Complete Flowerhorn Care Tips

Flowerhorn Hump Development

Flowerhorn hump development. Who does not know this unique fish, flowerhorn. Well, flowerhorn is one of the most popular fish species in Indonesia. The scales that sometimes can form the writing or numbers is one of the advantages. In addition, the motive is also a lot of dazzling.

Another charm of the flowerhorn also came from his hump. Well, that's what makes your flowerhorn qualified or not. So, for flowerhorn fish to reach a high price and look more dazzling, then you need to enlarge or improve the existing hump in his head. How to do flowerhorn hump development?

Well, here are tips on caring for flowerhorn fish to quickly have a good hump:

• The flowerhorn fish should be kept at a water temperature between 80-85 ° Fahrenheit, and a pH of less than 7.4-8.0. This means the fish requires a minimum tank of about 20-30 gallons to grow well.
• If fish are aggressive and territorial, fish should be separated, and the contents of their tanks can be shared with acrylic.
• Choosing the right aquarium is also a factor whether or not fast flowerhorn has a hump. The size of the aquarium should fit the fish body. Flowerhorn which has a body length of 40-50 cm should be placed in an aquarium with dimensions of 200 x 170 x 80 cm. The aquarium that will be the flowerhorn place should also be equipped with an aerator or filter, heater, hideout, rocks, aquatic plants as well as adequate lighting.
• It's good you combine the feed by mixing the natural feed with artificial feed is also a trigger rapid development of hump on flowerhorn. Artemia, Water fleas, mosquito larvae, hair worms, silk worms, blood worms, earthworms and shrimp are natural foods that can make the flowerhorn grow healthy and have a good hump. Artificial feed should also be given occasionally to the flowerhorn so as not to quickly saturate. Pellets devoted to flowerhorn can be given alternately with natural feeds such as worms and shrimp.
• In addition, try also you often communicate with flowerhorn fish, for example playing with finger or mirror attached to the wall of the aquarium so that fish do not limp. And, do not place your flowerhorn in a place too bright, place it in a somewhat dimmer light.

How to make flowerhorn grow faster

To make the flowerhorn grow faster the key is in the food consumed by the fish. There are three elements of the content that must exist in the feed for the flowerhorn fish puppies of protein, fat and carbohydrates.

1. Protein

proteins in flowerhorn seedling feed should be high, because proteins are indispensable in the growth phase. Feed protein content of at least 40% and should be higher than other types of content.

Examples of feed flowerhorn seedlings that contain high protein such as artemia, tubifeks worms, earthworms and also fish haruan (tilapia fish).

2. Fat

Feed to help the growth process should also contain high fat. Fat is a source of energy for fish and keep its body temperature.

The content in fat is essential fats such as Eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and Docasahexaenoic (DHA) and linoleat, all three are needed flowerhorn saplings to support the growth. High-quality, high-fat foods such as silk worms and blood worms.

3. Carbohydrates

In addition to protein and fat, flowerhorn fish puppies also need foods that contain carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are needed flowerhorn fish puppies as a source of energy and also maintain the stability of the body.

That is the content of quality flowerhorn feed to accelerate growth, especially flowerhorn fish puppies. And it should be noted also for small flowerhorn should be given natural food regularly. If it is difficult to get natural food, flowerhorn tillers can also be replaced with frozen worms.

Flowerhorn Fish Diseases

Here are some types of flowerhorn fish diseases and how to treat them.

Mushrooms

The common diseases that attack flowerhorn fish one of them is the fungus. This fungus can attack flowerhorn fish because the aquarium is rarely cleaned and dirty.

Therefore, as owners of ornamental fish, you should be diligent attention to the cleanliness of the aquarium by draining the aquarium regularly or at least once a week.

In addition, the salt on fish also needs to be done so that flowerhorn fish is not susceptible to fungus. This is because salt is hot to bacteria and fungi, so the development of fungus can be prevented.

Disability or Injury

Generally, this disease arises from a fight because of stress due to dirty water causing fish injury or even experiencing disability.

This disease can be solved by isolating flowerhorn fish in a special aquarium and using antibiotics to treat wounds on the fish. In addition, flowerhorn fish should also be given nutritious food to speed up the healing process.

