What kind of Flowerhorn do I have?
- Thread starter SteelTiger94
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I’ve never caught a green sunfish, I wouldn’t mind trying a yellow perch tank. Idk how they’d behave, I’ve always wonder if they’d be like clown loaches tho lol
Trust me they are anything but clown loaches lol. Perch are extremely aggressive and hunt in packs that actually use a combination of team work and strategies to take down large schools of prey. 3 or more in a tank will basically live/act like a pack of wolves. Greatly entertaining fish to live feed tho, love watching em put a plan into action and pull it off successfully.
Had 3 in a native predator tank for awhile before releasing em back to where they were caught from after winter thawed. It was so neat to watch em hunt. They had a common tactic of having 1 hiding behind a decoration while the other 2 pushed to school to the one laying in wait, it would then smack the school from the side causing pure panic and chaos to ensue.
Definitely need a large tank tho for fully grown adults beings that they can reach upto 10-14in. That and they are active chase predators so they need the extra movement room.
Just got them into their new 125g tank. They are VERY stressed out, almost pinkish… but doing okay. hopefully they will get to making babies come summer!
Lol honestly they should pop some eggs out once to twice a month, once they get comfy that is. I would keep a very close eye on the pleco when they do have eggs tho, pleco's are known to clean up eggs real quick if unchecked. That n they can be stubborn enough to eat em while being attacked.
Honestly tho ya couldn't ask for a better pair imo, they almost look like twins besides the shear size difference.
oh I didn’t know that about the pleco! I’ll keep an eye on him or separate if needed. They are getting settled in, I believe they are getting ready to spawn too. Frank is only eating tiny amounts and they are constantly rubbing up against each other, especially Charlotte. I have yet to put in blue stones or blue polished glass, idk which yet. And a spawning plate or cone.
thank you! I got lucky in getting them. Frank I purchased from a LFS from someone who abandoned him. Said he was “infertile” but Frank wasn’t even 1 year old when I got him and only 5-6 inches.
I guess he paid around $500 for him ?
I bought him for $99.Lol I don’t need them spawning twice per month, I wouldn’t be able to give them away! Maybe lol
My intent was for them to be happy together, not breeding, which they are. I’ve never seen two fish play the way they do.
what do y’all think would be a fair price to sell their babies at?
I suppose we’d have to see the babies first.
I’ll post pictures when I get a chance, they’re in a Restaurant I’m trying to remodel and open. The project is keeping me busy, currently installing beer coolers and building a tigerwood bar
Generally unless they are atleast 3.5-4in long and absolute stunners, your looking at about $5-20 a pop depending on the size. As for them producing babies they should stop laying eggs with each spawn, they only do the every other week thing when it's just it laying eggs to lay eggs. Females can't re-absorb their eggs so they must lay em every so often, they just eat em afterwards. Most of the time it happens late at night / early morning or when your at work.
Honestly tho, since you don't plan on breeding anyways, I would either sell the babies dirt cheap or give em away if ya don't feel like getting your own hands dirty with some culling. Also I would do it asap once they are about .5-1in, so that they don't start to eat each other and start being hunted by the parents.
thank you, that is good to know! Idk how many babies they’ll have, if they’re too many to handle I’m fine culling them.
I don’t mind selling either, I could always see if the LFS will buy them.
Otherwise my buddies fish all died, he has 5 50gal 2 100gal and several small ones. I’ll give them all to him ?
He says his psychotic step son put bleach in all his tanks
