Frontosa Temp?

[Frank T]

what is a good range of

temperature for frontosa?
just normal keeping alive and healthy, not breeding.



84-86 too warm?
just deciding what it will go with.

[RMac]

I think that 80-82 is a good

range.

R.Mac

[Mrfiremouth]

Actually, Fronts can

handle cooler temps as well but would not go below 65F.

[bobrfish]

C. frontosa are found in

deeper waters of Lake Tanganyika which is cooler than surface waters. My guess of temperature at

depth where C. frontosa live is probably 70-75 degrees.

[Frank T]

t/y

[bobrfish]

forgot to add

i

keep my fronts above 75 degrees. probably shortens their life by a few years.

[Frank T]

i have a big male

(burundi?) and 2 small ones(kipilli? amazing blue), probally want to keep it cooler then
so he

lasts a while


thanks



pic the last owner took of hime a

little while ago
<img src="http://www.fmueller.com/wp-content/gallery/extravaganza-2007/52-

show-frontosa.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

[RMac]

Wow, great looking fish!

There was a huge Burundi frontosa in a Traverse City pet/fish shop in their show tank that had a

huge hump like that, which was what got me interested in Frontosa originally. I only have some

Moba's at the moment..., but want to get a nice Burundi male some day!

[tr6]

The rift lakes are pretty

unique.
Not a whole lot of difference in temperature between the surface layer and the deeper

layer's that the frontosa inhabit.
no typical thermal turnover as seen in other lakes.

surface temp is about 76 give or take a few degrees depending on season and location, the

deeper layers are about 5 degrees colder, there is volcanic activity under the lake that helps to

keep the depths warm.

I keep my adult colonies at 76-78.
fry at 80, increase temp

increases metabolism and thus growth.
i have had frontosa fry survive at 65 for about a week

before i realized i did not have a heater plugged in.

It is said that too high of a

temperature for too long can cause sterility and shorten life spawns, but i don't know what

that max point would be.

[buntbarsch]

bobrfish and tr6 hit the

nail right on the head. I kept my groups at 75-76 due to the fact that they do live at depths up

to 250 feet. I also dimmed the light. I found that they are much calmer under these conditions.

[Tim]

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class='quotemain'>C. frontosa are found in deeper waters of Lake Tanganyika which is

cooler than surface waters. My guess of temperature at depth where C. frontosa live is probably

70-75 degrees.</div>

The water temperature in Lake

Tanganyika was pretty consistent from the surface down to the levels where the Fronts were seen.

One of things that amazed me about the Lake was the lack of a thermocline as you went deeper.

Diving in local lakes only 20 feet deep, I hit thermoclines, so was expecting at least a couple in

Tanganyika. It just wasn't the case.
Tim