Top Eleven Myths About Flowerhorns and Those Who Keep Them

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Fh's in rivers of Malaysia,..
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=682

Another link pertaining to release of FH in Malaysia,..
http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2341

Wow, this was a harsh read searching for info on FH's released
into the wild,..
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Soodhanan_Flowerhorns.html

I couldn't find any info pertaining to FH's being found in
rivers, lakes or canals in the United States. If any were found,
we'd likely have heard about it. Hopefully we do not experience
the same issues as Malaysia,..
 
haloman02;2706959; said:
Show me an article where is shows Flowerhorns in florida canals and as far as I know there arent Asian Cichlids. If im wrong about asian cichlids show me one.
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Flowerhorn is the only Asian Cichlids Ive ever owned.
 
Mattyou;2709658; said:
Flowerhorn is the only Asian Cichlids Ive ever owned.
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I don't know if you were serious or not but Flowerhorns are not Asian Cichlids.

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Soodhanan_Flowerhorns.html <--- Cannot be taken seriously.

" Most flowerhorns are brought up by being fed live fish. When a 10" fish raised on such a diet is introduced into a watershed the result is obvious. "

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2. The high demand for more strains has led breeders to some cruel practices:
- Round bellied flowerhorns are much sought after, and the spines of these fish are purposely bent using some technology.
- Rich coloured flowerhorns are sought after, and these fishes are dyed.
- A nuchal hump is sought after, and these fishes are constantly stressed by a mirror, very strong lighting and fluorescent gravel.
3. Aquariums are highly constrained environments. So the probability of a hybrid like this one mating with a pure species is very high. If breeding of these toy-fishes continues at such a high rate, then one day we may not see any pure species in the hobby.
4. Since it is a hybrid its characteristics are undeterminable. No one is sure of what these creatures are capable. To my knowledge a flowerhorn is tough enough to take over an oscar and most cichlasomines such as Texas, redheaded cichlids and severums. Also if one goes for tankmates for this fish, the tankmates and hence the hobbyist will be sitting on a ticking time-bomb.
5. Today flowerhorns have found a way to be true breeders, unlike blood parrots. People are breeding different flowerhorns together. For example, let us take FH1 as a flowerhorn developed by crossing a trimac and a red terror, and another flowerhorn FH2 is developed by crossing a trimac with a redheaded cichlid. If FH1 and FH2 breed, the resulting one will be a new kind. A demon giving birth to a demon of a new kind. Just imagine how awful the future of the hobby would be.
6. Flowerhorns attain sexual maturity at around 4" and from then on they will lay around 200 eggs every six months. If the production rate rockets up and fills aquariums, where will the pure species go? Then one day Local Fish Stores will become Local Flowerhorn Stores. In many Asian countries this has already happened.



" A demon fish created in Malaysia around 1996-1997 (which may possibly acquire legs and come out of the water one day! "



This website is full of **** I feel like shooting who ever wrote it.
 
to me the reason they came up with this ridiculous so call "myth" is because some dumbass people jus one day decide to throw in the the lake or oceans. by this it make those people who love hybrids look bad JUST because of few stupid retarded people. whoever came up with this myth i also find him/her self-centered and less considerate of others. without hearing our words he/she comes up with this stupid ass misconseption and degrade us flowerhorn keepers. this myth should be burned and arrest those stupid E.t's. also like what haloman said the website mentioned above (for those slow people im not talking about mfk) the website is full of **** and the person who wrote this article clearly is a hater. such useless articles that brings false image to those who have love for the fish should be banned and execute those who write the article. LOL jk, about the execute part.
 
i have read that "demon fish" article quite a few times. someone posts it about once a month. it makes less sense every time i read it.
oh, and the problem is way worse than the article states. i doesn't take six months for a female to be ready to lay eggs. maybe it should say once or twice a month. my god, they are going to take over the world!!!
 
terminalMTS;2710324; said:
i have read that "demon fish" article quite a few times. someone posts it about once a month. it makes less sense every time i read it.
oh, and the problem is way worse than the article states. i doesn't take six months for a female to be ready to lay eggs. maybe it should say once or twice a month. my god, they are going to take over the world!!!
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Not Unless I make a lake the size of lake superior and stock it with flowerhorns then ill have my army Mwahahaha
 
Dogs are all the same species. Please stop using them as justification for breeding individual cichlid species together that would not normally mate in the wild.
 
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