Flowerhorn Care the ultimate guide to raising amazing flowerhorn fish
Due to their big size and aggressive attitude, flowerhorn cichlids need large tanks. They should be maintained alone or in a tank with other huge, aggressive cichlids from the same region. Natural territorial boundaries should be included in the aquarium's decoration. Plants are unnecessary in the aquarium, and if you attempt to maintain them with the Flowerhorn cichlids, they may kill them. Flowerhorn cichlids are sturdy fish that can survive a wide range of water conditions. They enjoy a pH of neutral to slightly basic, as well as a high water temperature of approximately 28 degrees Celsius.
Feeding Flowerhorns
Flowerhorn cichlids, like the majority of South American cichlids, are not fussy eaters and will eat practically everything. They use a lot of energy and need a lot of food to grow properly. Because these enormous fish demand a lot of food, the water is put under a lot of stress, and water changes should be done once or twice a week. If you change your water twice a week, you should replace around 20% of it, and if you only change it once a week, you should change about 25%. This also implies that you should avoid foods that harm water excessively.
Flowerhorn cichlids may be maintained on a pellet-based diet. Their nutrition, on the other hand, should be more diversified. Feeding your Flowerhorn cichlids shrimp, crab, and worms will help to diversify their diet. Two to three times a day, feed your Flowerhorn cichlids. Overfeeding Flowerhorn cichlids is quite difficult, and it is not something you should be concerned about.
Breeding Flowerhorn cichlids
Flowerhorn cichlids may be bred in aquarium tanks in the same manner as Trimacs and other big South American cichlids can. Flowerhorn cichlids of the same quality as the parents are unlikely to be obtained. Soma may be, but it's not a given. To produce superior Flowerhorn fish, you need to know about various strains and line breeding. If you want to attempt to breed Flowerhorn, make sure you have a big tank and keep an eye on the couple to make sure they don't kill each other. They protect their eggs and cook them. It is simple to grow the fry.