iv just read that apparently red eyed flowerhorns arnt fertile? could someone please elaborate....
whats all this about red eyes??
- Thread starter baxtor_lex
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lol i heard red eyed are signs of fertile but i also heard some have red eyes but are still not fertile. but ehh an expert should know more 
and im waiting to see ur bonsai! 
and im waiting to see ur bonsai!
These are just inherited traits. All though the odds of a FH/Trimac/RD being fertile by birth are very much high if they have red colored eyes.
But most of the time the yellow/white eyed FH's are sterile. Rarely its the opposite.
Now the breeders add some chemicals to the FH with red eyes before shipping ( atleast most of em do) to make them sterile.
Source : Got this info from breeders.
( I literally waited 6 months just to get a male king kamfa with red eyes. Now i am praying he is fertile)
But most of the time the yellow/white eyed FH's are sterile. Rarely its the opposite.
Now the breeders add some chemicals to the FH with red eyes before shipping ( atleast most of em do) to make them sterile.
Source : Got this info from breeders.
( I literally waited 6 months just to get a male king kamfa with red eyes. Now i am praying he is fertile)
I have heard of the red eyes increasing the chance that they are fertile. But I have never heard about the chemical thing. I wouldn't think most do, maybe some. Do you think they would sell you a sterilized FH if it said proven female or male? Because usually if someone is looking for a proven male or female they are going to breed them.Shoujin;4292153; said:
so in theory my thai silk having red eyes, and more then likley being female, gives me a good sence of it being fertile??