What do you suggest for tank mates. He will either go in a 90gal or 125gal. Would he get along with a flowerhorn....I really want one of those... but, doesn't have to be in the same tank I guess.

The best tankmates for Frontosa are going to be more C. frontosa. They tend to do best in large groups of their own. I also wouldn't go any smaller than 125 with this species as they get QUITE large...For being a large Cichlid, these fish are fairly mild mannered. Besides water chemistry issues, I think most of the SA/CA Cichlids are going to be too "rough and tumble".

Other good tank mates include: Adult Altolamprologus species, Malawi "peacocks" (Aulonocara species) as well as larger Tanganyikan substrate spawners...

yea, I am working on getting a 90gal and 125gal right now. Just waiting to hear from guy. Right now, the fish is in with two peacocks, a yellow lab and two silver dollars. They all seem to be getting along ok. But, like I said, I really want a flowerhorn. They don't need to be together I guess.

I agree with Seedy on pretty much everything he's said here mate. :) IMO put the frontosa in the 125 along with 3 other fronties at least (u call the frontie a boy so then I wld add 3 girls - or more). The 90gal could house a juvie flowerhorn for awhile but i'm no ca/sa expert so others are better qualified to ok that. But as Seedy says the fronties are far too mellow for ca/sa cichlids, they will get killed easy as by the FH. Even in a tank full of Malawian fish they can stress out. They're just too mellow.
I have seen awesome colonies of 7 or 8 fronties along with a couple of pairs of leleupi (the yellow is a great contrast) & a jumbo species of Cyprichromis in a colourful morph. Is an awesome site IMO with a dark substrate like Tahitian moonsand, limestone & coral & a dark background, (brings their colours right out!).
Bear in mind tho it MUST be a jumbo species of Cyps - standard Cyps are frontie baitfish in the wild :teeth: & don't expert any baby Cyps. :)

HTH's mate. ;)

i have 3 frontosa in with Rostratus, c.moorii, and a couple peacocks and the only agression has been the big frontosa beating the hell out of the younger male (i thought it was female but it appears i have 2 male and 1 female.

Yea dom-frontie males are tough on sub-frontie males.

Re the aggression or lack there of, that was my point, fronties don't get aggressive with other species generally. That's why they can get stressed out by other aggressive fish because they're so mellow.

That being said there are always ppl who've tried sumthin & had it work. But on a forum we can only really safely recommend the standard, cos if I tell fishplay, "yea no worries, go for it" & his lone frontie gets the crap kicked out of him & dies, fishplay's gonna be pissed off. I'm only advising him based on what I, & alot of ppl I know have experienced & what we've found is the standard, imo. :)

There's also the fact that I believe in keeping tankmates with like tankmates cos while not many of us have wildfish, & so our fish are used to captive habitats, the fish are still genetically predisposed to certain conditions & I like to reproduce those conditions as close as an aquarium will let me. For me that's part of the challenge, I repeat "for me". So yea, I agree u can try other mixes, & they may work as u've found wolfie, but at the end of the day they are a bit of trial & error. Hence there's a chance of error... :dunno:

On a side note, can I ask how long u've had the fronties in with them?