Flowerhorn or Trimac?

[Calihawk]

How valuable do you think true Trimacs are? Do you think they are as prized as Festaes?

 

[Eren de Carlos]

I'm in Turkey and here the sellers doesn't know the american cichlids very well.So the sellers doesn't say true sometimes!

 

[Chrisplosion]

How valuable do you think true Trimacs are? Do you think they are as prized as Festaes?

No Festae are a lot harder to find but true Trimacs are still hard to come across without ordering from a reputable source.

 

[Eren de Carlos]

looks like a trimac to me. What is that spotted fish in the last(only its back half though) and its also in the top right picture

It's Green Scat and It's very nice fish.

 

[agorkemt]

Calihawk, Trimacs and Festaes are hard to find in Turkey so we the Turkish aquarists can't say Trimac is valuable or vice versa, both are valuable to us.

 

[doctor horn]

my point is if the first flowerhorns look so close to the trimac and that the look i want it doesn't matter to me i would buy it.The other point is you can't really trust people all the time so you have to do you homework. when it come to the trimac you can never prove it it true trimac . you trust your eyes if you are seeing what you want in a fish buy it .I know some order online and go by pictures but not me.

 

[Finheaven]

I am not sure why some are saying it is a Trimac for sure.... I thought it was fairly easy to see that the fish in the pictures is a low grade ZZ flowerhorn. Looks like the female version of my male. I will go see if I can get some pictures of him now too show you.

 

[Finheaven]

Here is a couple example pictures of my boy Goliath that I just took. Notice how similar he looks too a Trimac but there are some key differences.

 

[Chrisplosion]

I can completely understand someone buying a Trimac and question where it is pure or not. But it makes no sense why you would by a Flowerhorn and think its a Trimac.

Majority of stores ONLY have access to the lowest quality Flowerhorn which are the ZZ Flowerhorn breed. ZZ Flowerhorn are heavily based on Amphilophus Trimaculatus so it will resemble it and the lower the quality of the ZZ Flowerhorn the more its gonna resemble it.

 

[doctor horn]

what about a red devil can you say for sure it hasnt crossed with the midas .They sell them do they not and I found your your bike and got you free movie tickets