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[Buccal]

Good flowerhorns are pricey because they are one of a kind no other the same. The quality v price issue is all in the eye of the beholder. I wouldn't sell mine for any less than $750 and if I was to put it up for sale it would be advertised around the 1k mark.

There is no hard and fast rule on it all but the infertility issue is almost non existent in the modern flowerhorns, in the years of keeping them I have had 0 infertile males and 1 infertile female. Breeding these are just as easy as any American.

Matt defenatly did not get ripped off, I would consider his worth every cent. If you do feel this way brody, maybe have a think how your poor mother felt when she realised she had you. I'm sure ripped off is an understatement

Breeding these are easy yes, the old styles that have been around a while.
The more modern varieties are always harder and most modern types are not in oz.
But I was more on about the history of them and the hard work in post modern times.
The hard work these Asian countries have put in to this in the past must not be forgotten.

I didn't think you bred these grotesque hybrids anyway? Definately no promoting going on here.

Spot on.
But I must confess I think the super red Texas is complete eye candy.
And yes I know, slap backs of my hands, ouch.

[Scales]

For sure the breeding process that has come to produce the current fh is a myriad of chance luck and beauty/disgust

[Brodybmx1]

Peacock bass Are way better then flower horns the end

[Buccal]

For sure the breeding process that has come to produce the current fh is a myriad of chance luck and beauty/disgust

Absolutely.
Adding that a little discussion for awareness is merely for knowledge and knowing what is right or wrong.
Making people aware and opening their eyes to is not promotion or glorifying.
I believe awareness is what helps govern this stuff.

[SamJohns]

Peacock Bass are fantastic. Monoculous, which you keep are the tip of the iceberg. Much more amazing varieties out there. But if I'm not mistaken you made this thread on FH? To dismiss it like that just makes you look like a twat.

[Brodybmx1]

Peacock bass are the best the end

[Brodybmx1]

I know but this web sight is aggressive so I just Finnish it

[Mattymak]

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[Anka]

Matty you are the last person that should be correcting other people's spelling/grammar

[Mattymak]

Is that a joke? I always have correct grammar, lol.

[Departure]

weirdo's alert, A FlowerHorn is a fish and this is a fish forum, Its even classed as cichlid. So why all the weido's making out like its a sin to discuss this type of cichlid?

[Brodybmx1]

Hahahaa

[bigjohnnofish]

the big deal is because the heart and soul of this club is to preserve pure cichlid species for the current and future hobbyists to enjoy...

but at the end of the day supply and demand is the big decider on what stays and what disappears from our grasp....

i keep flowerhorns purely for feeders... they arent my cup of tea....

[Departure]

That sound fair enough if cichlid's where pure breeds to start with, according to the national geography documentary on these cichlid lakes, They all live together and therefore cross breed with other types of cichlids to form a new type of cichlid. Yes it may take longer in the wild but you can hardly call a cichlid a pure breed.

[Anka]

The same can be said about any organism.

[Brodybmx1]

I feed flowerhorn to my peacock bass :0 and baysnook

[Bowdy]

No you don't there to expensive and a rip off as you have already pointed out

[SamJohns]

I fed the same flowerhorn to one of my snooks and then to a barramundi "accidentally" and its still alive!!!

MUTANT FISH!!!

Edited by SamJohns, 08 January 2013 - 07:19 AM.

[Mattymak]

No you don't there to expensive and a rip off as you have already pointed out

haha good call bro

[Peckoltia]

That sound fair enough if cichlid's where pure breeds to start with, according to the national geography documentary on these cichlid lakes, They all live together and therefore cross breed with other types of cichlids to form a new type of cichlid. Yes it may take longer in the wild but you can hardly call a cichlid a pure breed.

Different 'types' of cichlids are different species, not breeds. A breed is a grouping of domestic animals that have similar appearance characteristics that can definitively distinguish them from others of the same species. Using the term breed to describe cichlid species is incorrect.

Of course hybridisation occurs in the natural world. Nobody is disputing this. The problem with hybridisation amongst different species of cichlids in the Australian cichlid hobby is that here in Australia we generally have a fairly limited gene pool to work with. The sad reality is, once pure species are lost to hybridisation, it then becomes hard to re-establish those species.

I hope this better helps you understand the fundamentals of what is being discussed.

Edited by Peckoltia, 08 January 2013 - 10:29 AM.