Flower Horn Basic

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[Synirr]

Interesting! Do you know about other FH varieties? I keep seeing different ones online but don't know how to tell the difference between them or anything... I like the colourful ones with small nuchal humps best, whatever they are

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

Interesting! Do you know about other FH varieties? I keep seeing different ones online but don't know how to tell the difference between them or anything... I like the colourful ones with small nuchal humps best, whatever they are

Yes I do.

They are categorized in 4 different varities.

1. Kamalau
2. Kamfa
3. Zen Zhou
4. Golden

The 2 pics above are the example of ZZ(Zhen Zhou) and Kamfa
first pic is a Kamfa.

I will post a pic of Kamalau and Golden Base soon.

Thanks

Brian

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

Other FH Pictures

 

[Synirr]

Now THOSE are gorgeous!

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I have 2 flower horns, both female (the laid eggs together twice now >.<) I'm not sure what strain they would be considered as, if I were to post a pic could you possibly identify them?

They look a little like ZZ's but they become very yellow depending on their mood.

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

Now THOSE are gorgeous!

Now that's what I'm talking about

I still have more pics to come.

Thanks

I have 2 flower horns, both female (the laid eggs together twice now >.<) I'm not sure what strain they would be considered as, if I were to post a pic could you possibly identify them?

They look a little like ZZ's but they become very yellow depending on their mood.

Sure please post a clear picture and let's see what I can do to identify the strain of your Flower Horn.

Take a side view pic.

Thanks

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

More pictures

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Heres a few poor quality pictures!







Hope those are good enough


looking at her now..she doesnt look like any of them!!

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

Yes it's a classic old school ZZ strain.

These are on of the nicest strain and her body structure is short which is nice.

Color is getting Yellow because of the water condition and those vertical signifies that she's stressed.

You can still enhance the color of your FH esp. the Belly it can turn into Red color if you feed her right.

Nice fish for breeding.

Let me know what other information you need.


Thanks,


Brian

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Stressed? I see no reason why =/ other than because of the camera. The water test fine too and she eats like a pig.

Crickets, mealworms, cichlid pellets, peas...you name it she'll eat it.

Is the yellow colouring a bad sign?

She's layed eggs about 3 times now in the month I've had them..so the water cant be that bad?

I did notice the yellow intensified when she had eggs...I dunno? seems health and happy to me.

 

[sylvia]

I don't realy know anything about flowerhorns but I do like the look of them and some of those you posted are stunning fish - I think it was the last one you posted I liked most. I find I like their nuchal humps - it suits them - while in many other fish I don't. Having said that, I think big fish with nuchal humps have grown on me ever since I discovered the osphronemus gouramies Are they all yours BTW? I look forward to seeing more pics

Having said that I know nothing about them, I do know that vertical bars on many cichlids mean stress (eg: discus). I did not know flowerhorns could display stress bars though Anyway, stress is not necessarily water-quality related. A fish can be stressed because it's spawning, because it's lonely, because it feels uncomfortable, doesn't have enough room to swim, doesn't have enough hiding places, isn't getting the right foods to meet it's nutritional needs, vibrations from a stereo/tv or people walking/running passed, wrong temperature, fluctuations in any of the many water parameters (both those you can measure and those we tend to over-look), wants to spawn, is ill, is injured, is hungry, is in an overly-bright (or dark) environment, cannot sleep the necessary amount of time during the night (yes, they need to sleep) or the lights are on too long/direct sunlight and so on. Obviously, there are plenty of reasons besides detectable ammonia/nitrIte levels or high nitrAte levels to cause a fish stress.

As for her yellow coloration, it seems normal for the colors to intensify during spawning. cracker said her colors could be even brighter if you fed her the right foods.

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

Stressed? I see no reason why =/ other than because of the camera. The water test fine too and she eats like a pig.

Crickets, mealworms, cichlid pellets, peas...you name it she'll eat it.

Is the yellow colouring a bad sign?

She's layed eggs about 3 times now in the month I've had them..so the water cant be that bad?

I did notice the yellow intensified when she had eggs...I dunno? seems health and happy to me.

Everytime yuo see the vertical markings on her body that measn she's stressed. That's a clear indication for Flowerhorns.

Yes camera's can make her stress and laying eggs too. Nope the yellow color is not really bad it's normal to female FHs when they lay eggs.

Try feeding her with shrimp in the mornng and pellet in the afternoon. You'll see the difference within a week or so. The color will be more intense.

I don't realy know anything about flowerhorns but I do like the look of them and some of those you posted are stunning fish - I think it was the last one you posted I liked most. I find I like their nuchal humps - it suits them - while in many other fish I don't. Having said that, I think big fish with nuchal humps have grown on me ever since I discovered the osphronemus gouramies Are they all yours BTW? I look forward to seeing more pics

Having said that I know nothing about them, I do know that vertical bars on many cichlids mean stress (eg: discus). I did not know flowerhorns could display stress bars though Anyway, stress is not necessarily water-quality related. A fish can be stressed because it's spawning, because it's lonely, because it feels uncomfortable, doesn't have enough room to swim, doesn't have enough hiding places, isn't getting the right foods to meet it's nutritional needs, vibrations from a stereo/tv or people walking/running passed, wrong temperature, fluctuations in any of the many water parameters (both those you can measure and those we tend to over-look), wants to spawn, is ill, is injured, is hungry, is in an overly-bright (or dark) environment, cannot sleep the necessary amount of time during the night (yes, they need to sleep) or the lights are on too long/direct sunlight and so on. Obviously, there are plenty of reasons besides detectable ammonia/nitrIte levels or high nitrAte levels to cause a fish stress.

As for her yellow coloration, it seems normal for the colors to intensify during spawning. cracker said her colors could be even brighter if you fed her the right foods.

Thanks Sylvia you're absolutely correct.

Don't worry I'll post up more pictures soon.

 

[_cRaCkEr_]

Here's a Kamfa

FH X Parrot Fish

 

[afireinside]

Ahhhhhh! My eyes!!!!!!!!! The fish is so brightly colord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i go blind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want that fish!!!!!!

Seriously, that is one cool fish.