F1 Zaire Moba Frontosa fry

[Thai]

39 available from 5 different wild caught groups
1"ers are $25
2"ers are $30
Couple little bit under 3", those are $35
Minimum buy of 8 since they do best in colonies

Actual fish available

Parents of some of these, all fish come from great wild stock though

 

[Howie]

Nice!

 

[Reed]

Nice how Long did they take until they spawned?

 

[Thai]

Reed these I bought as fry to raise from different breeders, I do have a breeding colony of Kitumba and just picked up a group of 13 WC Mikula Zaires to breed

 

[Reed]

Very nice, good looking fronts. I hear they take years to get breeding

 

[Thai]

Very nice, good looking fronts. I hear they take years to get breeding

Yeah 3-5, males on the longer end
This female in the center must have spawned overnight because she was not holding last night
Looks like she has a very large clutch in there

 

[Thai]

Stripped my female kit tonight
92 eggs, hope to have some kit fry for sale soon

 

[Reed]

very nice

 

[dogofwar]

Wow - never knew that there were 5 wild groups of Moba fronts in the area! Are they members of CCA?

Matt

39 available from 5 different wild caught groups
1"ers are $25
2"ers are $30
Couple little bit under 3", those are $35
Minimum buy of 8 since they do best in colonies

 

[Thai]

Wow - never knew that there were 5 wild groups of Moba fronts in the area! Are they members of CCA?

Matt

Matt I had these shipped from out of area from members on Cyphos.com

I know of 4 groups in our area but none are producing.

I have only wild Kitumba and mikula, hope to add moba and maybe another group or 2 once the weather gets better.

 

[Thai]

Oh and 28 moba fry left

 

[CichlidAddict]

Moba are the most sought after Front because it is the bluest Front, but pricey because females do not hold so it's hard to breed. How old is your alpha male? I notice that juvenile Front are brighter because the width of their light and dark bands are about even. As Front mature, the dark bands expand into the light bands turning them darker. I've seen old specimen Burundi turned into solid dark angel with no light bands left. I wonder if Moba age more gracefully.

 

[Thai]

Moba are pretty common among the different Zaires actually, zaires breeding difficulty depends on the actually fish and colony you have. I've heard of some that don't breed at all and some that produce on clockwork.

These F1 i did not breed myself so I can't tell you specifics.

Some alpha Zaires can have vibrant bars and blues while some may go very dark.

My alpha Kitumba is a perfect example of this, he's 12"+ and dark

Moba are the most sought after Front because it is the bluest Front, but pricey because females do not hold so it's hard to breed. How old is your alpha male? I notice that juvenile Front are brighter because the width of their light and dark bands are about even. As Front mature, the dark bands expand into the light bands turning them darker. I've seen old specimen Burundi turned into solid dark angel with no light bands left. I wonder if Moba age more gracefully.

 

[dogofwar]

Please let them know about CCA! Would be great to add more Tang folks to the club..

Matt

Matt I had these shipped from out of area from members on Cyphos.com

I know of 4 groups in our area but none are producing.

I have only wild Kitumba and mikula, hope to add moba and maybe another group or 2 once the weather gets better.

 

[Thai]

Please let them know about CCA! Would be great to add more Tang folks to the club..

Matt

Tparker is one, Bill is another not sure if he's in here and the other two guys aren't the type to join unfortunately.
Here's a shot of my Mikula that I hope will breed for me within the year

 

[tparker]

I have group of wild moba recently imported. Very nice group. I have kept Zaires for many years. Kitumbas, Kapampas, Mobas, Mikulas. I have not personally found any one group or collection point to have deeper blue than others. I have owned kitumba purples, moba purples, mikulas that all had the same deep blue color.

 

[neut]

Please let them know about CCA! Would be great to add more Tang folks to the club..

Matt

Actually, I'm an admin there...

 

[neut]

Thai, fry are looking good!

I have group of wild moba recently imported. Very nice group. I have kept Zaires for many years. Kitumbas, Kapampas, Mobas, Mikulas. I have not personally found any one group or collection point to have deeper blue than others. I have owned kitumba purples, moba purples, mikulas that all had the same deep blue color.

+1. To agree with and answer to the same point you're speaking to, Moba has the most name recognition, doesn't make them more blue. Depends not only on where, but when they were collected, even the importer, as far as how good are his connections. Original Kapampa were very blue. Original Kitumba very purple, etc.

 

[Thai]

Thank you! Kit fry are coming along as well and will be available in a month or two, 65/92 eggs turned to fry

 

[Rasta Fish]

Thai

Can you PM me your contact info?
I have a friend that's looking for a group i can pass your info to him

Thanks