Top Eleven Myths About Flowerhorns and Those Who Keep Them
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sorry to say but there is no such thing as close. it is either a hybrid or not...scotty61;2707006; said:
flowerhorns are here and here to stay, who knows some of those "righteous" have hybrids in their tanks as well
dogofwar;2706568; said:
these "myths" are a result of lack of education on this specific issue. Therefore people make this up or hear from another fellow hobbyist to deter hobbyists from purchasing these fish.
the information is readily avail to anyone who has access to the internet.
i will attempt to to sort this out for ya.
1. "Flowerhorns arent cichlids"
This is ridiculous all flowerhorn are cichlids.
2. "Flowerhorn keepers and breeders are only in it for the money"
How does a FH keeper in it for the money? Breeders place a price tag of said fish with many factors influencing the price. Like availability, location, selection, years of breeding to obtain the breeder's desired look, quality of the fish, money it cost that breeder to grow up the young, money also payed to maintan good healthy environment, ect. If you figure all this into it then you know why these fish are costly.
3. "Flowerhorns destroy conservation of cichlids in the hobby and in the wild"
I can almost guarentee there is no South or Central American countries or peoples realaseing flowerhorns into the wild. For this simple fact. Flowerhorns come from ASIA.
4. "Flowerhorn keepers are irresponsible"
Irresponsible of what? If this is directed towards new keepers the yes there is a possibility that they sell or trade in their unwanted offsprings. Again knowledge and education is at fault of this. Alot of the LFS near me will take them in, but then feed them to other fish.
5. "Flowerhorns are random creations or accidents"
Flowerhorns that are a result of accident are considered LOWGRADE and thus this deters many people from buying them.
6. "Flowerhorn keepers only keep flowerhorns"
This is because people get addicted to flowerhorns just like anyone does with other cichlids. Most flowerhorn keepers also keep a wide variety of other cichlids and fishes.
7. "Flowerhorns are a passing fad"
Again blastphemous rummor spreading to deter people from buying. However the flowerhorn is here to stay.
8. "Flowerhorn keepers arent "advanced hobbysists"
Trust me alot of research and care is placed into keeping any mutipule hundred dollar fish. The last thing poeple want is for there rare expensive fish to die off.
9. "Flowerhorns are disfigured or dyed"
This is where you tend to see more of the crooks come out. Disfigured or dyed fish is purly for money to get a return on fish that should have been culled. I personally do not support or purchase these "culls".
10. "Flowerhorn keepers don't care about conservation, education, or fellowship with other hobbyists"
Of course they do. Once addicted always addicted to cichlids or other fishes. Most even pick the flowerhorn because it isn't "plucked from the wild", and thus is a ortemental cichlid. Man made for aquarium life in our homes and just just as beautiful as any wild species.
11. "Flowerhorns are "bad" because they're different than what is found in the wild"
Again another blastphemous rumor to deter or undermind the course of the flowerhorn.
Well I took the time to share some insight. It is unsetling to me as a cichlid keeper for 20+years now, that this stuff is what people still say and act on. Break it down for yourself. Both sides are at fault for some of the same things.
These "Myths" help neither side honestly. On one side it shows distilled hatred for a fellow passonate cichlid keeper (just like yourself) simply because he keeps flowerhorn. because he/she just happens to like something different then what you keep or "believe" what is right.
Ask anyone thats from Florida and they will tell you Flowerhorns existed in the canals because they fished out and ate them. NAS need be update so badly.fishfreak317;2706954; said:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Soodhanan_Flowerhorns.htmlhaloman02;2706959; said:
Asian cichlids existed...and you should check out our fishing thread more often and you will find some threads about exotic cichlids being found in the canals of Florida and Flowerhorn is one of the exotic cichlids.
MN_Rebel;2707407; said:
that's because those are trimacs people are finding and eating apparently...
i do believe NAS is fairly up to date.
i see tons of cichlid species on the list and not one is a flowerhorn...
Actually these are FH because Trimac do not have pearls and it appeared that these FH in canals are lowgrade ones. Thankfully the canals are already screwed up. Malaysia have problems with this escaped hybrids in their waterways.
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