Introduction
This has been a common
question for Frontosa lovers that I thought worthwhile to provide
some tips in how to go about selecting this particular fish.
The guide would be most useful in
selecting young fish as the characteristics (colour, strips etc)
of the matured ones would have been easily established.
Besides observing that they are
healthy (read the other article on
how to select healthy fish),
pay attention to the following to have the best chance of
obtaining the best looking Frontosa.
Number of
strips
Only the Kigoma Frontosa has 7
strips while the rest of the Frontosa (now named as Cyphotilapia Gibberosa) has 6. The
Kigoma has a obvious black blotch under the eye. The Moba and
Zaire often has a "zerro" mask across the eye.
Quality of
Strips
Beside the numbers, observe the
quality of strips in terms of whether they are well defined,
straight or crooked or slanted. Observe whether there are
obvious mooring at the end of the strip. Those with clean
straight strips without mooring will grow up to be better
looking.
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