Anyway it doesnt matter, that fish has a lot of Trimac blood in it. I dont even think its a flowerhorn. Im not trying to be negative, but many people breed pure cichlids with FH and call them FH. Its just a cichlid cross
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Well It is a FH because we just don't know for sure. But that would be one good looking male Trimac if we saw the parents.
As far as care goes a good pellet as the staple such as NLS, Bio-Gold+ or Cichlid Gold will do. Supplement with earth worms, Krill or shrimp to bring out the natural red pigments, crickets and meal worms are all good. Stay away from feeders unless you raised them yourself. Do 50% weekly water changes and you should be good. What size tank do you have him in? What type of filtration are you using? Is there any other tank mates with him, if so what?
That is a very nice looking non-Trimac, Trimac. Please keep us posted on his progress.
As far as care goes a good pellet as the staple such as NLS, Bio-Gold+ or Cichlid Gold will do. Supplement with earth worms, Krill or shrimp to bring out the natural red pigments, crickets and meal worms are all good. Stay away from feeders unless you raised them yourself. Do 50% weekly water changes and you should be good. What size tank do you have him in? What type of filtration are you using? Is there any other tank mates with him, if so what?
That is a very nice looking non-Trimac, Trimac. Please keep us posted on his progress.
Aquanero;4272078; said:
At that size with that much purple under the belly of the fish. You should be able to determine if its a FH or a trimac without a doubt about it.
If it is a FH, the only FH with those kind of color will be a poorly bred Red ZZ, but Red ZZ doesn't have the purple belly. Only trimac does.
Although for feeding, I would ignore the earth worms. You might have a hard time later on. Just keep it on some reliable pellets and frozen krill as treats. You'll do fine.
BIG_ONE;4272357; said:
Why would you not use earth worms? I've raised and conditioned some big cichlids with earth worms as part of the diet including the two Trimacs I posted pic of on the other thread without any problems.
Yes, that's a Trimac or a least 99.99%. I was being was a little tongue in cheek before. But once you buy it as a FH it's lineage becomes suspect, you know what I mean I wouldn't be comfortable breeding to it as a pure Trimac, kind of like a dog with out papers for want of a better analagie.
Aquanero;4272442; said:
The reason why I would avoid earth worms because they are one of the best way to bring in diseases to your fish. FH aren't as disease hardy as many other big cichlids are. And what if they catch this disease, what does it bring to them?...duck lips.
What's even worst when you get duck lips? It is not a guarantee cure, it's a 50/50 of rescuing your fish. Not like other diseases out there where you would raise the temp and the duck lip process will run faster. Turn up the temp and duck lips gets worst as the disease spreads faster. Scary...very scary...it's every FH keeper worst nightmare.
