The first 3 pics are the same fish and the last 2 fish are a different fish. Bought them from a pet store marked as FH's but I'm beginning to question them. They're about 2", possibly a hair longer. thanks, Eddie
Someone please identify! FH??
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It's for sure a flowerhorn? How soon till I can tell between male and female and when will their kok come in?
specialized002;2750006; said:
They arent the best looking fry but certainly no the worst either. Give it some time bro, more color and definition will come out in them. The are too young to sex, you should be able to tell around 3.5" or so. The female will normally have a black spot on her dorsal fin, but be aware that some males will get the same spot sometimes. ZZ = Zhen Zhou, theyre are a lot of different names and abbreviations in the FH world. You will pick them up in time.
it is hard to tell how a fish will turn out from fry. it looks like it is developing pearls. it is starting to show color at a very small size so that is a good sign. just be patient and feed good food. then you will just have to wait and see. fh grow very fast so it won't take a long time. fh eat like pigs and can grow as much as 1 inch a month. the humps (kok) grow at different rates depending on alot of factors, mostly genes. if your fish is male and his dad has a large hump, then there is a much better chance that yours will have a big hump. there are ways to get it to pop that other people know, but i am not into that. i like it to look natural.
ZZ might be a ZZMalau. That is a cross between a Zhen Zhou X Kamalau or Golden Monkey. It is hard to tell when they are this small. That and some don't really blossom until they are much older.
Also your fish might not grow a KOK. It is all in the genes of the fish. Out of a batch of 1 0r 2 hundred only 4 or 5 might get a water kok. Sometimes more. It all depends on the genetics of the parents and whether or not they carry a recessive gene.
Also your fish might not grow a KOK. It is all in the genes of the fish. Out of a batch of 1 0r 2 hundred only 4 or 5 might get a water kok. Sometimes more. It all depends on the genetics of the parents and whether or not they carry a recessive gene.
hard to tell exactly what it is at this point. however i do not see the usual tear drop of traditional ZZs. keep growing it up and update this sucker in a couple months.