Total Fish march Shipment, LA, USA.
Hi everybody !
Its the time to check out fishes again! One very nice shipment is coming to Total Fish and Pets, LA sometime next week and Kim has picked his fishes. Come and see them here! I wonder who is going to walk away with the beauty red faded kamfa...mmmm.
Had an email from a hobbyist and I thought of answering it here...
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Hello Al,
I've just purchased a 3-4 inches AAA flower from Total Fish & Pet last Tuesday 3/13. The FH has beautiful detailed markings with beautiful coloration before I took it home. Now I have the fish at home in my 60 gallon tank. The water temp is 30 degree Celsius and the fish seems healthy and eating well. I've been feeding pellets and shrimp. However, the fish has become very dark in color..to the point that I can not see the detailed turquoise, red, and black marking as I saw it at Total Pet & Fish. The face appeared to be lighter with distinguish marking and coloration before I took it home. The face of the FH was yellow; now it's very dark. By the way, I have very good lighting. I'm using salt water aquarium's pink lighting which are very bright and should bring out the colors of the fish. I don't understand why the FH changed it's color :( Please advise what I did wrong or need to do to bring the nice coloration of the FH I know it has back??
B.Rgds,
Sy
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Hi Sy...
Sometimes, FH need some time to settle down. If they are not really comfortable with their surrounding, they will be dark in color. Sometimes, they will adapt to their environment by matching the background colors because FHs also have chamaeleon-like behavior. It can also possibly be that your FH is afraid of something you dont know of.
We have this problem every time in our store with many fishes. What we do is that we move the fish to another tank and the next thing we know, the color comes back! I am sure this is not practical to do at home but you have to figure out what is making the fish uncomfortable.
Another potential problem is that the water parameters is not to your fish's liking. You can read the article on how to optimize the tank for your flowerhorn.
One other possible problem is that your FH is sick. During transportation, the FH is under stress and that can lower it's immune system. This will make the fish prone to sickness. Do check if there is white faeces or white spots disease. These are the most common problems.
One last thing that I can think of is that your FH is morphing! Potentially, it is turning into a faded fish. Most faded flowerhorns start morphing by turning very dark in color. Then, parts by parts, the dark colors will fade and eventually it will completely fade the dark color away, making the fish bright yellow or orange color. Remember, the faded fish is a craze and it is much more expensive. Maybe you have got a gem!
Al.
Its the time to check out fishes again! One very nice shipment is coming to Total Fish and Pets, LA sometime next week and Kim has picked his fishes. Come and see them here! I wonder who is going to walk away with the beauty red faded kamfa...mmmm.
Had an email from a hobbyist and I thought of answering it here...
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Hello Al,
I've just purchased a 3-4 inches AAA flower from Total Fish & Pet last Tuesday 3/13. The FH has beautiful detailed markings with beautiful coloration before I took it home. Now I have the fish at home in my 60 gallon tank. The water temp is 30 degree Celsius and the fish seems healthy and eating well. I've been feeding pellets and shrimp. However, the fish has become very dark in color..to the point that I can not see the detailed turquoise, red, and black marking as I saw it at Total Pet & Fish. The face appeared to be lighter with distinguish marking and coloration before I took it home. The face of the FH was yellow; now it's very dark. By the way, I have very good lighting. I'm using salt water aquarium's pink lighting which are very bright and should bring out the colors of the fish. I don't understand why the FH changed it's color :( Please advise what I did wrong or need to do to bring the nice coloration of the FH I know it has back??
B.Rgds,
Sy
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Hi Sy...
Sometimes, FH need some time to settle down. If they are not really comfortable with their surrounding, they will be dark in color. Sometimes, they will adapt to their environment by matching the background colors because FHs also have chamaeleon-like behavior. It can also possibly be that your FH is afraid of something you dont know of.
We have this problem every time in our store with many fishes. What we do is that we move the fish to another tank and the next thing we know, the color comes back! I am sure this is not practical to do at home but you have to figure out what is making the fish uncomfortable.
Another potential problem is that the water parameters is not to your fish's liking. You can read the article on how to optimize the tank for your flowerhorn.
One other possible problem is that your FH is sick. During transportation, the FH is under stress and that can lower it's immune system. This will make the fish prone to sickness. Do check if there is white faeces or white spots disease. These are the most common problems.
One last thing that I can think of is that your FH is morphing! Potentially, it is turning into a faded fish. Most faded flowerhorns start morphing by turning very dark in color. Then, parts by parts, the dark colors will fade and eventually it will completely fade the dark color away, making the fish bright yellow or orange color. Remember, the faded fish is a craze and it is much more expensive. Maybe you have got a gem!
Al.
3 Comments:
i have a 90 gal tank with a 16 inck blue catfish , ajack dempsey and a blue gill would a flowerhorn fit in?
hi Al,
I'm KEN from Phil. and I'm a fan on flowerhorn fish. Well for now I don't have that much experience on flowerhorn. And I'm planning to buy a flowerhorn nad breed them. What should be the best or good bred of flowerhorn? I've already read all the articles in your site and I gain more knowledge their. tnx...
Hi Stewie...
I notice that the fishes are all agressive fishes and it will depend on the who-will-attack-who case basis. If your FH is small compared to the others, then the more agressive ones will attack it and/or vice-versa. Generally, you will have to try and keep on monitoring the tank for any injured fish. Sometimes, if the injuries are very small, I would leave it as it is. If its serious, you will have to decide what to keep. In fact, I have a tank with a 1.5 foot Golden Arowana with a 12 inch FH, with some Silver Dollars.
Hi Ken...
The best breed is always the ones with good body shape, Very good head and NO defects! Of course the ones with good color is also a must but it depends on what you like. Its up to you to breed anything (hei...its a hybrid fish!) but generally NOTHING that shows defects. Pls also bear in mind to breed responsibly and not throw the excessive FHs into drains, rivers, etc. We wont want them to upset the local ecology system!
Al.
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