Its not always colors and pearls and these are tiny fry you cannot see full blown future yet.. But I see their foundation now and they look bad quality.
are these good quality fh fries ???
- Thread starter flowerhornfishman
- Start date
hey guys, i forgot how big they are, some are ranging up from 1" - 1.5" long. 
yeah, i'm not in to shortbodies too, but they look promising. and i agree the fh on the first pic looks promising. i'll ask the owner to show me the parents though. thanks for all ure help.
yeah, i'm not in to shortbodies too, but they look promising. and i agree the fh on the first pic looks promising. i'll ask the owner to show me the parents though. thanks for all ure help.
I honestly dont have the time or effort for "mystery fish". They could be stunners but I'm sure there low quality hybrids. If I am going to spend space, time, effort, energy, and also money on a fish i'll rather shell out 200 for a high quality fh thats 2 inches and has a good kok than get a hit or a miss fish. Just my two cents though. Its fun to get mystery fish and raise them but I always keep every fish I buy until they die just because the cant part with them.
Here are some of my fh's when I bought them as babies.
I got these two for 140, not the highest quality but still pretty good quality.
2.5 inches
2 inches (hoping this ones gold base)
200 including shipping for this two inch fh, probably one of the highest quality fh's I have ever owned
Here are some of my fh's when I bought them as babies.
I got these two for 140, not the highest quality but still pretty good quality.
2.5 inches
2 inches (hoping this ones gold base)
200 including shipping for this two inch fh, probably one of the highest quality fh's I have ever owned
to me u have good quality red dragons. cool man. but $140 for 2" is a bit high for me even if i really want the fish. i rather do search for other low price fish. a red dragon at 4" i can get for about $50 or so.
hhmm, yeah i agree. but i think i probably take my shot to buy them. who knows, maybe if i keep them they could be stunenrs.
hhmm, yeah i agree. but i think i probably take my shot to buy them. who knows, maybe if i keep them they could be stunenrs.
to me u have good quality red dragons. cool man. but $140 for 2" is a bit high for me even if i really want the fish. i rather do search for other low price fish. a red dragon at 4" i can get for about $50 or so.
hhmm, yeah i agree. but i think i probably take my shot to buy them. who knows, maybe if i keep them they could be stunenrs.
The price for the flowerhorns I bought were actually a pretty good deal. From members on here they rated the first two at a mid/high grade which is a 5-7 on a scale of 10 and the last one a 8-9 out of ten. At two inches the are guarentee to be stunners. You can tell the difference as the pictures of the fry you are to buy, those at the very best are going to be a 3 out of 10 looking at the parents.
No kok, washed out colors, weird body shape, and the fins look more of a parrot fish, heres a sticky about the grading.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...-Before-Asking-About-the-Quality-Grade-Rating
At 4 inches my rd would have easily sold for 300+ for the right buyer that was to breed. From my experience the genetics has to be with the parents or else there's no shot in having any high quality fry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmal_mR-Gtk
This is one of the breeders I have good relations and he once told me starting with a good quality parents will yield about 1/3rd or near 1/2 quality fry ready to sell at the prices I bought them at and starting with low quality fh's will yield low quality fh's at an abundant amount with very minimal chance of any sorts of a stunner. By the looks the genetics just aren't there for any stunners.
But I totally agree about taking a shot in the dark as why would I play the lotto every week haha.
What are you exactly trying to say? I don't think you have any understanding of what were talking about. Are you saying that fish is a stunner of two genetically underlined parents? Posting a picture and saying "so this is low grade?!" has no relevance what so ever. Post pics of the parents if that's what you implying? Its like your going to court and you have no argument but only the wanted outcome. Please read, makes all our lives a bit easier.
So your understanding about gene is that it starts and stops at the parents only!!.... Very limited knowledge that is!
