Can someone tell me what creates Flowerhorns ? I've been told you can breed Parrot Fish to Convicts and it will make Flowerhorns, this sounds very unusual to me ! Will sombody that knows, answer ?
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What makes Flowerhorns ?
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i believe flowerhorns are some combination of red devils, trimacs, and texas cichlids? but then again i think most fish called texas cichlids are themselves a kind of hybrid. . . i dunno. ancient chinese secret, K?
Blood parrots are usually thought to be some kind of severum/red devil mixture, which accounts for the coloration (severum-like when younger) and the calmer attitude than many cichlids. breeding a Blood parrot with pink convicts gives you the "Jellybean parrot", a pale or white fish that can easily be dyed all kinds of colors. green, orange, pink, purple, blue, etc . . .which is where the jellybean name comes from.
lately there have been people breeding flowerhorns with blood parrots to get a parrot shaped fish with a green pearl FH coloration. . . . i've seen them called bonzais but i don't know if that's an official name.
Blood parrots are usually thought to be some kind of severum/red devil mixture, which accounts for the coloration (severum-like when younger) and the calmer attitude than many cichlids. breeding a Blood parrot with pink convicts gives you the "Jellybean parrot", a pale or white fish that can easily be dyed all kinds of colors. green, orange, pink, purple, blue, etc . . .which is where the jellybean name comes from.
lately there have been people breeding flowerhorns with blood parrots to get a parrot shaped fish with a green pearl FH coloration. . . . i've seen them called bonzais but i don't know if that's an official name.
wataugachicken;1122477; said:
They call them Kilin at this place that sells them by me and I bet the same thing in Asia by that article next to those tank.
Blood Parrots X Convicts = Jellybeans. Like a con, still breeds like a con, but shaped a bit like a BP.
Red Devil x Severum makes a BP I THINK.
Im not sure what makes a FH but I think it involes a Midas/Red Devil X Texas.
Red Devil x Severum makes a BP I THINK.
Im not sure what makes a FH but I think it involes a Midas/Red Devil X Texas.
red devil/midas,trimac,texas, are the original 3 fish that started it all to my understanding and now some types of the veija are rumored to be in the mix as well.