Bought this guy yesterday .Help needed to find his ID

ZhenZhu

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My flowerhorn faded suddenly and the kok shrunk but kok is getting back but the colour is faded.He is active and taking pellets and not stressed.Is he a fader? If so what colour it would turn into ?henos nearly 2 inch now.sorry for the pics.Help out on this .

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danotaylor

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He was most likely fed hormones for color and kok development. When the hormones are stopped the color fades and kok shrinks 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
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danotaylor

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I cannot answer that difinitively mate. What I can tell you is that hormones will enhance the fish’s color, and often create mature coloration in juvenile fish. Hormones don’t create color pigment, but activate & enhance pigment that is already present.

All that to say, as you continue to feed your fish high quality foods and provide lots of clean water, you can anticipate the natural development of color and shape that was produced artificially by the hormones.
 
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phreeflow

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Looks like you got a fader flowerhorn. No clue what it’ll look like after it peels.
 

ZhenZhu

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Recent pics now he got better and got his kok back but still the color is feed and getting back.Not sure what coloration he would bring share your opinion.all his pearls were gone and now he got only skinny plain body.

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