New Frontosa from Kingstature

Got this guy/girl from kingstature, still cant really figure out 100% what variant or sex yet... got some experts working on it.... i will let you all know when I find out more! Really nice gold color on her/him!

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Nice!

Oh, and if it is a 6 stripe with some yellowish/gold on the bottom of the dorsal fin, it is most likely a Kavala.

No, I disagree.... Kavala has an eye stripe that is straight... as you can see in my picture, it has a small to big eye stripe.... thats what is confusing the hell out of me.... and the gold is found allot in kigoma's and they have a similar mask but I know those guys have seven stripes. Im so confused, well like I said, I gave up trying to figure it out, gave it to the real pro's at frontosa.com, thoughs guys know there frontosa well....

Also, this guy was kinda robbed of the blue color he has by my flash... he is really purple blueish everywhere... so i was thinking somthing from gibberosa zaire varient.... but the masks are big to small, not small to big.... I dont know!

Hmm, didn't look at the mask that hard, I just focused on the 6 stripes and the dorsal fin. Lol..either way, nice fish. Let me know what they come up with.

Ok, I have yet to get an answer, so obviously this is a tough one! This fish is stunning though... the long trailers on the bottom of the fish, the gold yellow, the broad black stripes no mooning, I would just hate to hear it was a cross variant... but it happens, and sometimes you end up with something gorgeous!

Anyway, this fish is thanks to Kingstature yet again! He has kept it very healthy, and obviously its condition is perfect!! Thanks again kings, you are the man at finding/keeping/selling fish... seriously, amazing product, amazin price!!!

Ok, sooooo I was kinda right to be confused... it is a cross variant ..... cross between the kigoma (7 stripe yellowish) and the burundi (common guy). So this is what a kigrundi look like. lol
a good way my buddy told me he could tell is.... the half seventh stripe... if you look between the eye stripe and the dorsal stripe there is a very light thin stripe... theres the half seventh stripe.... Learn something new everyday in this hobby, I swear.

If hes to depressing to look at Ive got a 5 gallon tank empty. But sorry bud, you were so excited. : ( An dont cry yourself to sleep, thats just heart breaking.

lol, he is waaaay too big for a 5gal, he is too big for a 10 gal.... a 20 would be ok probably for 3 months, then you need to jump up again... Thanks for the offer.... and dont worry, I just got really hyped it was a F1 (first gen) Zaire variant. So it was a pretty big buzz killer to find out he definetly isnt a F1, but not even a pure bread...

I exagerated saying I was gonna cry myself to sleep. But thats really sweet you wouldve cared enough to worry about me... thanks.

well looky here, an empty 20 gallon

fish keeping can REALLY suck sometimes.

Things will get better for ya! You wait in like 2 days, you are gonna be like " I got this urge to use the pottay" and in the back of yo mind you still got my "THINGS WILL GET BETTUH BUDDAYYYY! ", and so you open up the potty lid and BAM. Whole colony of Zaire frontosa just bein all chill

Funny you said that, a buddy moved up from cali that I used to talk to on fontosa.com.... He breeds Mpimbwe, (gorgeous frontosa variant), and because I went on frontosa.com with that question, I can meet up with him, but his fish are $$$, so have to pay the big bucks!

And about your open 20gal... I hate to say it lars... I dont trust anyone who whould put a front in a 5 gal bucket... sorry chica... you gotta get a bigger tanks.

Aww man! I only put sick guppies in buckets, the oscars go in the 18 gallon tubs. Man I want himmmm, what would be a minimum tank size? 65 gallons? And I was jokin about the 5 gallon, I dont even have an empty one now that I think about it, gots Leonard in it, fat grumpy betta.

And thats good, not that you might have to a drain a bank account, but thats cool! HE can be your Frontosa drug dealer

If he is good he gets the 20, if hes bad he gets the bucket.

PROOF I TELL YE!

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lol lars... a 20gal is too small for a frontosa.... If you had a 30gal I would sell him to you for the same price I got him... you gotta come get him though.... 25 bucks... nice price... gorgeous fish.... I just dont do the hybrid thing, otherwise he is better looking than anything you can get in a pet store.... (not including specialty shops).

Very nice. You should send his pic for June picture contest

naw, I have a really really good one for that ... bringing out the secret weapon. lol

I just remembered you are in marysville, how far away is that anyways?

Such beautiful colors :flower:

im by everett.

wheres everett?

lol, ok... you dont know washington well huh? how about seattle... that would be the next biggest city down. lol... Im about 35 min drive north from seattle.

Seattle is the great unknown to me. I know how to get to chinatown, but thats it.