Amazing Fish Keeps Pumping Out Expensive Babies! Frontosa African Cichlid Aquarium

This amazing fish keeps pumping out expensive Frontosa babies! If you saw the last video on these fish then you saw my Frontosa African cichlid had about 12 babies after being in an aquarium for 2 years all alone. Hermaphrodite fish? You be the judge. Now she has pumped out about 30 more baby fish (fry). At this point they're all in an 80 gallon aquarium. Now I need to figure out how to build a bigger tank! Not sure how big but 1000 gallons sounds like a sweet fish tank to me.
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[@LULC0759]

There you go again....is there anything you can’t propagate.!🤣🤣😄

[@MikeKincaid79]

A new pinkie! 😜

[@henryphelps3590]

@@MikeKincaid79 Mike with pH balance I can guarantee you can propagate new organs and limbs everything is possible with pH balance and loving gratitude !!!!!!!!9 Check out dr. 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Procreation always takes presidents !!!!!!!!9 the male is not and will never be the seed , only a determining Factor to gender and greatly increases the possibility and definitely gives to the overgrowth not to the Continuum of life but definitely needed for a better balanced growth . Also known in the fruitarian and breath attarian societies which are very mynute and small unfortunately . all these Ariens just proved mankind truly doesn't have a clue to what is premium balanced ph balanced fuel for life doesn't just come in the form of food which is the biggest leader of illness and disease because we fuel ourselves so acidicly we have illness and disease not a normalcy of life a big fat sign saying we are not fueling or living life balanced or right ????????9 it's all pineal and out of balance ???????9 in the existence of mankind in all the history that is known the choice of man to play Russian roulette with the seven deadly sins for centuries now has caused a clogging a deaf dumb and blind to the Mind's Eye to the Clear Sight of spiritual giving physical reality ????????9 There truly needs to never be any war or bloodshed the number one commandment the willingness to kill yet here we have the machine of humanity believing that fueling with death for the protein is the only way to live a healthy life . when in reality cooking is killing and fueling with death how many times do you have to to kill a piece of meat to consider that is fuel for your machine ? the hunt and the fear created from it number one the disgusting Slaughter number two the possible freezing number three the cooking the baking the broiling number four G I just can't finish that I'll put it in the refrigerator heat it up in the deadly wave and change its molecular structure to truly acidic and finish it tomorrow all with the program the belief it is healthy for my body my machine but G why is there so much illness and death and why does it just keep on growing number 5 Mike you are truly a beautiful man of much loving gratitude all you have to do is lose the belief in Western medicine the willingness to kill and put such acidic fuels in your machine !!!!!!!!9 fueling with the most premium fuels finding pH balance you can heal anything I guarantee I'm living proof !!!!!!!!9 I haven't had to grow any limbs back but the healing of scars and Scar Tissue from the wearing of labels gout arthritis leaky gut syndrome psoriasis heart disease nervous disorder and the list goes on ...... 9 years now I've been doing nothing but searching and and fueling myself with every aspect I can with pH balance and spiritual loving gratitude the healing has been immense the death in my legs coming back to life the scar tissue melting away I have learned what the human Mankind's machine ( humans really not a good word in the halls of the ill light known as the crown the monetary system the World Bank the elite the Vatican the Rockefellers the Rothchilds the bilderberg's the top 1% The Faceless pulling the strings of government organized religion Western medicine all in bed together or descendants from King James and the leaders of man coming together in that day back in the 13th century to rewrite the Bible to control human history with the number one rule of War still the number one rule of war in mind "[( to divided is to conquer )]" by enslaving with a monetary system of greed and acidity that proves to them who play in it are all criminally guilty and should live lives of pagans which they consider us all ) premium fuel is the flower the fruit so much more premium when given and received not taken raped used and abused then discarded as trashed what is not used . the leaf the stem the root all carry highly medicinal qualities to the flower the fruit our most premium fuel !!!!!!!!9 to truly fuel all of our senses with balance is not just food it is sleep it is proper rest very much the quality of air we breathe fueling all the senses with alkalinity not acidity brings the beautiful truth of no illnesses or disease need to exist in life !!!!!!!!9 peace light loving gratitude pH balance brings equalizing freedom to all of life !!!!!!!!9 HHBpHhelps Henry

[@kincaidwoodworking8578]

Wait , did you say "Spawn-taneous combustion". I smell another coffee cup! 🤣🤣🤣

[@MikeKincaid79]

Dang dude! I read this comment and though, "I need to tell Scott"! And then I realized it was you that wrote it, haha!

