If I'm completely honest im not to certain, this is my first flowerhorn when I ordered him I did say I didn't want a short body but as I say I'm not sure, he has got one hell of a kok I must say it seams to be bigger every time I look at him ? he's 4 inch in the body at the moment.
???? Love it ??. That's where his name came from my daughter named him, thank you very much?..
It's a regular/long body, it just got the majority of its genes from a ZZ Red Dragon so it'll have a bit shorter of a body then most FH's. If it was a short body it would look allot closer to how a Blood Parrots body does. I would say tho, from how the last pic looks, that he could do with a day of fasting to help cut that gut down a lil bit. I recommend 6 days of feeding and 1 day of fasting every week to help keep that gut nice and slim. Don't want him putting on too much fat otherwise he may end up with fatty liver disease.
I’m a new flowerhorn owner and appreciate that advice I’ll have to try that out see if “sir Anthony Hopkins” red dragon,, will eat some fruit any other fruit ok? Diced apple? Or any citrus ?
With apples I would go with a nice soft fleshed variety, something easy to chew. I'd cut it up into small cubes roughly ¼in-⅛in in size depending on how big the fish is. Don't feed them the seeds tho as they are poisonous. The skin is also a no go.
That's fantastic information thank you and thank you for the verification, I thought that might be the case with body shape. I do give him a fasting day once a week but he also gets spoiled ?, I am trying to hold back a bit more with the treats though.
I've had some luck with small bits of banana had fed though but he really seams to like it apparently mango and papaya fruit can be good for them but I've not tryed those yet.
