First off, What a great informative site, Thank you all. :thumb:
Now, i have been keeping Fronts for about 14 years same ones like my own kids and treated that way as well.
Started out with 6 in my 180gal after the first year i was down to 3, Hole in the head was horrible.
However the remaining 3 seemed to bounce back and began to thrive.
Once they got to about 8 inches 2 were from what i could tell from all the info i gathered, Males.
The third a female dropped eggs at least 4 times wife and i saw, No fry ever i was stupid to have cookoo's in their as well at that time.
Well very long story short, 13 years later i have a very big 14 inch Brute "awesome" Male and the great looking lady, Like hitting a Lotto 1 male and 1 female fullgrown raised from and inch to 12 - 14 inches for over 13 yrs. Yeah i wish it were that easy.
Well 3 years ago, Due to personal issues we had to move, I had to give up the 180gal, I was stuck putting them in a 55gal i no.....Cardinal sin but its all i could do with all the changes in mylife going on at the time.
Just the 2 of them things were going ok, the first 2 years, But then the male, Came down with hole in the head again or it was dormant all this time, i have been maintaining it with weekly sometime 3 water changes a week.
Filtration in a ehiem canister filter also running my 220 gal. Wet/dry that i had on the 180gal.
I lowered the flow for sure in the 55.
Its to the point, I have had it, I no they need a bigger tank, Just can't do it right now.
But anyway, They both are now very, very, very fussy eaters, I seem to be doing more tank cleaning now getting uneaten food out its driving me crazy.
O'yeah argonite not fun while trying to get out small food bits with a python or any other method either....Lol
I'm looking for what would you try or what would you do if it were you type help.
I'm willing to do anything even give them up to a larger safe home as long as they are taken care of well for 0-NOTHING, Just give them a good home.
Before i do this, i'm just trying to get some ideas to try before last resort of finding them a new home.
The hole in the end is not effecting the female on the outside no visual signs, the male has a hole about the size of a #2 pencil eraser top above his upper lip and seems to come and go once a month now.
They were big eaters of the Hikari sinking pellets and a few times a month whiting or haddock.
Tank temp is 78, ph 7.6, Homemade salt solution reciepe from this site :thumb: .
They are active i made custom sturdy - mesh huts for each of them no other decor in there so they have some room.
But anyway, I lost my Dad, my 14 year old awesome malamute doggy, my 19 year old maincoon cat, 2 aunts and 1 cousin in the past year and half, So i can take another heartbreak if it is recommended that i find them a better home. Heart is numb now so now would be the time, I guess if there is no other solution.
Thanks for all the info and a great site. Sorry for long post.
Avid hobbiest for around 17 years now, Went from discus to fronts at one point i had 16 tanks....lol
Thanks again,
Bert
Now, i have been keeping Fronts for about 14 years same ones like my own kids and treated that way as well.
Started out with 6 in my 180gal after the first year i was down to 3, Hole in the head was horrible.
However the remaining 3 seemed to bounce back and began to thrive.
Once they got to about 8 inches 2 were from what i could tell from all the info i gathered, Males.
The third a female dropped eggs at least 4 times wife and i saw, No fry ever i was stupid to have cookoo's in their as well at that time.
Well very long story short, 13 years later i have a very big 14 inch Brute "awesome" Male and the great looking lady, Like hitting a Lotto 1 male and 1 female fullgrown raised from and inch to 12 - 14 inches for over 13 yrs. Yeah i wish it were that easy.
Well 3 years ago, Due to personal issues we had to move, I had to give up the 180gal, I was stuck putting them in a 55gal i no.....Cardinal sin but its all i could do with all the changes in mylife going on at the time.
Just the 2 of them things were going ok, the first 2 years, But then the male, Came down with hole in the head again or it was dormant all this time, i have been maintaining it with weekly sometime 3 water changes a week.
Filtration in a ehiem canister filter also running my 220 gal. Wet/dry that i had on the 180gal.
I lowered the flow for sure in the 55.
Its to the point, I have had it, I no they need a bigger tank, Just can't do it right now.
But anyway, They both are now very, very, very fussy eaters, I seem to be doing more tank cleaning now getting uneaten food out its driving me crazy.
O'yeah argonite not fun while trying to get out small food bits with a python or any other method either....Lol
I'm looking for what would you try or what would you do if it were you type help.
I'm willing to do anything even give them up to a larger safe home as long as they are taken care of well for 0-NOTHING, Just give them a good home.
Before i do this, i'm just trying to get some ideas to try before last resort of finding them a new home.
The hole in the end is not effecting the female on the outside no visual signs, the male has a hole about the size of a #2 pencil eraser top above his upper lip and seems to come and go once a month now.
They were big eaters of the Hikari sinking pellets and a few times a month whiting or haddock.
Tank temp is 78, ph 7.6, Homemade salt solution reciepe from this site :thumb: .
They are active i made custom sturdy - mesh huts for each of them no other decor in there so they have some room.
But anyway, I lost my Dad, my 14 year old awesome malamute doggy, my 19 year old maincoon cat, 2 aunts and 1 cousin in the past year and half, So i can take another heartbreak if it is recommended that i find them a better home. Heart is numb now so now would be the time, I guess if there is no other solution.
Thanks for all the info and a great site. Sorry for long post.
Avid hobbiest for around 17 years now, Went from discus to fronts at one point i had 16 tanks....lol
Thanks again,
Bert