Ikola Frontosa setup

[curlymars123]

At the beginning of the year I invested in ikola frontosa. They are going to go In the own tank now. Does any one know what works best in the aquarium landscape? Rocks, driftwood, sand, crush coral? Ect.

[curlymars123]

And I mean ONLY frontosa in this tank, I want it to be set up differently.. I came to HFB seeking help. Opinions are appreciated.

[Ogrodii]

i would try to make the land scape smooth as possible no sharp rocks
frontosa are pretty gentle

[Ballinxalex]

I would make 2 or one large ccave
low llights , sand substrate , try using smooth rocks since they jet alot when startled

[aquabee]

Absolutely sand, since they like to flash and stir it up. Nothing with jagged/sharp edges. The rest is really up to you! Caves, no caves, PVC pipe as pretend caves... They'll be fine.


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[aquabee]

Interesting info on "ikola frontosa" since this isn't a name or collection point frequently seen anymore. Basically ikola and mpimbwe are nearly the same and ikola are no longer collected, since mpimbwe is a more favorable collection site.

http://www.frontosa.com/viewtopic.php?p=46500

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[crazy42bmx]

Interested in seeing these as i have never heard of this species of frontosa.

But a little more info of the actual tank their going in would help us help u out a lil better too. Tank size, ? Do u plan on doing a background or some sort of backing ?

Personally i think frontosa do better in a not so bright tank, as in the wild they are a deep water fish ! Substrate really dont matter, gravel- sand-crushed coral, itll all work well. But if u go witha more gravel base they are likely to dig huge pits and play excavation! Rocks- smooth is better but its up to you personally i think red lava shows their colors well and makes them pop well. Yea it has edges but it looks very well in tanks. Also they like chill in over hangs caves of some sort. It gives them a security feeling and they like that. Frozen foods esp meaty stuff will keep their colors nice and bright, krill and brine shrip.

[danielp]

Have never heard of the ikola collection point either.

Mexican river rock and limestone bolder rock have worked best for me and most other quality front tanks I've seen

[jughead]

my set up,125 gal,eheim 2217,2 sponge filters.enough gravel to cover the bottom-1/8".12" flower pot,4 pieces 4" pvc,8" long.2 males,10 females.not much of a display tank,but they seem to like it.easy to net the females.good luck

[thegoodlife]

Can you post pics? I've never heard of or saw pics of ikola frontosa and am curious to what they look like...

[aquabee]

Can you post pics? I've never heard of or saw pics of ikola frontosa and am curious to what they look like...

Like the forum link above says, they're phenotypically the same as Mpimbwe.


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[curlymars123]

I know someone when I lived in Austin, he has a colony of ikola. He had told me that they are really really rare. I tried buying the large ones but he would only sell the colony. Anyways they started breeding and I've been buying all the fry from him. I have some pics that I can post. They are growing like weeds!

[aquabee]

They are rare now because they don't collect from ikola anymore, since mpimbwe is a more populated and better collecting point. Same fish though.

Beautiful specimens! I have a Moba Frontosa colony myself. Love these fish!


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[danielp]

Interesting.

[curlymars123]

I know!! I love them, they are so gentle and never get messed with. I have 13-15 of them right now, and there is a freak of nature in there and is triple the size of the others. Pretty crazy image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpg right now they are in a 160 gallon aquarium with other African cichlids. XXXL drift wood and a bunch of rocks. They all have their own spots were they stay. These are some of the ones I got in march ( still had egg sacks attached ) ����