Mokos Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 First off id like to thank tomuhs, James(western canada) for all their help, is much appreciated guys thanks again. It has taken me quite awhile to be finished with this build. Had to gut and redo my basement before I could set it up. Anyway heres a pic I took tuesday night 40 gal sump underneath..... So far I like and working out a few kinks. As it is xmas soon,were a little tight on cash this year but my wife let me get a group of frontosa. Got them off kijiji, the guy bought them from golds 3 years ago. His nitrates tho wow after 1 min it was unreadable. So I spent most of last night acclimating them in a rubbermaid and after 3 hours put em in. Id take some pics but the move was a little to stressfull amd im fairly certain they have ich from that.. Oh well I wouldnt have taken them but he already had them fished out and I felt bad that they were in murky water mixed with my feelings to just finally have fish again lol. Beautiful fish tho, so if anyone else has a call into him at least you know what your in for. Ill post some pics later on when there more settled in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano85 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Cool, can't wait to see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Well I decided to give them a good feed, some mysis shrimp and took some pics. The one on the right has settled in the other's do get lighter till they get spooked by me coming into the room Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Beauties!!! Nice fish in deed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuhs Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) Wow buddy! Can't believe its finally up and running; congrats! I know we've been chatting about this setup for quite some time, so glad it finally came through for you. What you think of the sump setup now that you got it up and running? Fronts look great. Nice size and color! Do you know what variant they are? Has your tank cleared up yet? Edited December 14, 2012 by tomuhs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) So far I like having a sump. still tweakin a few things but otherwise I really like it so far. Im not a 100% on the variant. When I called the guy said they were f1 mpimbwe. When I picked them up he said kapampa. He used to breed kapampa he said so im not sure. Id say mpimbwe maybe. What do you guys think? Well its not cleared up yet. Not even sure its ich really. Only one fish has one spot and the rest have some fin damage and not slime but like little pieces of white fluff coming out around there eyes, gills and body. I check on them frequently and some times theres no fluff being excreted. Its not bad yet ive added salt like 21/2 tablespoon per gallon and an air stone. They did come out of a tank that was way overstocked with nitrates way to high. I have to run to the lfs I accidently got floating food so I mihjt see if I can grab something for a fungus maybe?? Heres a pic they do have blotches on their fins and they all use are using there fins to rub what they can of them selves. And fir some reason my camera phone turns my water a green color Edited December 14, 2012 by Mokos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 They look like Mpimbwe to me. I have 20 of these right now in a 300 gallon. What size is your tank. Also my fisha re only 2" long right now but these are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Beauties!!! Nice fish in deed! Thank ya:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 They look like Mpimbwe to me. I have 20 of these right now in a 300 gallon. What size is your tank. Also my fisha re only 2" long right now but these are nice. My tank is a 100 gal and I only got 5. There fair size tho biggest is roughly 12 inches and the smallest is 6. Not sure male to female ratio yet. They havent been vented yet, so when I do that I may have to change things up... Hope not tho. I think im maxed at 5 maybe 6. if I end up with 2 males then id like 4 females. But I will have to see as id like to maybe fit in some calvus. Time will tell tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Picked up some meds for em,hopefully that does the trick. Took a few more shots.... They seem to be settling in more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuhs Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 Wow the color is so nice on those! Hopefully they start holding eggs! Those tears dont look like ich; I usually use melafix for fin tears but you'rs don't seem to be in too bad of condition. I'm sure with lots of TLC and WC you'll be fine. Love the aquascape btw. What are your plans for future stock or will you keep just fronts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I hope they start holding eggs in a while. Well see, my gut tells me theres a few more males in their than I should have... But well see. Yea I thought it was ich initially but only one broke out with 10 ish spots for a couple days now their gone. They do have a bit of a bacterial infection as u saw the fins. along with a couple raised scales and a touch of red where fins meet their bodies and a bit of cottony crap. Ill keep an eye on em but I think your right with WC and tlc and they should be good.besides they dont seem to be bothered by any of that and their eatin like pigs lol So far I like it to I may have to make some more caves later on. Id like to have them holding eventually, but I wouldnt mind some calvus/comp and maybe a couple blue dolphin or possibly peacocks . Well see tho as I might have to get bigger fish or grow them out before putting them in. Ill stick with the fronts and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Remember the Fronts are pretty timid and if you mix more aggressive africans with them you might find that they will not compete for the food you offer. The comps and calvus are from the same lake and fairly timid as well so nice choice there. You could consider Julies and Brichardi to add more color to the tank. Also add more hiding places before you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokos Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Remember the Fronts are pretty timid and if you mix more aggressive africans with them you might find that they will not compete for the food you offer. The comps and calvus are from the same lake and fairly timid as well so nice choice there. You could consider Julies and Brichardi to add more color to the tank. Also add more hiding places before you do. I agree I was thinking even just a tang tank. Adding what you suggested and Maybe trying cyps and leleupi knowing fully well they could end up dinner. But it would be a nice range in color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzkyasia Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 More in mpimbwe to me or ikola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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