Planning to buy a flowerhorn

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Ruturaj

Ruturaj

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I have been looking around to buy a FH
would like to get some opinions first

I looked at EA imports, they have good but expensive selection + $45 shipping fee

This one caught my eye though

Also looking at facebook sellers, he sells fish for 60-100 includes transhipping and then I have to pay local overnight shipping which will be around 50 I assume
https://www.facebook.com/chonburiman.suriyun/posts/3092191717461608

Opinions? (I feel comfortable spending under $200)

I checked local pet shops they don't have a FH, I wish I could score something like this

Official Petsmart Kamfa Flowerhorn Thread

Where do you life that you can find 4 dollar flowerhorn?! Petsmart near be has them sometimes but they're like 30 bucks each and dont look as good as yours Yeah I got mine for 12 dollars but they will drop the price down if they have to just to sell them.
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That's a nice masterpiece right there. Check aquabid.com they have plenty of nice young flowerhorns at a great price minus the shipping from a transhipper. And they come mostly from overseas. I noticed that in the states they cost much more simply because they are importers and shops and they gotta make their profits.
 
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Just my two pence worth but I wouldn't recommend buying and FH without meeting him or her first in person. That is an absolutely awesome looking FH but my and my FH share a very healthy friendship. I couldn't imagine keeping one without a "connection" as such
 
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The Silvs said:
Just my two pence worth but I wouldn't recommend buying and FH without meeting him or her first in person. That is an absolutely awesome looking FH but my and my FH share a very healthy friendship. I couldn't imagine keeping one without a "connection" as such
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Well that's the nice thing about FH's -- with 99 out of 100 it's easy as pie to make such a "connection" compared to other fish, so OP I wouldn't let this dissuade you from ordering one online, you'd have to have seriously bad luck to get a Flowerhorn that wasn't interactive with its owner -- and no fish whispering needed -- they just want your food lol.
 
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maxstillen said:
That's a nice masterpiece right there. Check aquabid.com they have plenty of nice young flowerhorns at a great price minus the shipping from a transhipper. And they come mostly from overseas. I noticed that in the states they cost much more simply because they are importers and shops and they gotta make their profits.
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I will check it out.
 
The Silvs said:
Just my two pence worth but I wouldn't recommend buying and FH without meeting him or her first in person. That is an absolutely awesome looking FH but my and my FH share a very healthy friendship. I couldn't imagine keeping one without a "connection" as such
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I don't think they are smart enough for connection, they are protecting their territory or want food.

islandguy11 said:
Well that's the nice thing about FH's -- with 99 out of 100 it's easy as pie to make such a "connection" compared to other fish, so OP I wouldn't let this dissuade you from ordering one online, you'd have to have seriously bad luck to get a Flowerhorn that wasn't interactive with its owner -- and no fish whispering needed -- they just want your food lol.
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Agree.
 
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