What makes it a Flowerhorn and not Just a Misc. Hybrid?

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O.K ever since Petsmart sold the "trimacs" last fall there have been many threads debating whether cetrain fish are "trimacs" or "low grade flowerhorns".

My question is what must the fish have in order to qualify as a flowerhorn? Obviously the fish have some trimac in them, what is they are only crossed with a festae, wouldn't this just make them a trimacxfestae hybrid?

My intent isn't to find what fish make up flowerhorns, but to be able to identify flowerhorns from random hybrids.

Thanks for your input.
 
Flowerhorns are basically random hybrids. I've seen flowerhorns that look completely different from one another. The common perception of what makes a flowerhorn, is a trimac mix that ends up with the flowerline. There is no set formula for breeding a flowerhorn.
 
Hawkfish3.0;1837673; said:
Flowerhorns are basically random hybrids. I've seen flowerhorns that look completely different from one another. The common perception of what makes a flowerhorn, is a trimac mix that ends up with the flowerline. There is no set formula for breeding a flowerhorn.
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So if my Trimac were to spawn with a my Festae, that woulde considered a flowerhorn?
 
Bderick67;1837685; said:
So if my Trimac were to spawn with a my Festae, that woulde considered a flowerhorn?
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yes
 
haloman02;1840705; said:
i strongly disagree with this.
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i also disagree with this statement. flowerhorns are not the result of a simple 2 way cross, i don't care what anyone says. any way you break it down kamfa or ZZ flowerhorns are a result of years of selective breeding and many experiments in outcrossing. also alot of unexpected surprises. ask you questions if you will. but know this the secrete of the flowerhorn is a much guarded secrete. and many people have spent at least a decade on this hybrid line.
 
Hawkfish3.0;1839335; said:
yes
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i agree as well! trimacs are always one part of the base for a flowerhorn and then you get the flowerhorn and crossbreed and crossbreed with different markings and colors! theres no way to identify a flowerhorn since theyre hybrids! if a flowerhorn wasnt a hybrid then we'd be able to id right off the bat!
 
yeah that info was all wrong a trimac/festae is not a flowerhorn hybrid yes flowerhorn NO

THERE MAYBE MANY STRAINS OF FLOWERHORN BUT THEY ALL COME FROM 4 major groups ZZ,GM,KAMFA,& JK or GOLDENBASED(some goldenbased have ZZ origins as well). The original makers from Malaysia used many fish over many generations to reach the first strains (this will always be trade secrets and or mystery as to how and in what order) but it can not be done over night. Now a days you have so many different strain off shots, but they are all derived by using a certain strain and crossing with the same or another, with the occational back breeding to pure strains to strangthen the breed. There are other hybrid that fit right along with Flowerhorn like Red Texas, Foutune fish RBK ect etc, but none are classified as flowerhorn...
 
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