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[Fishnthehood]

Can any tell me the type of Flowerhorn this little guys is. I recently bought him for 10 bucks at a LFS and the tank was just tagged as Flowerhorn. My Texas hybrid and he or she are starting to dig up rocks and now are protecting the area together.

I wonder if they did breed what the end result would look like.

 

[aznkidang]

ZZ Red dragon x)

 

[Fishnthehood]

Thanks ... any thoughts of the outcome of he or she breeding with the Texas hybrid pitcured above?

 

[aznkidang]

Thanks ... any thoughts of the outcome of he or she breeding with the Texas hybrid pitcured above?

I do not know. Maybe a mfker will step in

First off questions...
1. How big is that tank?
2. Have any extra tanks for the frys, and maybe a extra tank for injured tank mates?
You might want to take out tank mates out since the aggression might hurt others.




Any mfker correct If I'm wrong x)

 

[Water]

The outcome will most likely be some non desirable Red Texas or Low grade ZZ.. and it looks like you have a lot of other fish in with the fh and texas, I'd highly advise against breeding them with a tank filled with other fish..

 

[Fishnthehood]

1. The Tank is 135 gallons
2. I have two blood Parrots, 2 smaller hybrid texas, and a cuban cichlid

 

[FishingOut]

Breeding low-quality = Even lower quality. I mean, what are you going for? Are you just trying to mix random fish hoping for something good? Because thats not how breeding flowerhorns works.
If your breeding feeders, than breed whatever pairs. Otherwise do a bit more research on the varienty of flowerhorns before you have a mess on your hands because nobody wants low quality. There are enough poorly bred fish around.
I believe you have a Pearl flowerhorn. Thats a mix between a Carpintis and flowerhorn. Might not be fertile, but the best advise I can give is cross that (if its a male) with one of your parrots. The parrots look of half decent quality. Out of that cross you are going to get a 3-5 Red Tex that will fully fade.
If your breeding anything use the parrots. You will get much better looking fry than just random ZZ's. Either way your going to have to do a lot of culling.

 

[Fishnthehood]

@ Water
Thanks for the advise, I'm trying to breed them amongst the other fish and see what happens. I'm done it with other cichlids and didn't have any major issues, so we'll see. Any advice on what I should use for the eggs to stick.

 

[aznkidang]

A flat rock or a clay pot.

 

[Fishnthehood]

@ Fishing Out
Thanks again for your advice you know what your talking about. I'm not trying to really breed for profit. Just for the experience and to see what happens.