Citrine888

This is Banos, a blue face dragon fh, with female Aji ( a kamalau zenz zhou) :

The second male flowerhorn is Botoy, an Oriental phoenix fh with female Ayeesha, a Red Kimchu fh.

Compared to Banos, Botoy is paler in color, which is typical of the phoenix strain. That is why I paired Botoy with a red based fh, hoping that their offspring will be an improvement of their race.


Thanks for viewing.

Tom

Very beautiful fish.
Tom

Citrine888

Thanks, Tom. Banos won first runner up at a flowerhorn show we had last December 2006 here in Davao City, Philippines. What kind of fish is that in your avatar?

COBettaCouple

Great job! I've never seen a Flowerhorn at any shop that i've been in, very cool fish. How big do they get?

Callum The Cat

Citrine888

Thanks. The biggest I've seen so far is at 12 inches. They get to live upto 10 years or more if you take good care of it.

Citrine888

Hi, Callum, what is LFS? Flowerhorns originated from cichlids and yes you are right, they do get huge when they mature. Flowerhorns are extremely territorial in nature and are very aggresive and that is why when breeding them, more often than not, the female die.

COBettaCouple

Yea, they look like they'd fit in the cichlid family. LFS is local fish store/shop. http://www.fishlore.com/Forum/index.php?topic=11348.0 is a thread with lots of our abbreviations like that listed.

Callum The Cat

Citrine888

Thanks again FLBettaCouple! I really love this forum!!! Everyone is so helpful. This is how our forum should be here in Davao.

COBettaCouple

well, fishlore's there now.

Tom

Give us the site and most of us will go and join.
Tom

Tom

Aren't they a hybrid type of fish? I think I remember reading that somewhere. But I have seen them going for upwards of $129.99CDN and that is for one. A pair would be something like $200-300CDN.
Tom

Citrine888

GREAT! Our forum is still new and running for barely 3 months as of this time. We decided to come up with it so as to bring together fish hobbyists here in Davao City so as to promote the fish keeping hobby. Hope you guys can help us in improving our forum.

COBettaCouple

I don't think Fishlore's too old but it shows what happens when you get a site that people can treat each other good and be crazy about their fish. Since we started, it's REALLY gone wild with how much posting and how many members keep joining.

Cody

wow thats ..a intertesting fish

Citrine888

You're right Tom. Prices for this kind of fish has really gone up. I bought Banos at Php 15,000.00 (philippine currency) and that was last year. If you convert that to usd with a conservative conversion rate of P48.00 to 1 usd, that will be 312.50 USD. It's cheaper if you buy fry and grow them up. Botoy costs around 105 USD, an Oriental Phoenix strain of a flowerhorn and its a local bred already same with Banos.

Citrine888

Yeah, right! That is what i love about this forum. Everyone are such true hobbyists by heart and so fish crazy just as I am

Citrine888

Thank you, Codyverheyen. You like guppies? I saw your avatar and I've got a few pairs of red eye guppies snakeskin as well.

TheEssigs

Great looking fish Citrine... WOW. When I saw your fish I was very interested and went looking for some info... and found this for anyone else interested...

The Flowerhorn fish does not exist in the wild. It is a hybrid created in Malaysia during the last years of the 20th century. Exactly which species that were combined in order to form the Flowerhorn fish is still unknown, but it was several different South American cichlids. The secrecy has naturally been a good breeding ground for several rumours regarding the true ancestry of this remarkable fish, and some if the more bizarre theories claim that the first Flowerhorn fish was created in a secret Malaysian genetics laboratory where genes from the South American Trimac cichlid was artificially combined with genes from a goldfish. More plausible theories suggest that the Flowerhorn fish is the result of selective crossings of several different South American cichlids; most likely intricate combinations of the Trimac cichlid, the Midas cichlid, the Redheaded cichlid and the Red Devil cichlid. Flowerhorn cichlids can display striking patterns on their body, and these patterns will sometimes resembles letters, numbers and signs. This has made Flowerhorn cichlids extremely popular among followers of the ancient Asian Feng Shui tradition. South East Asia has a long tradition of keeping aquarium fish in order to bring luck and happiness to the home. The Arowana has for instance been kept for centuries since it resembles a Chinese dragon ? a very strong symbol for harmony and happiness in Chinese mythology. The Flower horn does not look like a Chinese dragon, but it has still been embraced by the Feng Shui followers since it has a hump that makes it somewhat similar to the Chinese God of Longevity. The larger the hump, the more luck will be brought to the Flowerhorn fish keeper. The markings on the body also play a vital role when determining the monetary value of a Flowerhorn fish. Flowerhorn fish with markings that resemble attractive Chinese letters have been sold for enormous amounts of money. If a Flowerhorn fish features the Chinese sign for ?Luck? it will immediately become extremely valuable. This craze has been fumed by stories where Flowerhorn fish keepers have actually won money at casinos or at the lottery. You can obtain a Flowerhorn cichlid without paying a lot of money since the pattern only show as the Flowerhorn cichlid matures. Young Flowerhorn cichlids are therefore not subjected to the same type of speculations as the old ones, since it is impossible to know if they will display a desired pattern as adults. Since the Flowerhorn cichlid is an active and energetic fish, you should choose one that looks happy and lively in the fish store. You can ask to stay around during feeding time, since a Flowerhorn cichlid that does not eat food when offered is seriously ill or stressed. Flowerhorn cichlids can also be bought over the Internet. Flowerhorn cichlids are sensitive to rapid changes and you should slowly adapt your Flowerhorn cichlid to your aquarium before you release it.

COBettaCouple

cool.. very interesting article!

Citrine888

Thanks for the article! Will try to post some winners of the last fish show here in Davao for everyone to see other strains of flowerhorns.

Guzalot

Those are beautiful fish. I've never heard of the species before today

COBettaCouple

i'd not heard of them before reading this thread either. I don't know where you can find them in the US.

TheEssigs

If you are into mail-order fish, you can get them from Fish2u.com (Located in Florida). They are listed under the cichlids, in the subfolder chichlasoma and related...

COBettaCouple

thanks for the link. we'd definitely order the littler ones. they'd be a cool fish if we had a big enough tank for them.

TheEssigs

Ive been looking around, and WOW, they are crazy expensive... They smaller ones... start at like $25 bucks (more my speed) but the really WOW ones are like $120 each!

COBettaCouple

yea.. it could pay off buying them small though if you get a lucky color or pattern.

nicole

What a different looking fish.....very,very cute.wouldn't mind owning one myself.

Callum The Cat