swifty
Aquarium Advice Freak
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After losing my flowerhorn about a month ago, I decided it was time to finally move on. I've learned from my mistakes (lights will go on everyday, no more skipping 1-2 days a week feeding, lid has virtually no way to jump out, not teaching it to jump out of the water to eat krill, in a more busy area) and hope to raise this guy to 8-11" and live for the 5-10 years they average.
I was told the parents are F1, a Midas and Red Devil of some sort. Definitely a male as well. I was told he had a partner, but killed her one day when they were shuffling stock around. Although then again that could've been the male that was killed and this is a female...
Regardless, I know it's pretty hard to get specifics on these nowadays, but do any of you here have any ideas as to what it is specifically? I was drawn to his black eyes as I've never seen one with them like that before. Any reasoning to explain that?
Also, I wasn't really aware just how deserving of the name and reputation these fish have. This one was in a tank full of similar sized convicts, juvie umbees, a larger GT, and was chasing everyone around. In another tank was a larger red devil (5-6") backing down a 8-9 inch jag, harassing a sleeper goby, and showing no fear towards a 9-10 inch flowerhorn. Also why I chose the name. The black eyes, the attitude... they are pretty amazing little fish. Just as bold as my previous flowerhorn, he was attacking the glass and digging around in the substrate just minutes after placing him in his new home.
After losing my flowerhorn about a month ago, I decided it was time to finally move on. I've learned from my mistakes (lights will go on everyday, no more skipping 1-2 days a week feeding, lid has virtually no way to jump out, not teaching it to jump out of the water to eat krill, in a more busy area) and hope to raise this guy to 8-11" and live for the 5-10 years they average.
I was told the parents are F1, a Midas and Red Devil of some sort. Definitely a male as well. I was told he had a partner, but killed her one day when they were shuffling stock around. Although then again that could've been the male that was killed and this is a female...
Regardless, I know it's pretty hard to get specifics on these nowadays, but do any of you here have any ideas as to what it is specifically? I was drawn to his black eyes as I've never seen one with them like that before. Any reasoning to explain that?
Also, I wasn't really aware just how deserving of the name and reputation these fish have. This one was in a tank full of similar sized convicts, juvie umbees, a larger GT, and was chasing everyone around. In another tank was a larger red devil (5-6") backing down a 8-9 inch jag, harassing a sleeper goby, and showing no fear towards a 9-10 inch flowerhorn. Also why I chose the name. The black eyes, the attitude... they are pretty amazing little fish. Just as bold as my previous flowerhorn, he was attacking the glass and digging around in the substrate just minutes after placing him in his new home.
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