White Spot

As the name implies, the disease is characterized by the presence of white spots on the flowerhorn fish scales. The disease is caused by excessive fungus and is one of the diseases that are difficult to cure.

Therefore, to prevent flowerhorn fish from this disease, you must maintain the quality of water in the aquarium. In addition, as has been said before, giving fish salt into the aquarium can also prevent the development of mushrooms so that flowerhorn fish can also avoid white spot disease.

Stress

the stress that attacks the flowerhorn fish is usually marked by the flowerhorn fish body color that fades suddenly, appear black stripes and flattened jenong.

In addition, stress also makes the behavior of flowerhorn fish to be passive. Causes of stress on variegated fish, including incorrect placement of aquariums, lights, bad feed, fear of enemies and color of clothes.

To overcome that is by giving the appropriate feed, put the aquarium 80 cm above the floor, separating the flowerhorn fish from other fish and flowerhorn fish must be accustomed to face various circumstances so as not to be easily startled.

Rotten Mouth and Bloating

A red and swollen belly is a symptom that occurs when a fish is stricken with the disease. This disease arises from unhygienic feed.

In addition, unhygienic feed can also cause rotten mouth. Rotten and bloated diseases in these flowerhorn fish can be overcome by giving antibiotics, antifungal and antiparasitic drugs.

Healing of flowerhorn fish from rotten and stomach blight by way of therapy in fish for 7 days in water antibiotic drug solution. In addition, flowerhorn fish can also be treated with warm water and salt fish for 3 days.

Flowerhorn Cichlid Tank Size

Here I’ll tell you about best flowerhorn cichlid tank size. The aquarium used to care for the flowerhorn fish needs to be considered in size. The size of the aquarium should be adjusted to the size of our flowerhorn fish. A good aquarium size for flowerhorn fish is 3/4 larger than the size of our flowerhorn fish. 

For example our flowerhorn fish has a length between 40-50 cm, then the aquarium size that we make should have dimensions of about 200cm X 70cm X 80cm.

Flowerhorn Cichlid Tank Mates

To simplify the care and provide comfort to maintain the louhan fish, there are several types of aquarium equipment that serves to beautify the care of louhan fish. Some flowerhorn cichlid tank mates include the following:

Aerators

Tools that can be used to supply oxygen into the aquarium one Aerator or air pump. Aerator function itself to generate air into the aquarium and remove the air from the remnants of fish breathing.

Heater & Thermometer

In order for the louhan fish growth to be good and maximum, the water temperature in the aquarium needs to be regulated. Because it greatly affects the growth of louhan fish if the water temperature in the aquarium is cold. The way to find out the temperature of water in an aquarium is to use a thermometer.

The ideal air temperature for louhan fish is about 28-30 degrees Celsius. If the thermometer shows the temperature of the aquarium water in a cold state, we can raise the air temperature by using the Heater tool.

Filter

If the aquarium water is dirty, then most likely our louhan fish will die. So, we should always clean the aquarium water. This is usually a feed that is too much, and cause the remains of feed fell on the bottom of the water.

To solve this problem, my friend can use the water filter tool. Filters have a function to filter aquarium water at all times to keep it clean. The state of the water always rotates to pick up the dirt while creating a fresh air bubble. However, we still need to replace the water aquarium at any time if the situation is not possible for the health of louhan fish.

Lighting

In order for louhan fish in the aquarium not to be coward, this illuminator serves to train louhan fish to be more enjoy. To illuminate the aquarium, we can use TL lamps. In addition to illuminate our aquarium, TL lamp also serves to add to the beauty of your aquarium buddy. However, these TL lamps can generate hot temperatures, so they can affect the temperature of the aquarium water. So, we need to pay attention to the size of TL lamp with aquarium size. The ideal TL lamp size for the 80X40 cm aquarium is 20 watts.

Water plants

This aquarium plant is useful for the container that my friend provide similar to the original habitat of louhan fish stay. And can beautify and beautify the inner aquarium pal. a more memorable make the room look beautiful and cool and fresh.

Sand & Rocks

Before entering rocks and pebbles, you can love sand first as a foundation. The best type of sand generally comes from the river and is still mixed with humus. As for the pebbles, can provide a 3 mm size to be added in our aquarium.