what you want to create by using red devil with flowerhorn. if you want golden base , GB males are already there, you get one.
They are expensive and probably genetically weak. I want to create a flowerhorn that is a gb with small kok like the kampa kok and can live for 10 to 12 yrs. Not like the captive bred made in thailand that can live for 2 to few more yrs.
It is remarkably that she still alive for more than 5 yrs despite being a short body.
My only concern in doing the pure fh route is that the spawned may be weak since fh has been inbred in the past years producing beautiful fish. My theory is by injected a red devil blood it my increase the strength of the vigor of my fh strain.
O she isn't a short body by any means, she's just really small compared to other FH's. She is also my pride and joy lol. Here's a pic of her and her potential mate. Pink is female while the other is male.
what is your maintenance routine keeping this guys for more than 5 years. They look good!
Not too much honestly lol I only have to do maintenance about every other month on their tank (during the summer, I use rain water I collect). During winter it goes up a bit since I'm forced to use tap water instead. Generally it'll go up to once a month to sometimes twice. I also feed rather light so that helps a bit too along with having a couple of small catfish for any leftover food. I try to avoid using tap water as much as possible here just because our city water is just terrible quality and the rainwater I collect is by far much better for the fish. Granted this year has been kind of dry sadly.