[@kincaidwoodworking8578]

@@MikeKincaid79 The Dad jokes are strong in my household!

[@dianepittsbritt6945]

If you get one of the large magnet tank cleaners it would only take about 5 min. to clean that glass. Words like a charm.... No joke.

[@sandragrace4613]

Amazing!

[@emadahmed9615]

i like your aquarium setup

[@camicri4263]

Wow! That's crazy, Mike! You can't keep all of them, they will have more and more.... Sell them! Lol, do not let the glass get allgie again....or you will have 50 more....😂😨 Enjoy your 🐟🐠🐟! Hugs!🤗🤗

[@MikeKincaid79]

I definitely need to keep a closer eye on these guys and gals.

[@camicri4263]

😅 you should!

[@cindyl.anderson4197]

That is unbelievable!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I thought so too!

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

Beautiful tank

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks!

[@johnnycruz7794]

That’s awesome man you got us hooked on this situation !!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, no pun intended!

[@lindakile1229]

Wow! I loved the fish vidio. Man of many talents! Now you are into propagating fish babies. They are beautiful. Keep up the good work. Never know what you'll see on your channel.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I try to shake it up every once in a while.

[@peggycrochetz2400]

WOW that green thumb if yours is MAGIC👍👏🐟😃

[@Bright_iiii_s]

I would believe it, I've had Cichlid's. They are amazing. All that fish poop is going to be great for the plants!

[@evamaxwell9749]

First off, I think fish are amazing! :) I also think you had three spawns. That "male" fish was the first one (its much bigger than the others) and he may be spawning with Momma and now you have two sets of babies from them.

[@kerrymidkiff2072]

Hi Mike Kincaid. The fish are beautiful. I kept fish for about ten years. Yours are gorgeous. If you keep the light off more often it will cut back on the algae. Cichlids are aggressive so I do recommend another tank. If you turn the temperature down, it might help them not breed as often. My Angel's went a little crazy with breeding when I turned the temperature up. Needless to say I turned it back down. They get a little aggressive with each other and other fish in the tank. Good luck. Fish can be very peaceful to watch. Have a great day.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, I love this tank. These cichlids are called gentle giants and tend to be a really peaceful cichlid. So far they do well together and nobody is eating anybody else.

[@thecichlidguy6838]

Great video! Just subscribed. Soon gonna set up a Frontosa tank.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Wow, thanks! Headed over to check your channel out.

[@thecichlidguy6838]

Thanks man!

[@maehay4065]

Mike those are very pretty fish babies. You probably can find a bigger aquarium for those mama daddy and baby fish 👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'll need something really big, and then I'll have to convince my wife. Wish me luck.

[@charlescoker7752]

WOW! Don't let any go into any waterways! They may take it over!

[@MikeKincaid79]

The only waterway I've got leads out to my septic tank, lol

[@carminepetracca7518]

that's so funny mike. thank goodness it happens only in some species. cp.

[@passenger3]

That doesn't happen in cyphotylapia - frontosa 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kjord11]

One additional thought: You have all of that "fish water" and are probably having to change out the water in the tank quite often. Don't throw it away ! It makes fantastic fertilizer for plants in your garden. (Its kinda like your other "natural" fertilizer you have mentioned in the past.)

[@dnico]

Keep them build big tank love plants and fish and you can grow plants out the top of fish tank cuttings root Amazing in fish tanks ✨✨💚🌿🌱🐠

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thinking about putting them in a stock tank for now.

[@forthefunofit3230]

great job Pinky...careful, they may become cannabalistic.....mine did.

[@MikeKincaid79]

So far they're doing ok together.

