Super Red Dragon Flowerhorn Fish Care – Tank Setup
I love Red Dragon Flowerhorn Cichlid Fish. It’s a huge deal to feed them a high quality food. There’s tons of crazy brands but I stick to Hikari because they’ve been around forever.
More fish tank madness talk:
Can someone link me the best sponge filter on the market. I was under the impression that Lustar hydro sponge filters were the best. I ordered the one pictured from amazon but the sponge seems off. Not sure if this is the rite one or a knockoff. I hear there is a pro version and that this is the older version, not completely sure. Any help would be appreciated.
Yeah they want 30$ a piece where I’m at hahaha. Too bad they don’t tell you you need a school of them and they’re usually kept in species only tanks. A lot of people don’t realize there special needs and different parameters such as high pH 8.5-9.0 ,there diet as for as being predominantly vegetarians, the fact that they need numbers ,mine just spat 6 fry last month yet I won’t sell them because its not enough for a colony numbers over 10 is best as a minimum some species you will struggle with 20 and need a ratio of of up to 65%-70% female ,I agree with Jason most people don’t research them and do more harm then good.
oh yeah. I’m familiar with tropheus. I was wondering if the comment was more directed to their natural habitat or something.
As a guess I’d say its more lack of research and just seeing a pretty fish and wanting it as ya know bro ,some tropheus aren’t cheap and when buying 20 it adds up quick so helps to have a bank behind you rather then add a fish a week ,call me stupid but I won’t sell any tropheus to people that haven’t kept them or don’t know what there in for as I love em too much ad would rather keep them then make a quick buck like waiting til next mouthful to release a strong colony at once 6 is too small a number in my opinion.
Yeah they are better off in numbers in a species only tank and probably didn’t like the high protein diet and lower pH levels of a mbuna unfortunately. Since at least a year ago. Petsmart also sells blue dolphins, Victorian hap hybrids, Red empress, Malawi hawks and an assortment of peacocks.
They also have red texas and not-so low grade flowerhorns. I’ve always seen the peacock hybrids and texases and FH. Never a victorian or the Mooris. Maybe it will work for them. Who knows. I do some once a month n some once every 2 months. Depend on the tanks n fish stock… mostly display one I do every month n breeder n small colonies tank every 2 months.
Has anyone ever moved 8 plus hours with their fish being transported with them? Best way to do it? I’m thinking about moving and wanted to know the best way to do it, although it’ll be an 8 hour trip. Thx! Would be rough but you could use large buckets with lids and battery air pumps and use clean dechlorinated water and hope for the best have the tank setup immediately and use old filters to cycle it right away and dump the fish in if they don’t look good or use the drip acclimation method.
no difference than buying fish online and getting them sent on over night courier. either fill a chilli bin with tank water and add fish, or bag them up and put in poly boxes like the pet shops do. they will be fine.
fish supplyers in new zealand dont. i myself drive 3hrs away to another town, pick up fish and dont leave there for another 7hrs then its a 3hr drive home. never had 1 fish die. just use an air hose from an air pump to put air in the bag. i bring back discus, american cichlids. tetra’s, clown loaches etc and thats with other peoples tank water or pet shops tank water. nothing is added before they go in a bag.
have you not ever been to a fish auction? those fish are in bags well over 8 hrs some of those guys bag fish the night before and they don’t add anything to the water it amazes me the amount of people who give advice when they really need to know facts before they give it.
5 gallon buckets with Air pumps running bubblers. Just make sure the water is clean and full of prime and you should be fine for a few days. I drive 6 hours 2x a year for an auction, all fish are in 5g buckets and stay overnight in a hotel. I use 5g buckets, heaters, an air pump and a manifold with sponge filters. Very rarely lose any fish and I’ve done this with adults and fry. I have a grounded plug in my jeep but before that used a converter that plugged into my cigarette lighter.
Moved from Florida to D.C. Used 5 gallon buckets and battery operated bubblers, checked on them when I pulled over and make sure to also have a bucket for your filter media to keep that alive.
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