Flower horn & other fishes...

[dcontes77]

Hi Guys,

I currently have a Flower horn 6 inches long he is alone in a 20gallon tank.
I want to put him in a 50 Gallon Tank with my other fishes but... I am afraid he is going to eat all of them.
I heard that they are really territorial and that they can live w/h other fishes in a big tank.
Should I try?
please give me some advices !

Thank you

Damien

 

[Holton]

what genus are they? i have never herd of a Flower horn befor?

 

[Holton]

what are the other fish spesies? if I know these things i can give you answers.

 

[dcontes77]

Clowbn Loach
Plecos
Angels
Tetras

 

[Holton]

I think they will be fine some might not think so because of the angels but angels get aggresive with age how old are they? (the angels)

 

[spence0416]

The flower horn will rip them all apart. The flowerhorn is a hybrid cichlid cross between C. trimaculatus, C. festae, the Jingang Blood Parrot, and perhaps other species too. He'll need the entire 50 gal for himself and that 20 gal isn't big enough for him.

Try this link
http://biofresh.tripod.com/haf/index2.html

 

[ericflowerfish]

No, don't mix the flowerhorn with other fishes as they are territorial in nature. And Holton, these are flowerhorns!

 

[Terry]

Flower Horns are a mutant fish they are man made.

 

[spence0416]

Man made or not they are one incredible fish.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I would love to have one, but I was told they would kill my fahaka, who actually is a pretty mild fellow for a puffer. At one of the LFS I go to, there was a fahaka that had been returned 3x because it was so mean. They put it in a tank with a FH & the FH beat up the fahaka.

 

[Holton]

the flower horn looks like a jackdemsies body.

 

[wright4lfe]

flowerhorns need to be by themselves, period. they will attack and/or kill everything else in your tank, with the exception of a pleco of similar size. they need at least a 50gl as they will grow to between 9-12inchs when fully grown...

 

[phanmc]

they will attack and/or kill everything else in your tank, with the exception of a pleco of similar size.

My brother learned the hard way that plecos are no exception. The pleco was actually bigger than the FH, the FH didn't care.