[@lindapeterson9267]

We’re gonna call ya ‘’MAGIC MIKE’’....NOW FISH!!!!!....LOL

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm happy to say I still haven't seen it, lol

[@harveyyoung2612]

I don’t know if it’s the same but in reptiles and most animals there is a process called parthenogenesis in which a female can produce viable eggs, because there is no male present they will all be genetic clones of the mother. It might be worth looking into, I’ve heard that some fish do this willingly and as frontosas are communal fish it might be possible she did this to keep her genetic lineage going until hopefully one of her offspring found a male

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sure glad my wife can't do this!

[@Gladys7477]

I agree some animals can reproduce without the opposite sex to preserve the species. It does happen.

[@ArmandoRodriguezJr]

Hey Mike, I just found a baby fry in my tank too... kind of amazing. I had no idea it was even possible. I have a 110g tank if you are willing to let go of a few I'd be happy to help you free up space. I'm in California la county.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I think I want to hold onto these guys at this point but I'll keep you in mind.

[@SportsDad7]

I have a 150G with 5yr old's: 1 Male and 3 Female ratio they have pumped out a total of 12 babies in the past 4 months every since I placed a new heater in the tank at 80 degrees babies are coming every month almost....Thank God they haven't ate their babies..Bigger tank coming soon!

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's so awesome! These fish are so gentle and I've never lost 1 baby, they really take care of their own. What size tank are you looking at getting?

[@SportsDad7]

Im thinking either a 220 or 300 Gallon just gotta convince my wife...LOL

[@lobe2032]

They are soooo cute, and now I'm positively sure you can grow anything, between the rocks and the fish multiplying like they are, who knows what else might happen around there, I think I might be afraid to get to close to you. Hahaha!! 😂😂😂😊😊😇😇🤗🤗

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL

[@TheNewtMC]

First the rhododendrons, then the figs, then the hostas. Now the fish

[@MikeKincaid79]

My mind is full of ideas and plans. I've constantly got my fingers in 10 different pies. It's a wonder I've been able to keep this channel grounded and focused on plants for this long. I'm telling you, If I ever hit the lottery and don't have to work, I could keep you guys entertained for decades, haha!

[@patbowman6723]

If there's no him in the picture than mama's got to be the virgin Mary. Wow that's fantastic!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I thought the same thing!

[@themachfivepets997]

My mom had 13 fish tanks... She sold fish to the pet store! Maybe find a good pet store in your area? And remember.. Get your fish spayed and neutered LMAO

[@MikeKincaid79]

lol

[@Faze905]

U need to build a plywood tank about 400gal and sump maybe 150gal if you're gonna breed em. And yes the kids can fertilize eggs. U can also talk to ur local fish store and sell some to them or trade for plants or other fish. Keep a couple females and keep em going, awesome job

[@MikeKincaid79]

I've been thinking about a huge tank build like that for a few years now. Just waiting to finish building the new house.

[@susiestiles4467]

Yoh could sell some of them. They are beautiful fish!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I may have to, thanks!

[@lonnietran1925]

Mike Kincaid can i buy a group from u ?? [e-mail]

[@buckleupbuckaroo7320]

Make a planted aquarium that's how i can garden year round in Washington state!

[@aubingren8682]

Yesssssss!!!! You should totally do this idea!!!

[@amendfuse4276]

Since they are a type of tilapia, maybe a larger tank turned into an Aquaponics system, since they like cleaned water? You could also add some mollusks to make for a kind of self-cleaning tank. Just a couple thoughts. Awesome job!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, they did all the work themselves!

[@amendfuse4276]

Anytime! I was also thinking that if you didn’t want to grow crops from aquaponics, maybe you could take the tank you currently have and turn it into a biochar-loading area, gravity fed intake underneath the new tank with a water pump for outgoing water? Once the char’s loaded up, you could either sell the activated biochar or use it on your own garden/cuttings for lush produce. Cheers!

[@judybarker3117]

Uh oh, pretty soon we’ll be hearing about Mike’s Frontosa African Cichlid Pet Store! 😁

[@MikeKincaid79]

You never know. I love the aquarium hobby.

