Nice Flowerhorn. Nice shape and a good size hump on him already.
I would have loved to enter this contest with discus..but unfortunately mine wont be arriving until the 19th which is after the entry cut-off.
Anyways, a few days ago, I ordered more discus than I had planned on (about twice as many to be exact). I originally had a 75 gallon cycled and waiting for my discus, but due to the bigger than anticipated order I am going to pick up something a bit bigger to house them...at least twice as big.
With that being said, the 75g was open for business. I have kept many CA/SA cichlids since I was a youngster, but there was one fish I have been intrigued by that I had never kept (Some purists might not like it). Anyway, I went out an got that something I had always wanted to keep, a decent to high quality SRD Pearl Flowerhorn. These pics we're taken during acclimation in-bag (hence the bubbles), he has been pretty cranky since i dropped him in, he ate a bit, but is super skittish (he is not a fan of the light, if this continues, I will have to revisit the lighting I have for him and go with something less intense). I'm hoping once he settles in a bit I can get some good photos of him swimming around.
This is yesterday 6-10-18 when I brought him home, he's about 3".
The top tank is where he is housed.
Mike
Nice Flowerhorn. Nice shape and a good size hump on him already.
Show us a pic of him out of the bag please. I like bump headed cichlids. I had a couple steatocranus casuarius or buffalo cichlids once that I liked because they looked like they had little weird beige human faces with blue eyes. Your fish is really cool looking. How big is this guy gonna get? What else are you going to put in there with him?
Typically they get about 10-12 inches, he is going to live alone...they are highly aggressive and it's a roll of the dice whether another fish will survive when you put them together....maybe someday I will get him a female. I have no immediate plans to have anything with him at this time.
I was able to get a few photos of him when I got home from work today, he has settled in a bit and regained some of his color, he's eating...but still a bit skittish.
Mike
As I stated above, this flowerhorn's tank was originally going to be for discus, but, I ordered too many to keep them all in 75. I picked this up after work today, 135 gallon setup (brand new). I haven't unpacked it yet, but its exciting nevertheless =)
Mike
I have mine in a 75 gallon by itself too. Yours colored up real nice out of the bag. He's a nice one.
That flowerhorn is really beautiful-the colors, shape and fins. I also like the size and color of your 135 gal.
It’ll be perfect once you get some “finage” in there. I bet you can hardly wait.
Patty
There's been a vast improvement in his personality over the past day, he is still skittish with fast movements, but he will actually eat with me sitting in front of his tank. I've been feeding him a varied diet of Frozen Blood Worms, Hikari Blood-Red Parrot, Al's FDBW, and Frozen Brine Shrimp. The pics I took today aren't the best, but his pearling is really starting to come through, he looks better every day.
Mike
Looks like he could glow at night! Nice!
If the discus are happy, I’m happy
Mike
Hey Mike,
Any new pics of your fish? How’s he doing?
Patty
If the discus are happy, I’m happy
Well I have good and bad news. The good news is, he is a glutton, he loves to eat and seems to be super healthy. His hump is growing from what I can tell, and he already looks to be growing imo. I recently got him some pellets specifically for Flowerhorns and made that the main staple of his diet (Sumo Red Flowerhorn Pellets).
The bad news, he is a complete wimp when it comes to lighting, he is ultra skittish with too much light..as soon as I turn it off, he is ready to eat my hand and following me from side to side of the tank. So, a few days ago I decided to try a smaller light that I had from a 5 gallon fluval nano tank, he seems to be much happier in low light....the downside, his tank is darker and we can't enjoy a decent look at him. I'm thinking of buying a smaller Finnex Vivid + for him, maybe a 24" and see how that works out.
Mike
Well look at that fat belly! I’m glad he likes the food since you had it shipped from Thailand! He does look like he’s growing too. I hope he gets used to being in the limelight so to speak. He is just too pretty to stay in the dark. Maybe when he’s a little bigger and has had more of his “Wheaties” ha ha
Patty
If the discus are happy, I’m happy