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Nice Larry! I've always had a soft spot for Frotosas. I had some Wild caught Zaire Blues years ago that were a lot of fun.
-Mark
Agree, very nice Larry. I reckon cypho's are the discus of Lake Tanganyika...slow moving, graceful, and very beautiful!
Here's my previous Kapampa group;
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Daniel
Very nice grouping of frontosa you had, love these fish maybe will go back to them one day. That group I bought as 1/2 inch fry the breeder sold to me.
Larry
Mark bet those were a nice group, these were a lot of fun to raise, I got them at 1/2 inch.
Nice Larry. Did you raise them to breeding age/size? I got mine at 2-3" and sold them at 5-9" before they reached breeding age. They're slow growers as you'd know, and it's a shame it takes 3-4 yrs for them to reach breeding maturity...they do test ones patience in that respect, but they're graceful and majestic to watch glide through the water. I have a group of 7 mikula that I am currently growing out but they're in a tank I maintenance at the men rehab accommodation my church runs. They were 1.5-2" when I got them and are about 3-3.5" atm.
Yes they were breeding when I sold the grouping to purchase my first discus. Sold tank and all.Quote:
Originally Posted by danotaylor
That's funny...I sold my kap's group to buy my 1st discus of the new millennium...great minds sir! :D
Larry here's a few pics of my current group of 7 gibb zaire mikula. A mate of mine here in Cincinnati has a wild group that these came from. They're young, about 3-4" now, and are housed with yellow labs, lab. hongi, and some blue dolphins I bred myself. Because of their tank mates their trailers keep getting nipped off, but these guys are destined for the 500 gal tank I will be inheriting soon and should reach their max size potential in the big tank.
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Some nice blue hues coming in already. This particular locality gets super deep blue as it matures...I love the mask over the eyes that gibb's get as well.