[@RRRiko]

Nice rocks, what type is it?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Lace rock

[@markwalker9107]

Something is really fishy going on here. Is this blessed water that these Fisher swimming in? Hahaha

[@MikeKincaid79]

Immaculate conception

[@dartist64]

Hiya Mike, the frontosas lay their eggs in a cavity in the substrate and guards the eggs until they hatch, then the female will take the fry into its mouth for a few weeks until they get large enough to be free swimming at which time they release them while the parents guard them from other tankmates so they don't get eaten. It is rather amazing that she had a brood without a Male present. There are some fish that store the sperm of the Male like guppies or other livebearers, until they are in an ideal environment to hatch a brood. Maybe this is what happened with your frontosa. Whatever you are doing keep it up, the fry look very healthy and you should be able to get a decent price for them when they get a little older, either from an aquarium store or online. I'd love to get some from you but I'm up here in Canada and I'm sure it's a little complicated to ship to Canada. Love your videos, ps how is the pinkie?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Not sure what I'm going to do with these guys yet but I've got an idea. I may put them all in a 700 gallon stock tank with some aquarium heater.

[@MikeKincaid79]

pinkie still isn't working but I'm holding onto hope

[@dartist64]

You could wait until they get a little bigger before moving them out to the stock tank or if they start displaying any aggression towards each other, but they tend to be quite peaceful tankmates. 700 gal is a decent size tank to grow out these amazing fish. The setup you have in the tank is exactly the environment that the frontosas like, rocky outcrops with caves and nice sandy substrate. Whatever temperature you have it at seems to be ideal too. Good luck with this, I have a whole lot of Krebenses, small chiclids, that continue to bread so i transferred a whole bunch of them into a 120gal tub. It's really fascinating to watch the parents look after their brood when they are so tiny that you might not see them. I am keeping you and your pinkie in my thoughts and prayers that it will heal well. Cheers and keep the optimism alive.

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

Mike I have had fish for 60 years. I have heard of such a thing,...but ,Your female fish cloning offspring is just one of the most amazing things. Why did you have only one Frontosa? The second batch maybe created exactly like the female did the first group. I suspect all of the offspring are female ...but I do not know of course.

[@MikeKincaid79]

It's truly amazing. Not sure of the sex but there are a few in there that look like they could be males. We originally bought the frontosa as a juvenile along with a few other different African cichlids (all were juvenile). It was a new tank set up and within a short time, all the other cichlids died off except for the one frontosa. We just kept her in there by herself and let her grow up and about 2 years later she started popping out babies.

[@fabioleonhardt]

Peixe voadores😁

[@cliffordmoselina800]

The diy king could help you build a 1000 gallon tank! Collaboration!!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Too bad we're on opposite ends of the country. He's welcome to come over anytime and point me in the right direction.

[@justinfiorini3142]

Remember in Jurassic Park where they said some species will switch sexes? Yeah that might have happened.

[@chikechovis2499]

No

[@bruhmomentgaming7427]

How much do they cost as fry? I might want to start breeding frontosas

[@MikeKincaid79]

anywhere from $15 to $50 for a 2 inch fish

[@bruhmomentgaming7427]

@@MikeKincaid79 and that's it I'm breeding now 🤣

[@scootx3946]

how many did she have? Ours just had 4 from what I can see

[@MikeKincaid79]

She had about 12 the first time and then just kept having batches of babies until I counted up to 80 of them over a year period of time. Some of the bigger ones have eaten some of the smaller ones and so now I'm somewhere between 50 and 60 fish.

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

Excellent colony of frontosa. Keep them all and do water changes as needed or more often. Big tanks are heavy. Or sell all of the youngsters and just keep mom in there reproducing on her own.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'd love to keep them all. I've considered several options but not sure how I'm going to pull them off yet. I could put them all in a 700 gallon stock tank with some aquarium heaters, in my pole barn/shop. I'm also considering keeping them in the 80 gallon tank like you mentioned but having it plumbed into a 250 gallon sump to increase the water volume. I think idea number 2 would be cool because I could overstock the tank but still have plenty of water volume for the health of the tank.

