What will a flowerhorn breed with....

[Ryan_Lap]

I currently have 2 flowerhorns that I beleive both to be males. Not too sure how to sex them though. I mostly want to know if flowerhorns will cross breed with a convict. I have also heard that many flowerhorns do not have the ability to breed at all. Why is this? At what size can FH breed?

I think thast all the q's I have for now.

Thanks

 

[Dasmopar]

I think they could cross with Convicts but I have not seen it done. They will for a fact breed with anything from the midas complex, Parrot fish if you can get a fertile one. I think they say some are sterile because of the selective cross breeding but for most FH's you get now they can breed. You will just have to get a female something and see how it goes.

 

[haloman02]

I currently have 2 flowerhorns that I beleive both to be males. Not too sure how to sex them though. I mostly want to know if flowerhorns will cross breed with a convict. I have also heard that many flowerhorns do not have the ability to breed at all. Why is this? At what size can FH breed?

I think thast all the q's I have for now.

Thanks

You have greatly been mis informed.

Most Male Flowerhorns are fertile as long with the females. Why breed a flowerhorn with a con? What good traits can you get out of this? Plus the flowerhorn will greatly out grow the con and possibly kill it as con stay around the 6 inch range and flowerhorns 12-16 inch range. Flowerhorns can breed at around 4 inch up. And a tip flowerhorns are crazy and will attack things that are not even in the tank.

 

[Ryan_Lap]

You have greatly been mis informed.

Most Male Flowerhorns are fertile as long with the females. Why breed a flowerhorn with a con? What good traits can you get out of this? Plus the flowerhorn will greatly out grow the con and possibly kill it as con stay around the 6 inch range and flowerhorns 12-16 inch range. Flowerhorns can breed at around 4 inch up. And a tip flowerhorns are crazy and will attack things that are not even in the tank.

My goals and intentions are to not in fact have the FH and Con breed. Not 100% what good traits could come about, but there may be some. I want to put the FH in a 170gal, but I dont need the Con thinking/or wanting to breed with the FH. I dont need excessive aggression issues due to a spawn.

My FH is currently only 2.5 inches so he should be fine in the setup for awhile without killing anything.

 

[Dasmopar]

Be careful with putting cons in with a nice fish. If you have a pair of cons and they breed they will fight to the death with anything in the tank.

 

[haloman02]

Be careful with putting cons in with a nice fish. If you have a pair of cons and they breed they will fight to the death with anything in the tank.

A flowerhorn will tear a con apart.

 

[Dasmopar]

2.5" FH VS 2.5" pair of cons gaurding a nest the FH loses everytime

 

[haloman02]

notice i said con not cons

 

[Ryan_Lap]

It would be only 1 Con and the FH.

 

[pitbullfish]

I have a 9" male rd with a 4" rt, 4" male zz, and a 2.5" female con. no breeding has been attempted for the past month they have been together. I think the convict is just too scared to deal with the bigger fish but survived because she is small enough to get to places where the bigger fish can't.