here is my new 75 gallon with hearttailed flowerhorn

[FishingOut]

This kid spammed me after I gave him an honest opinion about his fish.
Thought i would share some knowledge of why MFK thinks your fish is unpleseant to look at.
Tail amputation
In a gruesome sequence of images, a small Flowerhorn cichlid is shown having its tail amputated with a pair of scissors, apparently without an anaesthetic. The wound is then cleaned, and the now tail-less fish is pictured in an aquarium dosed with an anti-bacterial medication to prevent the wound becoming infected.

The translated captions read: "The fishes are carefully selected, usually between 1-1.5" in length, when the caudal fin rays have not fully developed or hardened. Position the scissors or abrasive tool on the spot where the incision is to be made and make a decision to snip! Select a spot which is slightly past the caudal peduncle for the incision so as not to damage the main body of the fish. Apply a generous amount of 'anti-inflammation' medication to minimise bacterial infection."

The article then advises not keeping fishes with their "tails snipped" in community tanks with fishes that have not undergone the process. It goes on: "To be on the safe side, fishes that have undergone the operation should be first kept in a tank containing antibiotics and anti-bacterial medication.

This practice has been banned in the UK, along with dyes. Passed under a mutilation law.
This practice is only done with low grade flowerhorns, so they can still sell fish that wouldnt have sold well in stores.

 

[biohazardcustomz]

ok i completely understand the whole mutilated fish thing and dyed fish crap and i am completely against it as well. i would never purchase any of them. even to go as far as my niece wanted to pick out some fish for a tank of mine for my birthday and bought me several glo fish. i explained that they were genetically altered and i returned them and exchanged them for a couple dwarf african clawed frogs and cory cats.even telling the pet store employee why, as if they cared anyway. my niece understood but fell into the whole "but its so pretty" crap. this guy isnt a kid, hes a grown man as you would notice because he has said his tattoo shop like 5 times. also he said the fish was dropped in his lap. he didnt purchase it nor does he care if YOU like his fish. he even said that in the first post. go read it. it says go ahead and diss the fish. but the point is that this site isnt a pissing contest about your feelings. its about fish keepers coming together and helping each other. why dont you people understand that? either way its a fish and he just put up the tank for that fish and is doing alot for it obviously. be glad that its in a good home with a good owner and not floating around in a 10 gallon somewhere. just because some jacka** cut the poor things tail off when it was little cant possibly mean the fish doesn't deserve a chance at life. and that is all this man is trying to provide to this fish. lay off.

as to the original poster, im sorry you have to had to go thru so much CRAP to get your questions answered. plants and cichlids dont usually mix well. they will dig up most plants soon after they are placed in the tank. plastic is cheaper in the long run because they cant destroy them as easy. but i usually found mine floating in the morning. get her a flower pot for shelter. she will like it just fine.

 

[piggy67]

ok i completely understand the whole mutilated fish thing and dyed fish crap and i am completely against it as well. i would never purchase any of them. even to go as far as my niece wanted to pick out some fish for a tank of mine for my birthday and bought me several glo fish. i explained that they were genetically altered and i returned them and exchanged them for a couple dwarf african clawed frogs and cory cats.even telling the pet store employee why, as if they cared anyway. my niece understood but fell into the whole "but its so pretty" crap. this guy isnt a kid, hes a grown man as you would notice because he has said his tattoo shop like 5 times. also he said the fish was dropped in his lap. he didnt purchase it nor does he care if YOU like his fish. he even said that in the first post. go read it. it says go ahead and diss the fish. but the point is that this site isnt a pissing contest about your feelings. its about fish keepers coming together and helping each other. why dont you people understand that? either way its a fish and he just put up the tank for that fish and is doing alot for it obviously. be glad that its in a good home with a good owner and not floating around in a 10 gallon somewhere. just because some jacka** cut the poor things tail off when it was little cant possibly mean the fish doesn't deserve a chance at life. and that is all this man is trying to provide to this fish. lay off.

as to the original poster, im sorry you have to had to go thru so much CRAP to get your questions answered. plants and cichlids dont usually mix well. they will dig up most plants soon after they are placed in the tank. plastic is cheaper in the long run because they cant destroy them as easy. but i usually found mine floating in the morning. get her a flower pot for shelter. she will like it just fine.

Well said... I wouldnt try to plant the tank, most cichlids will dig them up or just tear them up..

 

[H]-[H]

Your tank setup looks nice the way it is.. & as others have suggested, flowerhorns will dig up plants so fake plants should be used..
I rescued one deformed fh that's missing most of its tail too..

 

[goestonemoa]

the last coupleof posts were great
thanks for all the help and support guys i really appreaciate it
with this egg crate thing is it easy to hide the appearance of the egg crate, or could i just leave it in its pot untill the roots are grown
i love a challenge so i will try live before i go silk ill post pics next weekend of that
but first im picking up my male fh today 6-7" exciting
i will also post pics of that

 

[fishbum]

dude READ the post before you comment

I did read the post before I commented. You know how many people they "rescue" fish from places like Wal Mart? A lot.By saying you rescued something in no way states that you did not purchase it. Non the less,I would have euthanized it myself.

At least I was contributing something to the post,unlike yourself.

 

[Silvertears]

I think if the egg crate was just smaller then the tank then you could hide is easily with gravel or sand. I have never done it but it should work unless your FH's moved the gravel/sand around like most cichlids do. Good luck on the planted tank.
To the others, could you please just try and help out the OP instead of arguing on his thread. Like stated before this site is to help not argue people. Also I agree the fish is pretty in it's own way.

 

[goestonemoa]

thanks again for the help
and to anyone who i disagread with
you will notice that my spaming as you call it ussualy means i put a post on your page that goes something like this
nice fish
wich is consructive and not passing on the hate in wich i feel from some people on here
most of us help eachother and to those who have helped i thank you
i just got my male and have him in his new home
and having watched him for a while i dont think the plant will be a good idea
he likes to pick up gravel for sure

hes a little banged up ....
the guy i bought him from had him in a comunity tank with other large cichlids

 

[Silvertears]

They make a pretty pair, try some fake floating plants if you want to put plants in there bad enough. Best of luck with them, Also hope he heals nicely which he should.

 

[yoganathan_kn]

even though fh are hybrids, u have to follow it's form regulations. this is horrible. mutilating of a useful organ is not good sense. please dont buy these fishes. even a ugly fish of any variety is good if u keep it healthy and if u try to learn everything about it. that is the joy of pet keeping. so dont encourage this in the name of uniqueness