the family - comments please

[mrsmeg2b]

i will try to post better pictures soon but any feedback would be appreciated - i'm not positive as to the specific kind of flowerhorn they are but they are healthy and happy and now parents!

mom (porkchop) and dad (big willie) are about a year old - this is my first experience having a fish tank - with NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE lol....

i absolutely adore these fish and find what a sweet labor of love they are
- please share your thoughts and opinions on them

- 150 gallon
- F5 fluval filter

 

[hamfist]

You are obviously doing a great, great job at keeping them. They look very happy and healthy and have plenty of space.

I have absolutely no idea what sort of FH they might be though. I have never seen any with such clear and prominent stripes. I like them a lot !

 

[Miguel]

I do not think that they're FH

 

[tiddlywinks]

stripes are due to breeding. the male is prolly some kinda malau
the female is a zz i think is a zz red dragon

 

[WickedJester]

They look just like my Amarillo/Red Devil Cross actually. My female looks like that but my big male has a whole lot more orange on him.

 

[CLDarnell]

Gorgeous tank! You're doing a fantastic job!

 

[Yumu]

They look like barred Midas' to me. Could be wrong though.

 

[fishkeeper4244]

those are amazing fish with an amazing setup. are they convicts?

 

[cjbarth]

Looks like what they call a Blue Dragon crossed with something....green blue pearlsl kind of tells me the the BD part of the fish.

 

[hamfist]

Yeah, the blue pearls definately show some flowerhorn genes in the make-up. Not simply a midas/Amarillo x RD cross or anything quite like that. Whether these fish, themselves, can be classified as flowerhorns I don't know. I think they are just beautiful though !