Definitely, I like him either way, good personality. I was just worried something was wrong with him. Do you have a pic of your Z grade?To be honest. I don't think he is all that bad looking. Shape wise it seems spot on. Colours are down to what the viewer likes to see really. Don't get hung up on your FH I love my grade Z just as much as my blue dragonenjoy your ownership mate !!!!
New Flowerhorn follow up questions
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Is something wrong with using Okiko? This guy loves it and it’s not very expensive. Is it low quality?
Nothing wrong per say just over hyped and over priced in comparison. All flowerhorn specific food is that way. A good staple brand like NLS is better/best. But it’s fine if you want to feed your flowerhorn that. He will still be ok. Before you run out mix in and convert him to a proven brand like NLS or Hikari.
Lol? How so? Is it so much worse than say hikari? Carnivore has a whopping 47% protein in it. Red head has 42%, Huncher has 51%, and platinum has 60%. To say feeding Okiko red head, huncher, and platinum will make his fish sick, bloated, and die is false. I can do that with any food at anytime by over feeding lol. I could and would use these three foods if it was cheap and accessible. Red head as the staple. Huncher and platinum mixed up as a treat. Even NLS Thera-a has 38% so 4% more will make my flowerhorn sick and bloated? I choose NLS over everthjng. But to make the statement that Okiko will make his fish sick and bloated and die and that he needs to stop feeding it right now! Is just wrong! You sound like you have serious interests against this company. Like he’s feeding his flowerhorn sick feeders or prescription pills is ludicrous. Ingredients are garbage? Too high protein? So let me know what information you know/have to back it up.
Ingredient list for Okiko:
Special Head Growth Enhancing Ingredients, Fish Protein, High Quality White fish meal, Krill, Spirulina, Wheat Germ, Dried Yeast, Wheat Flour, Antarctic Shrimps, Protease, Stable Multi-Vitamin and Mineral, Organic Minerals etc.
Hikari carnivore:
Fish meal, krill meal, brewers dried yeast, cassava starch, soybean meal, wheat starch, fish oil, wheat flour, dried seaweed meal, spirulina, DL-methionine, potato starch, astaxanthin, L-lysine, canthaxanthin, garlic, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), inositol, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, red 3 (artificial color).*
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Lol. I’ve tried grand sumo fish food at 45% & 48% protein. Didn’t see much difference good or bad. So I stopped using overpriced flowerhorn specific foods.
Find a breeder near you. Ive given away fish that are comparable to what some other breeders and importers sell for hundreds of dollars. Avoid people that distribute culls and definately dont waste time growing them out.
Who was the seller?
Who was the seller?
I bought my FH on eBay, the seller was tilapiastore
He has a site tilapiastore.com
I bought my flowerhorn for $12 knowing it was a low grade. He looked exactly like this young. Now that he is much bigger, he essentially looks identical to a trimac, except with a grey base color instead of yellow. He shows some blue and pink but is pretty drab overall in color. Still love him though. Great pet fish.
