It's a bonsai, so overall size would not be a determining factor - only overall aggression level. It could work with some specimens, but not this one by the sounds of things. (hyper aggro)
Extremely aggressive
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Now you got me curious... going to see if i can spot any crushed coral in the filtration systems of FH stores over here to raise PH...
Coz quite a few stores like testing different theories of what makes fish more vibrant, grow better etc... different dry foods seem to be the big one usually but on a few occasions the PH idea has popped up, although mainly for fish that come from different water to ours...
No tank mates. That’s pretty much the only option here.
Only things I can imagine would be able to tolerate a hyper aggressive flower horn would be big enough and tough enough to eat a flowerhorn that small. Thinking maybe a large endli bichir. Its armored and would hide during the day. But then it would eat the fh once the lights go out.
Flowerhorns are usually alone, in bare tanks.
No fun imo. And I like bichirs. Who just sit there all day.
Only things I can imagine would be able to tolerate a hyper aggressive flower horn would be big enough and tough enough to eat a flowerhorn that small. Thinking maybe a large endli bichir. Its armored and would hide during the day. But then it would eat the fh once the lights go out.
Flowerhorns are usually alone, in bare tanks.
No fun imo. And I like bichirs. Who just sit there all day.
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FYI - I have seen scores of FH tanks set up in Asia, where coral, "Thai mineral" etc has been added to raise pH/alkalinity values.
Lots of gimmicky products out there as well. High mineral content, for increased kok size has also been used for marketing purposes by certain food manufacturers. See below ....
High active mineral for flowerhorn
hi, anyone ever use the "high active mineral" for their flowerhorns? i was surfing on youtube and saw a few videos of people using this powder to increase activity, appetite, color, pearl, and kok of their flowerhorns. also i read people use this in asia to prep their fish for competitions...
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
And some hobbyists swear by these products, many probably without even testing their own tap water parameters. lol
New food
Started my red/kk aka red titan on these 2 new food first week I use help kok n this week ionic this week, I can see the improvement Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
Ive never tried it but i think a bichir would be harassed to death, especially in a smaller tank. Theyre easy targets.
The only thing that worked with my flowerhorn was a female midevil in a 150. She routinely shredded his tail fins though. If they werent equal size i dont think the weaker wouldve survived.
That doesn't really matter. From what I've seen, the short body aren't that much smaller, and aggression won't be any different.
Flowerhorns basically have to be treated like an amphilophus. Get a really, really big tank if you want to mix these fish.
Short body are often half the size, some less then half, of some of the larger FH.
Generally speaking, I would agree, and I have owned several.
FYI - I have seen scores of FH tanks set up in Asia, where coral, "Thai mineral" etc has been added to raise pH/alkalinity values.
Lots of gimmicky products out there as well. High mineral content, for increased kok size has also been used for marketing purposes by certain food manufacturers. See below ....
High active mineral for flowerhorn
hi, anyone ever use the "high active mineral" for their flowerhorns? i was surfing on youtube and saw a few videos of people using this powder to increase activity, appetite, color, pearl, and kok of their flowerhorns. also i read people use this in asia to prep their fish for competitions...
And some hobbyists swear by these products, many probably without even testing their own tap water parameters. lol
New food
Started my red/kk aka red titan on these 2 new food first week I use help kok n this week ionic this week, I can see the improvement Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
https://www.czaquaproduct.com/content/4219/aqua-plus
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