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[Johno1982]

My festae only young but I treat them better than my own kids lol





And hopfully one day the females will look something close to this


My frontosa - wish I still had them

[Westie]

what happened to the fronties?

[Johno1982]

Sold to make room for festae wish I had more tanks

[dazzabozza]

Big festae fan here! Would luv to see more around... usual story

[Conda]

nice fish buddy

[Johno1982]

Lol thanks guys yea so can't wait for them to mature a bit lol
How's that blue peacock going??

[spilo]

heres a couple of pics of my old pair to inspire you

[Johno1982]

Omg hey are awesome!! What happened to them u should have sold them to me!!!! 😢 what did you find best for their diet???

[SamJohns]

Yes! Great fish.

I would love to put some in my big American tank.

Do these come up very often? Where abouts did you get yours from if you don't mind me asking
man?

Sam

[spilo]

hi
i got 10 juvies from the east coast and grow them up and this was the only female i got out of the 10. unfortunately i moved them on to fellow PCS member a coulpe of years ago.. .they were truely an amazing pair and well worth growing up. i feed mine NLS garlic ....


cheers kim

[Johno1982]

Oh so exciting got 3 starting to take the colour of female and the rest of them their pearl dots are comming out strong 😊 yahoo!!!

Edited by Johno1982, 13 June 2012 - 10:43 AM.

[sue]

Nice looking fish Johnno

[garlic shrimp]

nice fish you got there,cheers,Con.

[ice]

Awesome fish mate! Can't wait to see them in another 6 months

[Johno1982]

I know me neither but I won't be able to keep them all unfortunatly. The biggest male and female are showing signs of pairing I just hope he's strong enough but I'll keep you updated and thanks for the feed back
Won't be long now

[Conda]

l
How's that blue peacock going??

he is going very well a lot bigger now ....thanx mate ......

[Johno1982]

Can't wait can't wait !!! Wife tells me that the female looks like she is pairing with the male but thinking they are a little early for that but non the less they are all going into my new 6x2x2 shortly once I get home on Tuesday I'll upload some pics once I get home and them all into the nw tank. Also just a heads up I've got 10 of these beauties and will have to remove a few once they have paired for sure it will have to happen fast once it does happen so keep an eye on the boards could be your chance to grab some lol

[Johno1982]

Just a photo update
Female


Male



Can't wait to put them in my 6x2x2 tommorrow

[danotaylor]

any new updates & shots Johno? Last shots of the pair were looking sweet as bro...

[Johno1982]

Well as a matter of fact I do lol took some yesterday for you all but excuse the tank im currently making my own holy rock with all my lime stone and a hole saw kit plus had to make a 6ft spray bar, I used 1/2" (13mm) retic piping so it all fits snug and a 1/8" drill bit heated on the stove to red hot to put the holes in for the water jets onto x2 canister filters x2 pick ups but they use the same 1/2" pipe spray bar as an outlet
The tank


The male who is growing fast! And chasing the female


The female forgive the fins but the male has been getting frisky but have to keep an eye on her might have to give her a break from jaw locking


The photos aren't the best quality taken from my phone