Flower Horn Color Enhancing

[Merlin Aldous Espinoza]

Hi,

A friend gave me a Flowerhorn he took from a pond. The fish looks very dark like a Tilapia the first day i held it, with no shade of red color at all. The size is about four (4) inches in length and two (2) inches height. I'm feeding it with guppies and Cichlid Color Enhancer (Pro's Choice).

After two weeks in the tank, the fish becomes lighter in color but no red color at all; looks rather goldish and just the chinese charactes on its side...

Will the red color show eventually? How long does it take for FHs from pond to change its color?

 

[arki]

feed him with FH color enhancer...in 2 to 4 weeks you'll see if the color improves...try diff. brands and observe which brand is best for your FH

 

[turbogoon]

Krill is a natural color enhancer. Also check your bulb if its a yellowish bulb it wont show the reds as much. I feed my fish krill every day and as a treat frozen silversides.

 

[BastardFish]

Post pic could tell you better whether or not or how much potentail it really has. Could be a turd or just needs TLC post pic

 

[Merlin Aldous Espinoza]

Too bad we dont have Krill (really dont know what it is. hehehe), I'll post my FH picture tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.

 

[arki]

chingmix maxima and fresh shrimps works best for my FH

 

[Merlin Aldous Espinoza]

wow. nice fish. okay will try fresh or live shrimps. thanks

 

[Merlin Aldous Espinoza]

where do i buy ChingMix Maxima and how much? im in iloilo city.

 

[arki]

im not giving live shrimps....what i mean of fresh shrimps are those that you can buy in the market...as for chingmix, im buying it in manila...im from bicol...im not sure if there are retailers of chingmix in iloilo

 

[nailbombs]

try xo products ever red or super red syn its good