Flowr horn

        

 THE FLOWERHORN CICHLID IS A HYBRID THAT CAME OUT OF MALAYSIA IN THE MID 1990'S AND BY THE LATE 1990'S, FROM TAIWAN ALSO.  THE NAME COMES FROM THE "FLOWERS" (THE DARK SPOTS THAT RUN ALONG THE LATTERAL LINE) AND THE "HORN"  THE FIRST FLOWERHORNS WERE CROSSES BETWEEN TRIMACULATUS AND OTHER SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN CICHLIDS.

  Flower horn cichlids have a life span of 10–12 years. They are usually kept at a water temperature of 80–85 °F, and a pH of 7.4 to 8.0. They require a tank of a minimum of approximately 20 to 30 gallons to grow.  Being aggressive and territorial, two or more flower horns are usually not kept together, but the tank housing them can be divided up with  acrylic dividers or egg crates.

  There are several ways by which breeders distinguish between male and female flowerhorns. Generally, the males are larger than the females, but there are some exceptions. Males have the kok, or the nuchal hump, on their foreheads. Males also usually have brighter and more vivid colors.  For most breeds, the females have black dots on their dorsal fins, whereas males usually have longer anal and dorsal fins. Females tend to have an orange  belly, especially when ready to breed. The mouth of the male is thicker and more pronounced than the female's.

  Flowerhorn cichlids are subject to several diseases, including hole-in-head disease, "ich", and digestive blockages.Flowerhorn breeding dates from 1993. Malaysians admired fish with protruding heads, known as Karoi or "warships," found in the western part of the nation. The slightly protruding forehead and long tail of these fish were prized in Taiwanese society as bringing luck in geomancy.

  By 1994, red devil cichlids (typically Amphilophus labiatus) and trimac cichlids (Amphilophus trimaculatus) had been imported from central America to Malaysia and the hybrid blood parrot cichlid had been imported from Taiwan to Malaysia and bred these fish together,
marking the birth of the flowerhorn.[dubious – discuss] In 1995,
 The blood parrots were further crossbred with the Human Face Red God of Fortune, which produced a new breed called the Five-Colors God of Fortune.

  With its beautiful colors, this fish quickly became popular. Selective breeding continued through 1998, When the Seven-Colors Blue Fiery Mouth (also known as Greenish Gold Tiger) was imported from Central America,  And crossbred with the Jin Gang Blood Parrot from Taiwan.  This crossbreeding led to the first generation of Hua Luo Han flowerhorn hybrids, which were then followed by subsequent flowerhorn introductions.

Flower horn food

  Actually, it is possible to feed these fish almost any kind of food ranging from ordinary frost feed to dry fish food except for red larvae and beef hearts.  These cichlids like to feed off crickets, insects or small fish. Whereas you have to keep in mind that many small fish may not receive any attention, but introduce pathogens into your tank some of the best food for hump is Xo humpy head, grand sumo(green),ching mix (hd) head booster   These food will work surely!!!!!!

Best food for color:

                      Grand sumo Red ,blodd worm,ching mix,Xo ever red
                      These food will works surely!!!!!!

Training tips for flower horn

   (if you are going to keep male and female in same tank .Dont keep the mirror)          

  
   keep the mirror in the edge of the fish tank. It makes the flower horn aggressive!

   It will hit the glass. If you keep the mirror to flower horn it will hit it .It will show You the bright color and Improve Its nuchal hump  keeping color stones and good background will keep the flower horn happy