Mine wouldn't heal for 8 months properly and then she beat him up again and she took out a chunk out of his kok she ate his kok lol he then died two days later.Thanks for all the replies! Yes, it's definitely easier to breed with a larger male and smaller female but it is advantageous to use a younger male if you are trying to set the traits of the original male breeder. This is because you can breed the best F1 female offspring back to the father if he is young enough.
The injured male is actually doing really well and is still behaving and eating normally. I will breed him back with this same female but I'm going to pump him up first. At his current stage of growth, putting on size will occur very rapidly.
Simon
Well I hope he's off to a good start already. Simon let's see all your flowerhorns lol



