Fred the flowerhorn

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I managed to get a few good pics of Fred today and thought I would share them

I was holding the bloodworms with my fingers to get him still enough to get a decent pic of him. He only nipped me once and was quite careful of my fingers after that.

Can any one tell me if Fred is a boy or a girl?

alkomist wrote:

lol how can a mean a$$ fish have such a nice name??

FlowerHorn???........

They are a man made hybrid. The flower comes from the outlined spots they get and horn comes from their big kok (head hump) They are supposedly a lucky fish, there was a craze on them a few years back when some Chinese guy (or some country like that) bought one and won the major lottery there, some of these guys can cost $10k each. Sometimes they will develop Chinese lettering in their spots and that makes them worth more. There is also some places that say having one in your house makes your life move on the upward path to success..... There's a whole lot of myths running around the flowerhorn.
Tim you need to be constantly doing something in your flowerhorns tank, get him used to you being in there. Feed him by hand. These fish have a whole lot of personality and if you work with them they will be a very loving fish instead of a fish that tries to take chunks out of your hand.
Fred will gently pluck snails off my fingers to eat them. He has only bit me one time, when he did I was hand feeding him bloodworms, he backed up looked at my finger and looked at the food, then ever so gently took a small bit of blood worm. He has never bit me again. The first time yours bites you do not jerk your hand back. Let him figure out that you are friend not food.
Fred now 'helps' me with all maintenance I do in his tank, anything I do he is right there trying to 'help' even when I am scraping his glass with a razorblade he swims right along with my hand.

FISH, like ppl!!! Have different personalities!!!!!
i had a convict that ma mom went crazy on!!!! lol she used to tlk to it and it would rub up ahainst the glass and follow her finger!! it would nip at me and every 1 else exept her!!!! JERK!!! lol

do flowerhorns have super sharp teeth or a powerfull bite? ive heard about them taking kids fingers off

WHAT??? thats krazy!!! i wanna know if this is true also!!!

i believe it was fabfish's son. i could be wrong tho

lol dam that sux!!!

Oh yes they do! When they get big they can bite chunks out of you. Fred is getting a nice set of chompers on him already.
He bit a net the other day and it took me a while to get it off his teeth.

If you work with them you wont ever have to worry about them biting you, Unless you end up with one that is just plain old mean.

Dam................i used to have a 10" red devil that would open feezer pops for me:)
he didnt do it cuz he was nice he did it cuz he was mean!!!!! lol

Ok Fred and Martha are now in a divided 55g. I put Martha in first because she is the smaller one and I just put in Fred, within an hour both have their breeding tubes down! Pics and video to come!
Martha is acting submissive and Fred keeps biting the divider.... Still dont know who is boy or girl.. I got pics of Freds vent though when I moved him.

Ok here's pics of Fred's vent... What is Fred boy or girl?

Here is the meet and greet video of them... Sorry about the water spots..

i dunno what fred is but im excited about the possibility of baby flowerhorns

ps fred is huge compared to martha

When I got them Martha was the bigger one, then she went on a food strike. She is eating again so she gets a few pellets every time I walk by.

i hope everything goes good, someone needs to chime in allready. we need to know!!!!

No eggs on either side of the tank yet... but the divider is holding

fern man he looks good i love his colors do you know what kind bof flowerhorn fred is

freds has nice colors hes body says girl but he acts like a boy with those colors good luck

Red dragon. I know what your saying! That belly says female but everything else says male..... I was hoping someone could sex him from the vent pics I took......

exacly what i meant

Here are some bad pics.....
From above
And both Fred and Martha

Oops missed a cute one!