Black Flowerhorn?

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^ that is just a pigment mutation, I've seen it happen in discus too.
 
Same thing happened to me. When I 1st got my Flowerhorn as a baby I tried him on black sand and this is what happened. As soon as I put light colored sand back in there he got his correct color back.
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There are Black Flowerhorns I also have a 7 inch Black Kamfa male. It is thought that they may have Cuban Cichlid blood instead of Vieja. There is a wepage of Images of black Flowerhorns", however all except the little picture that comes from this site are dubiou. They are supposed to be dark purple-black.The half-black is apigment mutation.

I don't know anyone who has bred them so don't know if they breed true.
 
drrobertprice said:
There are Black Flowerhorns I also have a 7 inch Black Kamfa male. It is thought that they may have Cuban Cichlid blood instead of Vieja. There is a wepage of Images of black Flowerhorns", however all except the little picture that comes from this site are dubiou. They are supposed to be dark purple-black.The half-black is apigment mutation.

I don't know anyone who has bred them so don't know if they breed true.
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Hey robert,

Nice to see you here!
 
drrobertprice said:
There are Black Flowerhorns I also have a 7 inch Black Kamfa male. It is thought that they may have Cuban Cichlid blood instead of Vieja. There is a wepage of Images of black Flowerhorns", however all except the little picture that comes from this site are dubiou. They are supposed to be dark purple-black.The half-black is apigment mutation.

I don't know anyone who has bred them so don't know if they breed true.
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Just throwing this out there but instead of even suggesting a cuban or something with a black pattern why not just a simple hard to find melanistic midas

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Black flowerhorn of this guy on my instagram in china says its a sb kamfa but it doesn't look like one at all... but he jeeps alot of flowerhorns so idk what to think

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Hi I've kept varies species over the years and am generally quite experienced how ever I have never had flower horns. I bought a 1 inch juvenile about 5 month ago. He (I was assured it was a male FH) is now 4 inch and has absolutely no colour. Unless I catch a glimpse in v strong sunlight. He was and is a dark brown/grey with dark stripes. Is this normal ? Will he develop any colour ? Thanks in advance for any help.
 
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