Flowerhorn ID and gender!!!!

ZhenZhu

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Hi I just bought this one yesterday and could you please help out to find his ID and gender .Also pls let me know about his/her quality.

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ZhenZhu

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How to get better pearls at this stage.I could see some saying to keep it in green water so what's that?
 

ZhenZhu

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So what to do feed now as it's too small to eat pellets . Is it fine to feed him tetra bits ? And later move on to pellets?
 
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ZhenZhu

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Is it fine to have that black gravel ? Will it affect fish coloration by any chance or make him stress?shall I leave that gravel as it is?
 

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I used black sand before and feel with darker substrate/background their colors pop more. Light substrate they still look nice but sometimes colors don't pop or look as dark. I believe they try and adept to their surroundings to hide from bigger predators.

The black gravel should be fine. Personally now all I do is bare bottom tanks. It depends too how nice their colors will be based on diet/genes/clean warm tank. If you feed shrimp or prawns make sure to dice them up really good and not give small chunks because it will cause bloat and can ruin their digestive system. I only give once a week
 
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troublesum

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If you got that from a breeder some where in Asia i would say Female as most breeders groom there FHs with mirrors and food to grow there KOK that fish has no KOK
 
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