Magnus_Bane
Ruturaj
Bbuckley
did I get that right?Thanks! I never seen one like him so just wanted to get peoples opinions. I didn’t know he was going to turn out like this when I first got him lol
Yeah the fader gene tends to kick in once the fish has gotten to about 4in, there are some that do it early or late but generally the average seems to be at 4in. Faders can also vary quite a bit on how much color fades out. These pics here are of 3 of my FH's that I've had/have, they are all red dragons but the mother had the fader gene and she passed it down to her daughter. Their daughter looks nothing like either parent.
Almost, only a few of the amphilophus species fade, off the top of my head I can think of labiatus, sagittae, citrinellum and I think there's another one, I've heard of red chanchos but don't recall them being natural. If all of them faded, fader lyonsi and trimac would dominate the markets ?Welcome to the forum!
Most cichlids of amphilophus descent, like parrots, flowerhorns, red Texas, and good ol’ Midevils (and of course all pure amphs), will go through a process called fading, in which the fish gradually becomes more and more red/orange. This sometimes leads to a full white color. That is what your flowerhorn is doing.
Yours is, as you described, simply a “short body flowerhorn,” with the fader gene.
Are trimacs officially amphs now? Or is that still disputed?
Could've sworn they were. Granted I'm no expert or anything on that but I'm pretty sure they are in the amph family.