[@dave856352]

180 gallon aquarium size is 6ft x 2ft x 2ft if that's not enough room double it and go 350 should be good there. As for specs on 350 idk lol

[@MikeKincaid79]

Would love to build a 400 gallon in wall tank. We'll see how far I get in that conversation with my wife.

[@afriendofB]

wonder how they taste???

[@MikeKincaid79]

We might find out.

[@afriendofB]

@@MikeKincaid79 could be an interesting aquaculture project.

[@monkeygraborange]

Oddly, your tank needs some plants.

[@MikeKincaid79]

indoor gardening

[@barleyhops38]

You win the internet tonight with that comment! He's propagating his fish now.

[@camicri4263]

Under the water gardening Mike!😅

[@bobbymcgovern]

Afican Cichlids appreciate rocky outcroppings much more than plants. They also enjoy moving the gravel around and doing a bit of excavating.

[@MikeKincaid79]

They sure do like excavating!

[@vevladi6103]

Cool. They are gorgeous. I am exhausted with my betta in 10 gal. He bullied last guppies, even mystery snail is not happy...may be he has special chemistry....nefrite snail is dead. 🐂🐟🐚

[@MikeKincaid79]

That betta just wants to have the place to himself, lol

[@Stevieray77]

Maybe some of your subscribers would be interested in buying some. Not sure how they ship though. They could tell everyone these are my Kincaid African cichlids.

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL, Not sure I want to sell this fluke of nature that keeps going on in my tank. I'm starting to feel attached to the little guys.

[@redparrot53]

Super cool, don't you need to separate those little ones so the big ones don't eat them!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I thought the same thing but we've never lost one yet. They seem to all get along.

[@monkeygraborange]

Apparently not!

[@redparrot53]

@@MikeKincaid79 Some nice soft plants would help the babies hideout, that's what I do for mine!!!

[@Faze905]

If you're anywhere near Hamilton Ontario lmk.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yeah, I'd love to visit Canada some day.

[@tannenbaum3444]

Convict cichlids mate for life, so you much have a male and female in the tank.

[@MikeKincaid79]

The female had the bigger babies last winter without a mate. Now it appears she is mating with her son. She is one strange chick, lol.

[@MegaLiz1973]

Please please please do an update 😁

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes maam, lol

[@heatherriddell-idefarm8545]

Joey over at KZbin: The King of DIY has an amazing channel where he builds aquariums and does a lot of fish education. I bet he would have some amazing things he could do with these cool fish, or ideas for you to keep them too! He has a series where he shows how to build your own large aquarium as well.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I love his channel and would definitely be willing to work something out with him. It would be cool to see someone do something with these fish that knows what they're doing. I'd have a hard time parting with them though. Might make a really cool colab video between the 2 of us although our channels are about completely different subjects.

[@heatherriddell-idefarm8545]

@@MikeKincaid79 It would be an awesome collaborative video! I love seeing channels crossover and people learning new things. It shows how various hobbies can connect and overlap. You could even each do a tank and split the fish in half, put your own twist on a similar idea. As someone who raises a lot of different species of animals, a little plants, some art, I like crossover. :)

[@Happyplace11-11]

What about an algae eater to clean the gunk

[@MikeKincaid79]

I've tried multiple algae eaters and they never seem to survive in this tank.

[@Happyplace11-11]

Mike Kincaid bummer

[@dbfarm8974]

You have a money maker there, those cifatilapia frontosa (sorry for spelling) aren’t cheap. There are some cichlids groups on fb I would imagine where you could sell your extras. I used to be in two different acquarium fish clubs that would auction off bagged fish at monthly meetings. I wouldn’t change a thing to your set up and Leave it set up just for selling your frontosa’s.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Is that the correct variety of frontosa? Thanks! I've always wondered since there are so many varieties. I've been thinking about what you said about not changing the setup. Makes great sense. I do need to figure something out in the meanwhile because I'm not sure how long they will all fit in this tank. Also trying to figure out if there is a fish trap I can place in the tank to catch the fry so I don't have to disturb all the rock while catching them. My thoughts at this point are to set up a 700 gallon stock tank in my pole barn and running a couple aquarium heaters in it.

