i am putting my flowerhorn in a 110 gallon tank. unfortunately, the tank is in the corner of the house where there is no sunlight peaking through. i read somewhere that flowerhorns develop their colors best when they are exposed to indirect sunlight. However, i do have a light with the tank. I was wondering how long i should leave the light on each day in order to help my flowerhorns colors develop to their fullest. And, is there a special kind of light that works better?
lighting for flowerhorn
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I don't know if that helps but maybe a lil bit because it's some kind of light.
If I were you , I'd go to the reptile section and get a UV light(the long one not the bowl one) then go the the fish section to get color aquarium light. And use them together. That is the best of both worlds for you.
Use the UV light a couple hours a day for the growth of the fish is good enough. The color aquarium light you can use for your viewing. Using both together is brighter and more beautiful.
this is my old FH under blue Antanic light and sunlight from window above it.
[video=youtube;5B1sG4cWdHs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B1sG4cWdHs[/video]
If I were you , I'd go to the reptile section and get a UV light(the long one not the bowl one) then go the the fish section to get color aquarium light. And use them together. That is the best of both worlds for you.
Use the UV light a couple hours a day for the growth of the fish is good enough. The color aquarium light you can use for your viewing. Using both together is brighter and more beautiful.
this is my old FH under blue Antanic light and sunlight from window above it.
[video=youtube;5B1sG4cWdHs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B1sG4cWdHs[/video]
ok i will. also, do u think my flowerhorn has a chance of a hump? i looked at it today and the hump looks bigger for some reason. I feed it hikari cichlid gold, some shrimp pellets, and freeze dried blood worms. There are pictures of it on the first page, and everyone said it was a female. But it is only 3.5 inches long. I thought humps and real color came around 4 inches.. i am planning on ordering some ching mix sp100 cause ive heard it does wonders for humps and color.
this is him/her? idk lol
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=939581&d=1376201659
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=939581&d=1376201659
yor fish appears to be female. Because there's a black flower in the mohawk fin and the built can't confuse it to be male.
Females get a lighter hump than males of their bloodline. They the older the humpier. Females get humpier when full of eggs. Then their heads get lighter and striped when they want to lay.
Females get a lighter hump than males of their bloodline. They the older the humpier. Females get humpier when full of eggs. Then their heads get lighter and striped when they want to lay.
well i was planning on getting a male SRD flowerhorn from aquacraze. Its 4inch and has a nice hump, but its 50 bucks. I got this flowerhorn free. I am trying to decide whether i keep and raise this one or give it away and get a $50 4 inch SRD male. Cause i kinda really wanted the hump. I thought this fish was male and that its hump only wasnt growing cause i had alot of water quality issues with extremely high nitrite since my tank never completely cycled. Now i am cycling it and waiting for my nitrite and ammonia to go down.
I can't say if you should get rid of her or not, but I agree with everyone else that its worth the bucks getting a good quality fish. I went through a few something phishy grade flowerhorns and I kept looking for something better. I wasted expensive food and time raising up a few fish that I wasn't really happy with, but cheap. Drop the bucks bro within your budget. It will be worth it.
Just my 2 cents for what that's worth.
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Just my 2 cents for what that's worth.
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