NEW FH OWNER NEEDS HELP TO IDENTIFY!! :D

[htyplatinum]

hey guys! im new at this site and new as a flowerhorn owner, i was just strolling through my LPS and saw him/her and had to buy it, so right now the store owner said its flowerhorn but dunno what type im trying to figure out please help.

its still young about 2'' but its colors are all out! and pearls and stuff please someone with experience identify for me! what type, and male or female?

 

[Angler]

It's a ZZ. Can't tell from the pics what sex it is.

 

[htyplatinum]

oh? is ZZ zhen shu? is it a good type of flowerhorn?

 

[Angler]

zz is Zhen Zou. There are different grades of ZZs, and yours is low grade. It doesn't matter that it is low grade though. I think it looks nice, and he will have the same awsome Flowerhorn personality as a high grade.

If you can post more pics, you will get some opinions on whether it's a male or female. Congrats on your first FH!

 

[BIG_ONE]

Hmm, you got any pics of the side shots? From those picture, I can almost say that it is a bonsai. But I will not confirm it until I see pics from the side. As determining if its a Red ZZ, I doubt that it is a Red ZZ. There is definitely something else in that fish, I need side shots of the fish if possible.

 

[Kanta]

Its a little Red Dragon, gratz

 

[Greg31]

Yeh. I was thinking same thing BIG_ONE. Looks like a bonzai from the pics to me. To the OP, bonzai just means its more or less a short body.

 

[htyplatinum]

im taking pictures right now, too bad its just a phone cam, and the lil guy wont stop moving lol be real quick

 

[htyplatinum]

okay here they are, im posting a few so i dont need to do it again

btw he turns dark when i tease him is that normal? but after a min or two he returns back to regular coloring

 

[BIG_ONE]

Ok I can now say for sure that he is a bonsai. I would ID it to be a red ZZ X Malau. And yes that is natural for FH. Sometimes they will go under stress for a few days. But don't worry about it, worry when they are not eating and is not active. Nice bonsai overall, I love it!