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This is my running log of the progress of my F1 Mpimbwe Frontosa...
Week 1 Report.
Well, it has been a week since I picked up the Mpimbwe from me in Oregon. The fish are doing great. Their behavior is amazing and they are a joy to watch. Fearless is a word that comes to mind when describing them. As mentioned above, these guys do not spook or shy away from the glass, even when I am standing in front of the tank observing them.
I have added a sump filter to the 180 and removed one of the two canisters and one of the two HOB filters on the tank. Right now, filtration is an eshopps 200 sump filter with a dual outlet overflow, a Rena xP2 canister and an Aqua Clear 110 HOB filter. I will be removing the canister filter in a week or so. The sump outlets to a spray bar that expels lengthwise from the right side of the tank.
So far, all 20 fish are alive and well. they spend a lot of time in open water and very little time settled into the rock work. Mostly, they swim in large groups and seem to have little to no aggression towards each other.
The fish have grown, noticeably, in the past week. their coloration is beginning to become evident. their fins are gaining the pearlescent blue that these fish are known for. The young fish all have perfect striping, no signs of mooning in any of them.
Stripe coloration has been interesting. During feeding, their stripes seem to mute some compared to how they look when they are just cruising the tank. I am not sure if this is due to the flurry of activity when they feed.
The fish seem to really enjoy "playing" in the current and bubbles created by the cascading water from the Aqua Clear 110. It is pretty funny to watch them swim directly into the current and through the bubbles. Once they get to the top, they swim right back to the bottom and do it again. This play time can sometimes go on for hours. Suddenly, they will lose interest and go back to swimming amongst the rock work or hanging out in large groups at the calm side of the tank.
That's it for the first week. I will be making another video mid-week and posting it to this thread. I will also be doing a weekly report to keep a flowing "diary" of their progress. I hope to get input from the members of the site, I am relatively new to Frontosa, especially a species specific tank, so any and all comments and help are appreciated.
Thanks for reading!
Week 1 Report.
Well, it has been a week since I picked up the Mpimbwe from me in Oregon. The fish are doing great. Their behavior is amazing and they are a joy to watch. Fearless is a word that comes to mind when describing them. As mentioned above, these guys do not spook or shy away from the glass, even when I am standing in front of the tank observing them.
I have added a sump filter to the 180 and removed one of the two canisters and one of the two HOB filters on the tank. Right now, filtration is an eshopps 200 sump filter with a dual outlet overflow, a Rena xP2 canister and an Aqua Clear 110 HOB filter. I will be removing the canister filter in a week or so. The sump outlets to a spray bar that expels lengthwise from the right side of the tank.
So far, all 20 fish are alive and well. they spend a lot of time in open water and very little time settled into the rock work. Mostly, they swim in large groups and seem to have little to no aggression towards each other.
The fish have grown, noticeably, in the past week. their coloration is beginning to become evident. their fins are gaining the pearlescent blue that these fish are known for. The young fish all have perfect striping, no signs of mooning in any of them.
Stripe coloration has been interesting. During feeding, their stripes seem to mute some compared to how they look when they are just cruising the tank. I am not sure if this is due to the flurry of activity when they feed.
The fish seem to really enjoy "playing" in the current and bubbles created by the cascading water from the Aqua Clear 110. It is pretty funny to watch them swim directly into the current and through the bubbles. Once they get to the top, they swim right back to the bottom and do it again. This play time can sometimes go on for hours. Suddenly, they will lose interest and go back to swimming amongst the rock work or hanging out in large groups at the calm side of the tank.
That's it for the first week. I will be making another video mid-week and posting it to this thread. I will also be doing a weekly report to keep a flowing "diary" of their progress. I hope to get input from the members of the site, I am relatively new to Frontosa, especially a species specific tank, so any and all comments and help are appreciated.
Thanks for reading!
