help to raise a baby flowerhorn
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Feed a high-quality, varied diet including a good brand cichlid pellet (NLS and Hikari are recommended) as his staple diet, with frozen bloodworms, frozen krill, shrimp, etc. as treats a couple times a week. Make sure you have a big enough tank (I would say 75G minimum for the flowerhorn alone), and keep the water quality pristine with excellent filtration and regular water changes and gravel vacs.
The development of the hump (kok) will ahve more to do with genetics than anything else, though good diet and clean water help. There are methods people use to enlarge the kok but I don't know much about them.
The development of the hump (kok) will ahve more to do with genetics than anything else, though good diet and clean water help. There are methods people use to enlarge the kok but I don't know much about them.
I agree with lucy, although I have neber been able to get my FH to eat ANYTHING other than live foods-which can be quite expensive-and frozen bloodworms. Do you know what strain yours comes from as this has A LOT do to do with kok? FH's can be quite hardy and grow VERY quickly as well as can get quite aggressive, mine bites me every time I have my hands in the tank. You will eventually find that a bare bottom or a very thin layer of substrate will work best for tank maintenance. As always I woud like to suggest doing your research before purchasing any animal. Good luck with your ne FH they are quite beautiful and can be an interesting addition
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=253 check out those stickies. That will get you off to a great start with your flowerhorn.
If you start early on pellets (hikari gold or other good pellet), they'll take to them fine. Just dont spoil them all the time when they're young with live food, get them acustomed to pellets early & then, from my experience they'll eat just about anything....
