Another great video Ricky as always ... it's always a pleasure keeping up with your frontosa 🤗

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Ricky, I like your videos on Frontosas, You provide some valuable information in this hobby. Keep up the good work. Water quality is important for fish health.

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video! Pellets in particular are usually crushed and pushed out there gills but I have loaches that pick up the scraps, I try and feed mostly frozen though. Mysis shrimp is on the menu tonight 👍

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

I know the Frontosas Love Mysis shrimp! I was using it for awhile in the past until I decided to go to a cheaper alternative!

Beautiful Frontosas! Thanks for the info.

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome instructive video thank you!

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

Thanks for sharing and using the intro my friend. Another great Ricky Kenerly video for sure. FYI my fronts are loving the crab me. I was worried they wouldn't bc it was cooked. I always feed raw peeled shrimp

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed saying the intro! I will try to use it every time now! It made me smile! I am glad your Frontosas are enjoying the crab meat! It is how I got them to breed in the first place!

Mine jumped really really high when i had them. One jumped a good foot out the top of tank like a flying fish and hit ground. So beware. He was small too

Hi Ricky.. good stuff. Love your fronts!!

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Deb!

good points Ricky...fish look great👍

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian!

Ricky I finally bought some frontosas I got 11 juveniles thanks to you!

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

I believe you will enjoy them! Congrats!

I‘ve 20 petricolas in my Frontosa tank. They take care about the small food particles and the poop of the fronts.

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

They are awesome!

Ricky, i love it when you talk shit1 seriously though , top advice as always.

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob!

I've been feeding every day and sometimes my fronts are just not interested in food. Don't think I would stop feeding pellet food altogether but I think I'm going to start feeding every other day. Anyways love the video.

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

I think experimenting with the fish we have is crucial. What works for one person or fish might not work for another person or another fish!

@wolverineballer3376

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never fed my fish daily. Impossible for fish in the wild to feed every day. I’ve had fish live twice as long because of feeding 2-3 times a week. We waste 50-75% of the fish food.

Cool video Man! How do you get this beautiful green algae over the pot and rocks? Is it coming from the light only or did you do something special to get it?

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

5 жыл бұрын

Leaving the light on for 14 hours a day helps grow algae tremendously!

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

5 жыл бұрын

I also got a bit in the past when I bought plants that got it started!

Do frontosa produce a lot of waste?

cool video Ricky. I apologize if you have addressed this, I was just curious why you keep fronts as your primary fish? what drew you to then over the other thousands of cichlids. I think they are beauties i was just interested in your thoughts

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

There isn't a huge selection of cichlids where I live at. I had 3 pairs of flowerhorns that I got to breed and raise their fry up. When I saw how the fry killed each other off at a certain size I wanted to try a different fish. I always liked fish that had a hump. I got a few frontosas and realized they were not as aggressive as flowerhorns. Once I actually got them to breed I was hooked! It takes a lot of time and patience to get them to breed if you purchase them at a juvenile size and age. Since I considered it a huge accomplishment I decided they would be one of my main fish that I kept. They are also more relaxing to watch. Some cichlid aquariums to me are actually stressful to watch with all the aggression. I have much more that I want to achieve with the frontosas so they will be my main fish going forward!

@malarumasankar9921

5 жыл бұрын

Do the other colony fronts eats the releases fries or they gaurds them...?

great video. Just curious what kind of lighting is that ?

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Kessel led aquasun pendant lights. I love their shimmer effect!

hey love the videos! helps me as a Fairlawn new frontosa owner, but what kind of catfish is in the tank? it looks like a type of synodontis

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

It is a hybrid synodontis! I have two in the aquarium!

Ricky -this is great info. One question- any ideas of online vendors/breeders of Frontosas or other african cichlids?

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

I have actually talked to someone who purchased Frontosas from Frontosa Factory from the internet. He was very pleased with the Frontosas he received. He has many types but they are not always available at all times. He is a breeder that I believe carries great stock at reasonable prices. There may be others but I have not found any that are in the U.S. that has the amount of variety that he does. There are a few others I have researched but they are not in stock most of the times I have looked. If you find any good sources feel free to let me and others know in a comment!

Nice video rick quick question I’ve got 10 Burundi from fry I feed them shrimp frozen or dried but they stop eaten and will only eat spirulina flakes, any advice?

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

5 жыл бұрын

I used to feed my fry algae wafers and they did great! Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.

hi @Ricky Kenerly Cichilds can you do a viedo about the mix tank or the tank mate for Frontosa?

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

6 жыл бұрын

They do best by themselves! Synodontis catfish go well with them!

Very informative. Hey Rickey🎊💦🌎🐬 I agree the fish we keep can produce so much waste as they eat almost like Oscars. Feeding schedule you have is good skipping a day. Some times I go 2 days after I feed krill or and high protein meal. I know I text a long reply but it was a long video. Love the Alpha male any spawn yet from your black widow

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Long comments are welcomed and enjoyed! There has not yet been a spawn from Changer. I think she needs to be a bit bigger and maybe a little older. I think the way things are progressing it will happen by the end of the year!

@Deon0026yickadee

7 жыл бұрын

Way cool 😎 brother) and right on I hope it happens. I been crossing my finger for a group to breed for 6 months now so I'm familiar with the waiting game. Good luck and man the force be with you!

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Spend some time with Yoda and your group will be breeding like crazy! I will be training as a Frontosa Jedi and hope to have some Yoda time as well!

@Deon0026yickadee

7 жыл бұрын

Ricky Kenerly Cichlids haha love it also sub me up and be apart of my world man or at least drop by sometime I like you

Hey ricky how can we identify whether the frontosa is a male or female ?

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

It is easier to guess when they are bought at a small size and raised up together to be able to see different growth rates. Females grow really slow and don't get as long. Males grow faster and develop the hump before females. Observation and experience is the next best thing after that. You can also vent them after they are a year or older. I haven't had to do this method. Males are more territorial and will show their aggression more so to other males. There is no 100% formula for sexing of frontosas but the above ways are how I sex mine!

Where Rick at ?

Uff Great video yours frontozas thats very precius congratulation

@RickyKenerlyCichlids

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

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@RickyKenerlyCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!