Help for a Flower Horn Newbie

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auratum

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Hey folks,

I am looking for some help identifying which flowerhorn I like. I have seen lots of pictures of interesting looking fish, but it seems like the most valued flowerhorns are not the ones I like. It seems like short bodies are very popular - I don't like them. It seems like monster Koks are popular - while a small to medium size one is OK, I don't like the moster freakish ones that are hyped up as being so great.

What I am looking for is a fish with a "normal" body shape (like your typical Amphilophus) but with some of the extraordinary red that seams to show up in some of the flowerhorn strains. I frankly don't even care if it has flowers - I am looking for a "solid" cherry red fish with bright red eyes. Does this exist? Is there a strain that fits my interest or am I way out in left field with what I am looking for.

Looking on Aquabid - here are a couple that look more like what I am interested in with my preference more toward the first one:

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwflowerhorn&1287392450

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwflowerhorn&1287940623

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Patrick
 
cichcrazy;4560752; said:
Maybe you want a Red Dragon.They have lots of red,most of the time
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I seen some pretty nice looking Red Dragons, but then I have seen many that only have red on the front half of their body. At one point I had seen some listed as a Red Diamond (I think) that looked really cool, but then I haven't seen them again or the ones I seen didn't look the same.

The color I am interested in is like the pictures you see of red jewel African cichlids - like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDUrYK7h7UQ

But looking for the size & shape of amphilophus... Maybe I am dreaming, but it would seem that fish like this would have been created by now.
 
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how about him?
 
That is awesome! It would be cooler with red eyes too. What sort of flowerhorn or hybrid is this one MrGillz?
 
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