Frontosa Burundi or ???

[jyee]

Good Morning All Master!
Yesterday I received a fren offer of this frontosa.
But dunnoe what species is this frontosa.
Please help to classify is this pure Burundi or hybrid bred or other species?
Size is about 8".
Thanks in advanced.

[jyee]

Sorry. Forget to attach pic.

[Gowling]

It is a normal frontosa aka Burundi. Nice catch. Take years to reach this size.

[jyee]

Originally Posted by Gowling

It is a normal frontosa aka Burundi. Nice catch. Take years to reach this size.

Hi Gowling bro,
Thanks for your reply.
So it is just those normal frontosa which the cheapest in the market?
I heard nowadays, the cheapest frontosa in the market is not Burundi already. They already mixed with other species but not sure what is the species.
By looking on this pic, can we determine this is a pure Burundi? Since the black strip is more wider?

[Gowling]

Originally Posted by jyee

Hi Gowling bro,
Thanks for your reply.
So it is just those normal frontosa which the cheapest in the market?
I heard nowadays, the cheapest frontosa in the market is not Burundi already. They already mixed with other species but not sure what is the species.
By looking on this pic, can we determine this is a pure Burundi? Since the black strip is more wider?

I only see there's no mooning on the black strip which is a plus point. Normal Frontosa are usually priced by their size. You just have to choose those with as little defects as possible.
Probably it is so cheap that people don't really care the origins unlike Blue Zaire.
Last time I had a few small frontosa of 2-3cm for probably $6 each only. Took 3-4 years to reach that size.

[Young Man]

looks most probably a burundi from this pic. whether mixed or not not sure. take some pics of it in the tank.
burundis have a few different variants, but over the years, crossbreeding and all resulted in burundis with multiple traits of different variants. or even crossed with other fronts.
pricing wise depends. end of the day, read up more, see the fish, if you like it and price is right, buy it.

[jyee]

Originally Posted by Gowling

I only see there's no mooning on the black strip which is a plus point. Normal Frontosa are usually priced by their size. You just have to choose those with as little defects as possible.
Probably it is so cheap that people don't really care the origins unlike Blue Zaire.
Last time I had a few small frontosa of 2-3cm for probably $6 each only. Took 3-4 years to reach that size.

Noted, Thanks Bro.
Just recruit it.haahaa

Originally Posted by Young Man

looks most probably a burundi from this pic. whether mixed or not not sure. take some pics of it in the tank.
burundis have a few different variants, but over the years, crossbreeding and all resulted in burundis with multiple traits of different variants. or even crossed with other fronts.
pricing wise depends. end of the day, read up more, see the fish, if you like it and price is right, buy it.

Yup, that is the reason confuse me to step forward.
Btw, already bring back home.
This is the photo when just intro to tank not more than 2 hrs.

[Young Man]

Originally Posted by jyee

Noted, Thanks Bro.
Just recruit it.haahaa



Yup, that is the reason confuse me to step forward.
Btw, already bring back home.
This is the photo when just intro to tank not more than 2 hrs.

ok la. the purity aside. this fish looks decent from your photo in terms of colour and body proportion.
groom it well, pump it up, let the fins recover. if the colouration brighten then ho seh liao

[jyee]

Originally Posted by Young Man

ok la. the purity aside. this fish looks decent from your photo in terms of colour and body proportion.
groom it well, pump it up, let the fins recover. if the colouration brighten then ho seh liao

Thanks Mr young man.
Will work hard on it.
Hopefully can recruit more pcs. So that can use it as the reason to change tank. Haha

[foreverfrontosa]

Looking good, you probably can consider getting a good ratio of males and females then try breeding them.