Picked up a Flowerhorn

[LeaninLowLa]

I bought a FH last week from petsmart. At the store he was grey and white. Within 2 days he morphed completely black with green markings. His eyes are red and he has a orange marking running down his dorsal fin. My question is, what kind of fd is he? Based on what ive read, i believe he is a golden base (fader),, is this correct? Is he too young to sex?

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Cool FH...no clue what it is, sorry

 

[Kaliedoscope]

nice. I don't think its right to call the petsmart fh "Breeds" because honestly, they all just seem to be random pairings by the corporate farm. If you wanted to call it something though you could call it a petsmart kamfa

 

[BTK]

It might be a fader...faders usually go very dark b4 fading....it is too small to sex at this point.....keep us posted

 

[Hot Slime]

Nice pickup, what ever it is.

 

[Lusus_Naturae]

How warm is the water? My old flowerhorn got dark when he was cold or stressed.

 

[LeaninLowLa]

The water is about 84 degrees. Thanks for ur opinions guys. Fhs are real cool fish, his personality reminds me of an oscar.

 

[BTK]

The water is about 84 degrees. Thanks for ur opinions guys. Fhs are real cool fish, his personality reminds me of an oscar.

Lol there way cooler than oscars if u have a male wait till it gets bigger he will have so much personality its crazy there like dogs in water...

 

[BIG_ONE]

Nice fish - ZZmalau and it's a male.

 

[RufusKing]

Nice fish - ZZmalau and it's a male.

Potential troll? Seriously? I don't know if your advice is just taken as truth 100% of the time because of your post count, but:

"I bought a FH last week from petsmart."

1. Yeah right. Don't even TRY convincing someone you know what this is, let alone that it's anything besides a crappy red dragon. (Sorry, truth.)
2. Male? This fish is what, 2-3" long, you have no idea what it is. Seriously.

Maybe you're just trying to make it so this dude doesn't flush it if someone tells him it's a mediocre, unidentifiable fish, but stop.

And yeah, anything bought at Petsmart/co is just that, unidentifiable. Even if you grow it out, it doesn't matter what it LOOKS like, it was born in and grew up in a gigantic farm tank with hundreds to thousands of other "flowerhorns". This kind of thread and these types of comments are poisonous to the hobby (specifically, the keeping of flowerhorns) for those of us who take the time to research what needs to be researched, and buy fish from reputable, knowledgeable breeders, typically outside of the country.