[@carminepetracca7518]

holy moly mike. there must be something in the water. haha. all the fish look so healthy and the color is so good. it's inconceivable or very conceivable. the only thing that im think can happen is that the mother is capable of morphing it's sex from female to male and male to female having both sexes at one time and impregnating its self. i tried several times to get joey mullen to answer the question but he's so busy for personnel requests. i say it is possible. what is impossible or possible. oh my head...have a good one, carmine.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Isn't it the craziest thing, Carmine? Sure glad my wife can't spontaneously do this, haha.

[@crowgirl1326]

Some female fish store sperm. When I had Koi the males would make the water cloudy when they spawned. When I saw the cloudy water I knew I would have babies on the way.

[@kathylord7939]

True. 1 fertilization can produce many batches of fish. I used to raise fish and found this to be true often especially with the freshwater fish.

[@MikeKincaid79]

She would have had to store it for 2 years because she was alone in the tank for that long.

[@dawnaadams7807]

I suppose your propagating fish now lol 😜😜😜

[@MikeKincaid79]

Haha, They're propagating themselves.

[@free2rhyme3211]

What's the best thing to feed my frontosa?

[@MikeKincaid79]

frontosa food, lol. There are so many different fish foods that will work and I'm not an expert on that subject.

[@laurawhittle886]

You're into propogation numbers, so here is a formula for you. 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. If tthe fish is 2 inches wide and 3 inches long you mutiply and need 6 gallons of water for that one fish. You are past your capicity now. Also fish will sometimes grow to their surroundings. More tank, bigger fish. Also it could be a juvenile female and the momma being impregnated by 16 juvenile males. Food for thought.

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL, sounds like hell for momma! Thanks for the tips.

[@johnlogan1022]

My largest aquarium is 125 gallons and I love it. Some fish and reptiles can reproduce asexually and it seems like your female is one of them. How exciting! Like they said in Jurassic Park, "Life will find a way." A 1000 gallon aquarium would be something to see!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Wouldn't that be cool! I'm considering setting up a 700 gallon stock tank in my pole barn with aquarium heaters.

[@luemn7691]

The male fish came in through the sinfow window while you were out on date night.

[@lightsobrite]

Btw, How is your some doing these days?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Do you mean pinkie?

[@margaretsteiner1314]

hey mike, I'm wondering if you would be interested in looking at an old rhododendron property that I bought. The man that owned this property belonged to a rhododendron society. if so, perhaps we can connect.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Where are you located?

[@margaretsteiner1314]

port Orchard

[@bipolaraquatics]

Nature finds away

[@MikeKincaid79]

It sure does in this tank!

[@kuvashanmandrie2733]

Hey he can't have babies yet she's still going by herself, they take at least 2.5-3.5 years to mature

[@kuvashanmandrie2733]

Well not mature but to become breeding size

[@Paul-Coburn]

Time for a larger tank or a trip to the pet store.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I need to buy some thick acrylic and start building because I can't see myself parting with these little guys.

[@monkeygraborange]

@@MikeKincaid79 One fish turned into 50 fish. How many fish will result from having 50 fish? Your enthusiasm is infectious, but your grip on the situation needs a reality check!

[@Paul-Coburn]

@@MikeKincaid79 There is a youtube channel where the guy builds 2000 gallon tanks out of plywood. they are neat and pretty.

[@Paul-Coburn]

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[@MikeKincaid79]

That's because I lost my grip with my pinkie, haha

[@paranorml]

Can we get an update video please?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes, I'll do one sometime soon.

[@TheNewtMC]

#ITS JUST A PINKIE!

[@themilamilitao4075]

Maybe her desire to have some company during these hard two years alone was so big that God miraculously blessed her with babies to give her some hapiness 😔😔

[@MikeKincaid79]

I think you're right!

[@Paul-Coburn]

New passive income stream?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Certainly is passive. I've done nothing to help this breeding situation happen, and I mean literally nothing.

