zambia?
#1
Posted 28 December 2003 - 11:23 PM
I know we have had this conversation one million times but aquotix has some fronties labled as zambia. they are young but don't look like any fronts that i have seen. the shade of blue looks very similar to all the pictures i have on the net.
is it posssible that these are the real thing? and not well coloured 6bars.
well i myself am asking for some pics of the adults or if i can see the colony before i believe what they are
could we have zambia in Perth that is the question i am asking, cause i suppose anythin is possible
#2
Posted 29 December 2003 - 01:55 AM
The fish could be anything or it could be the real deal but its quiet impossible to find out the truth.
Mabey DNA testing?
#3
Posted 29 December 2003 - 03:07 AM
wys
#4
Posted 29 December 2003 - 04:17 AM
#5
Posted 29 December 2003 - 05:16 AM
wys
#6
Posted 29 December 2003 - 06:39 AM
#7
Posted 29 December 2003 - 04:21 PM
hey wys,
as you have seen the colony do you believe these fish are zambia or could you supply us with some photo's. cheers.
p.s if you don't want to post here could you post me a msg so i can get to the bottom of this!
#8
Posted 29 December 2003 - 04:35 PM
Here is a LINK to some comments I made last week and this will save me re typing them
All pics I have found of any fronts from Zambia, (mostly from Cape Chaitika in the very south), the fish have the 6th bar very wide over the top of the eyes coming partway down the front of the face that will eventually cover most of the hump. It is not a thin bar over the top of the hump like a Burundi.
I think more emphasis needs to be placed on the different barring rather than just the colour of the fish.
electral@bigpond.com | web | Sydney, Australia.
#9
Posted 29 December 2003 - 05:43 PM
Here is a zambian blue X. Notice how the bar on the head is thicker as compared with the burundi and would usually fold over horizontally joining the eyes. The ones at aquotix could be crossed because the person who breeds them keeps them with burundis as I was told. He has like over 50 full sized pairs of fronty's Edited by: 7BARfrontosa at: 12/29/03 9:44 am
#10
Posted 29 December 2003 - 05:59 PM
wys
#11
Posted 30 December 2003 - 12:58 AM
#12
Posted 30 December 2003 - 01:14 AM
wys
#13
Posted 30 December 2003 - 02:40 AM
do you believe these fish are zambian?
#14
Posted 30 December 2003 - 03:12 AM
groups.msn.com/MerjosAquaria/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=39
groups.msn.com/MerjosAquaria/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=40
groups.msn.com/MerjosAquaria/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=41
wys
#15
Posted 30 December 2003 - 03:20 AM
myyy prreeeccciiiiioouuussssss!
...yeh i just saw LOTR return on the king.
#16
Posted 30 December 2003 - 05:08 AM
#17
Posted 30 December 2003 - 06:01 AM
Zambian and burundi's have been crossed together so many times that it's impossible to find pure zambian fronties this is why you may see the burundi's looking alot bluer than usual.
That pic looks oddly similar to some 6 bars that I have, come to think of it they look exactly like the ones I have.
here are some pics
community.webshots.com/user/ericfrontosa
Photos are in the second album
what do u think wysiwyg?
#18
Posted 30 December 2003 - 06:13 AM
wys
#19
Posted 30 December 2003 - 07:09 AM
#20
Posted 30 December 2003 - 02:12 PM
The pics in the first album are Kigomas but not sure about the male - he is quite ugly actually but didn't want to say it and offend you
I think both you guys have too much variation from fish to fish in the width of the band where it goes over the hump. If you check Tang Cichlids in their Natural Habitat with the duboisi on front cover, you will have a 2 page spread of different variants.
electral@bigpond.com | web | Sydney, Australia.
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