Flowerhorn quality

[HybridFinatic]

He’s looks amazing

 

[Bfishin3]

Thanks

 

[z3us]

He's definitely a Red Dragon flowerhorn. 4.5" is still considered a juvenile. Around 8" is when you really start to appreciate them and see what they starting to look like. He's got really good plum flower markings. I can still see a little bit of stress marks on his body. To bring the best out of his coloration (since they do tend to change to indicate stress due to environment change and such), use plain dark blue background. His stress bars (the veriticle black lines at the rear of his body) will most likely go away. And his colors will enhance tremendously (back to it's original state). Feed him max pellets of his body length (excluding tail) in inches times two. Two feedings per day. 4.5" x 2 = 9 pellets (24hrs). Try not to overfeed because it will cause bloating (flowerhorns are notorious for bloating problems) which will cause a swim bladder infection.

 

[Bfishin3]

Ok thanks for the advice

 

[Bfishin3]

I bought a blue background. It was a nightmare to get on, my tank is so close to the wall. I hope this will help him with the stress

 

[Bfishin3]

Also I took the bichir out thee flowerhorn wouldn't leave him alone. I think that might be part of it

 

[Bfishin3]

My new addition

 

[Bfishin3]

UPDATE on Thor my SRD

 

[Bfishin3]

All he does now is hide and seem scared. Hes still eating vut he waits until i leave he wont eat in front of me anymore. What could be causing this?

 

[adamsfishes]

Sounds like he got spooked by something. It's a pretty common thing among cichlids from what I've seen. I'd just give him some time, and try not to surprise him in the meantime.