issue. Any one?

 

my sump has 3 compartments 1 with bio rocks and 1 wid small pebbles and the filter wool, but i wont do that change again.

 

No eggs still but the males tube still down still chasing females,.