[@mikesheperd9704]

Hello I had a frontosa with the name mr. Monster 4. Thirteen years in a 75 gallon tank don't change their diet

[@mikesheperd9704]

I it's a beautiful and agressive freshwater ciclid

[@MikeKincaid79]

Been feeding Omega One cichlid pellets and it seems to be going well. I heard these guys can live to 20 years.

[@Declan1205]

When a female is holding eggs, they don't eat. When she hold the first time, were you worried she wasn't eating?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Didn't know she was holding the first time until the fry were out of her mouth and swimming the tank.

[@JesusIsLoveTR]

Time for a fish fry!!! I kid I kid. 😬

[@MikeKincaid79]

popcorn fish 😂

[@JesusIsLoveTR]

Seriously! 😂

[@johnnycruz7794]

Maybe you don’t need to build a big tank yet. You can get a nice small pool that they sell in Walmart for a good price and move them outside in the green house.

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's what I'm thinking.

[@WilliamSmith-dg5re]

What your going to need to keep 50 fronts is a lot of money.

[@MikeKincaid79]

True, and they're up to almost 70 now with the last batch she had.

[@barbaracarreon9758]

Hi Mike! 🐠 If you want go bigger then I think you can keep it all of them lol How? Well in winter time you will have plenty time to build it. Sands is cheaper at Lowe's. Water well is cheaper too. You can build a completely wall fish tanker. Then next year build the next wall then in four years you will have your own room aquarium like living in private island, very amazing and maybe the floor too lol wow! that be great. Oh don't forget to install lights too and Colorful corals.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Love your ideas

[@patriotamazon189]

Swap the babies for fish supplies. You can't keep them all. That's why your tank is goopy.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'll have to start looking into local fish stores and figuring out where to go from here.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm starting to have ideas about this. I have a huge pole barn shop and a 700 gallon stock tank. I wonder if I could put a couple big aquarium heaters in it and put all the fish in there until I figure out the next step.

[@concon9636]

@@MikeKincaid79 That would work.

[@RWSBrowning]

Talk to your local fish store if they are interested in purchasing some.But wait where is the planted tank and aquatic plant videos?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Not sure why but I love these tanks with just rock and sand.

[@heymikeyh9577]

Mike Kincaid …and obviously so does she…

[@dianepittsbritt6945]

Sale some of them,or give away.

[@kerrymidkiff2072]

Hi again every fish needs 2 gallons of water for personal space.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I better get busy building.

[@cherylwells6044]

So if you only had the biggest one the "female" then where did the next largest one comes from? Because that's the only one it's size so maybe you started out with the two and it looks like a male fertilized the female eggs. Maybe your kids teacher would like some for the classroom? ❤️

[@MikeKincaid79]

I don't know how it happened but the female was originally in the tank by herself for 2 years and magically 12 babies appeared. Now another 30+ babies appeared. ?????

[@GrowNewPlants]

The males will get that really dark color when they are happy, Similar to birds, females are sort of bland, males much more colorful, so most likely that one is a male, All he has to do is fertilize the eggs from female so I am sure he is mature enough to do it, I have never got my fronts to breed, pretty rare to get a good breeder, you are lucky.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, I'm pretty excited about this female and am planning to do everything I can to continue providing a great breeding environment for her.

[@GrowNewPlants]

@@MikeKincaid79 very lucky to have her!!, my other cichlids always bread right after a water change

[@kath-phlox]

Sell them, we used to sell fish in a small aquarium shop we had and got most of them from private breeders. Make a little money to pay for their feed, why not. I bet there is an aquarium near you that would give you money for them.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I know of one that might do that. I'll have to ask.

[@jeffdunnell508]

You need live rocks and plants

[@MikeKincaid79]

I love the bare rocky look. I use to do saltwater and had live rocks in that tank but it got really expensive so I went back to freshwater.

[@dianepittsbritt6945]

Google it...

[@Braedenfish]

No one surprised but you that ......you are propagating fish. 🤔

[@MikeKincaid79]

lol

[@cish6047]

Variety is the spice of life so my guess is these African fish are one strange breed. Is it possible your original Mama fish was pregnant when you got her or did you have her long enough that that wasn’t the case?

