Hi! Please help to ID my flowerhorn!

[Petrie_O]

This is my week old flowerhorn I bought from a batch of fries at a local fish store. He/she was in a 3 ft tank of around 100 fries. I selected it after an hour of viewing the tank itself. Hopefully I've selected one with potential. I'll love to hear your opinions on my fish !

 

[silverrhino8]

Looks like a very nice fish to me, nice pick! ?

 

[Petrie_O]

Looks like a very nice fish to me, nice pick! ?

Thx ! What type is it though? Im kinda new to flowerhorn typings.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

Thx ! What type is it though? Im kinda new to flowerhorn typings.

Probably a kamfa mix of some kind. I can see a lil bit of a boxy shape, allot of pearls, and yellow eyes (kamfa traits) but it also looks like it may be mixed with some other kind of FH for the pointy face and tapered tail end. My guess is a ZZ red dragon, kamfa mix

 

[Petrie_O]

Probably a kamfa mix of some kind. I can see a lil bit of a boxy shape, allot of pearls, and yellow eyes (kamfa traits) but it also looks like it may be mixed with some other kind of FH for the pointy face and tapered tail end. My guess is a ZZ red dragon, kamfa mix

In other words... A unique looking fella ! Thanks for the ID! Can't wait to see how he/she develops !

 

[Ruturaj]

It's a nice looking fish, probably f3 kamfa. Love the pearls on him.

 

[Petrie_O]

It's a nice looking fish, probably f3 kamfa. Love the pearls on him.

Hi thanks for the reply! Btw, what does the term f3 mean ? And how can one tell if it's F1/2/3 ?

 

[Ruturaj]

Hi thanks for the reply! Btw, what does the term f3 mean ? And how can one tell if it's F1/2/3 ?

F stands for filial. And number deonote generation.

F0 is original fish used to make kamfa, that's mostly a zz and vieja or parrot, those are called F0.

Their babies are called F1 or classic. These mostly lack pearls and look more like vieja.

F2 are made by crossing zz to F1. These have most kamfa traits, boxy body, short mouth etc. The pearls sometimes are not as good as F0 or F3.

F3 are made by crossing zz with F2. At this stage, fish gets nice pearls and big hump, but lack the kamfa shape, fins and those resemble more to zz.

 

[Petrie_O]

F stands for filial. And number deonote generation.

F0 is original fish used to make kamfa, that's mostly a zz and vieja or parrot, those are called F0.

Their babies are called F1 or classic. These mostly lack pearls and look more like vieja.

F2 are made by crossing zz to F1. These have most kamfa traits, boxy body, short mouth etc. The pearls sometimes are not as good as F0 or F3.

F3 are made by crossing zz with F2. At this stage, fish gets nice pearls and big hump, but lack the kamfa shape, fins and those resemble more to zz.

Ohh. You could tell that all by looking at him ? Damn, respect! Well I'll keep updating this thread as he progresses. Thanks for the responses !!

 

[Ruturaj]

Ohh. You could tell that all by looking at him ? Damn, respect! Well I'll keep updating this thread as he progresses. Thanks for the responses !!

It's a guess, based on he fits the requirements. Would love to see updates on him.