Not saltwater fish, but...finally got eggs!!

Ruskin · Aug 23, 2020

How are the fry progressing? Did you get them in a grow out tank?

3D Reefin' · Aug 24, 2020

Ruskin said:
How are the fry progressing? Did you get them in a grow out tank?

They are in a grow out tank now. The one that was developing slower than the rest is not doing so well. I don't think he is going to make it. I'll try to get update pics of the fry, kinda difficult because they all disperse and glare.

3D Reefin' · Aug 29, 2020

Its very difficult to snap a picture of the fry, as soon as I get close to the tank they disperse and the glare is not great. Here is their temporary grow out, they'll be moved to a 75 gallon soon. 25 healthy fry plus 1 is so so.

Ruskin · Sep 2, 2020

They look great, doing a great job with them. Maybe the runt will catch up, or be your underdog story

AshwinRavi · Sep 2, 2020

they are amazing!

LordJoshaeus · Sep 13, 2020

Gorgeous fish! Fun fact...in the wild frontosa subsist primarily on Cyprichromis, the sardine cichlids. Frontosa are relatively slow and 'Cyps' are hyperactive schooling fishes, so the Frontosa wait until the sardine cichlids go to sleep at night...and then gobble them up as they sleep!

Needless to say, don't keep frontosa with Cyprichromis. (This sluggish lifestyle also allows frontosa to live over two decades)

3D Reefin' · Sep 15, 2020

Cool, didn't know that they eat them. Thanks for sharing that info about them. Hopefully they are with me for more than 2 decades.

I've seen them hunt, quite a funny sight, but they are successful. They are quite clumsy, slow and unfortunately very skittish. I hand feed them, but if I walk past they tank they always panic and hide.

3D Reefin' · Sep 23, 2020

More update pics. The fry are very difficult to take pics of. This is the best I got after 20min of trying.

Jamo7 · Sep 23, 2020

What are you doing with the fry? I have a fresh water friend local to me that might be interested he has some impressive tanks. DM me, he is not on here.

3D Reefin' · Sep 23, 2020

Jamo7 said:
What are you doing with the fry? I have a fresh water friend local to me that might be interested he has some impressive tanks. DM me, he is not on here.

Hello. Thanks for the interest, but they are not available. Just sharing the fry progression, thought it would be neat to show the transformation from egg to fry and to see them grow.

NeonRabbit221B · Sep 23, 2020

I remember when I got excited about a successful brood. Now I have 30 yellow tail acei, 20 yellow labs and 10 OB peacocks and nowhere for them to go. I have made some money but the market is saturated.

Are you putting these in your display? What will you do about ratio issues?

3D Reefin' · Sep 23, 2020

In my experince, Blue Zaire Moba Frontosa are not as easy to breed, so people usually want/pay for frontosa fry, in my area they sell for $35-45each @ 1.5-2" size.

I will put them in my display once they are about 3". I'll part with a few down the road when they get bigger. I can only house soo many. haha

I am on the same boat, I had unplanned fry and they are not that easy to rehome, but people do slowly get them.