[@MikeKincaid79]

We bought her as a small juvenile (about the size that her first brood is now). She was originally with other african cichlids but none of them were frontosa. I eventually took all the cichlids to a fish store and kept just her but that was 2 years before she had the babies. She sat alone in this tank for 2 years and has never been around another frontosa so I know for a fact that she started all of this on her own. Pretty crazy, huh

[@cish6047]

Crazy, indeed. One of nature’s wonders...

[@sparky5513]

i smell a fish fry. growing your own food, ha ha just kidding

[@MikeKincaid79]

I've considered it.

[@themachfivepets997]

@emzotic

[@cynthiasanchez2165]

And the tank will not last long clean

[@MikeKincaid79]

It sure won't!

[@jagman1953]

I'm not an expert on front is a but I believe it takes 3 or 4 years to reach sexual maturity and males take longer. I still have no explanation for what you have done!!!! 😂😂. I doubt you want to pay to heat a 1000 gal tank to 80 degrees in the hoop house all winter ! You can always send some of them to me 😁

[@MikeKincaid79]

If it takes 3 to 4 years then this was another immaculate conception!

[@lightsobrite]

Do you really think the mother fishes gonna stop having babies? I think you're gonna have to make some connections to aquarium store to sell them maybe to be up locative little side business for you breeding that species of fish

[@MikeKincaid79]

I think you're right

[@lindapeterson9267]

at $50.00 dollars a fish, in a year, you may have a new money maker....

[@MikeKincaid79]

I don't know how I'm going to part with my babies

[@karenlatham4053]

You are going to have to start selling fish lol. If they keep propagating like that you're not going to be able to contain them all lol.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I need to figure something out fast!

[@stephanielewis6494]

U have a gold mine. Sale... make a profit

[@MikeKincaid79]

And she's pregnant again, lol.

[@pitdawg6418]

So 1 frontosa became a Hermaphrodite and got itself pregnant? W. T. F?

[@MikeKincaid79]

True story

[@65FullMoon83]

@@MikeKincaid79 Dude the only way that's possible is prior to you purchasing the fish, she had already spawned with a male in the dealers tank & was holding eggs without you noticing. Often when wild caught fish are shipped from Africa to U.S. wholesale dealers tanks females are holding eggs or fry. It's entirely possible your fish spawned the second time with one of her male offspring, although it normally takes at least 2 year's before these fish are mature enough to spawn with the opposite sex.

[@MikeKincaid79]

@@65FullMoon83 Dude I purchased the fish as a juvenile 2 years prior to this happening and it sat in the tank by itself for 2 years before having babies. I can tell you I didn't breed it.

[@65FullMoon83]

@@MikeKincaid79 Dude Lol! Mike, it seems I have egg on my face. I just found a science paper written by Biologist & field researchers in England documenting a single case of a Victorian cichlid being observed spawning & mouthbrooding without a mate. Latter it was discovered to be holding viable developing fry in its mouth. It was theorized that in the absence of a mate it was able to procreate by transforming itself into both male & female, a hermaphrodite producing viable offspring. I had heard of saltwater clownfish having the ability to transform from one sex into another in the absence of an opposite sex partner, but they don't become both sexes, or can they do that too? Very Odd? Reminds me a little of the movie Jurassic Park, "nature always finds a way"

[@mastermark9566]

Are you still here

[@MikeKincaid79]

Still here

[@barbll000]

Asexual creatures are not unusual at all. Remember Jurassic Park where the scientists use frog DNA to complete the dinosaur DNA chain? Frogs are a-sexual which means they can impregnate themselves so as the guy said, "nature finds a way". Mom would have laid the new babies I suspect since the offspring are pretty young. I'm not up to date on cichlids so I don't know if mom might be a threat to cannibalize them as they grow? Hopefully, someone can advise on that.

[@MikeKincaid79]

So far they all seem to be getting along. Didn't know that frogs can asexually reproduce.

[@bonniebrown6818]

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