We are Flowerhorn hobbyist and we deal only with exotic varieties of Flowerhorns.
We are based out of Bangalore and we import fishes from various countries.
We groom various exotic varieties of Flowerhorns like Thai silk, 9.9 and SKKP etc.
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About Flowerhonrs:
Thus far very few or no scientific documentation studied about the genetics history of flowerhorn cichlids. They are known as hybridspecies whose parents were believed to be South American cichlids. Some hobbyists may agree that flowerhorns were developed or bred by a group of Malaysians in the late 1900's, whereas others may not necessarily believe so. Theoretically, flowerhorns were the result of cross breeding between different types of South American cichlids. The theory of cross breeding were to combine the good strains from each parents, i.e., body shapes, humps, color, etc. Although not all breeders were successfully crossbred flowerhorns, many of them had produced some very rare strains. Initially, the breeding techniques and the parents of flowerhorns were kept secret due to business purposes.
For quite a long time, flowerhorns were believed to be fish of luck. Very few of them developed Chinese characters on the humps and sides. Some people believe that underneath the chin of flowerhorns represents a bank of treasure, which bring luck to the owners. Different people had different believe on flowerhorns. In addition to their beauty, the belief in luck on the flowerhorns made them very expensive in the late 1900's and early 2000. Most folowerhorn owners during that time were mostly upper class, wealthy families, and small entrepreneurs. That was one flowerhorn could cost up to $1,00.00 or more. Therefore, many breeders take that opportunity to build flowerhorn farms and ran small business by selling flowerhorns.
In the past several years, flowerhorns were brought into the United States and were popular among Asian Americans. As the popularity of flowerhorns caught the interest of other fish hobbyists in America, small business i.e., local fish stores developed. These stores imported flowerhorns to the United States and sold locally. As the numbers of this business increased, people began to see flowerhorns sold on eBay and other online stores.
Today flowerhorns are not as expensive as in the late 1900's due to a few reasons: (1) many breeders entered the market and resulted in increasing the number of flowerhorns, (2) most flowerhorn hobbyists were successfully bred flowerhorns on their own, and (3) flowerhorn are easy to export or import from country to country within 48 hours or overnight. Now most people raise flowerhorns for a hobby instead of the belief that flowerhorns are fish of luck.
Flowerhorns are most popular among young people between the ages of 15 - 35 years old. Most flowerhorn hobbyists are males. Recently, very few females and older males began to raise flowerhorns.
Why is it called Flowerhorn?
 "Flowerhorn" is a common name for this species. They received the name "Flowerhorn" from their physical appearance. The word "Flower" came from the two black spots on both sides of their heads or humps, as demonstrated on the picture on the right. The word "horn" came from the hump. Most babies (fries) or young flowerhorns do not have a hump. As they grow adult, they will develop a hump and the two black spots on the side of the head spread out look like two-dimensional flowers. Therefore, combining the two words came with the name "Flowerhorn." However, not all flowerhorns have humps and flowers. Some flowerhorns have very big humps; some have small humps, and other have almost no hump. Like wise, some have flowers whereas the others do not. Nevertheless, they fall into same category—Flowerhorns.Breeds of Flowerhorns:
In fact, there are hundreds of different breeds nowadays, and each breed has its own specific name. Yet, they still share some common characteristics, which is the hump. Most of the time, flowerhorns were crossbred to produce high quality possible. Scientifically, breeding within the same genes, such as brother and sister, would not give a good result. This has a high influence on breeding flowerhorns. By experience, first generation (F1) of flowerhorns whose parents had the same genetic make up, i.e., parents from the same parents, would still be fine. However, if crossing F1 with F1, a great number of the fries were deformed and did not turn out great.
Due to the fact that breeding them from same bloodline would result in deformed fries, breeders almost always crossbred between different flowerhorns whose parents came from different places. Because there are many breeds exist, it is hard for flowerhorn hobbyists and breeders to keep track on the breed history. However, experienced breeders would keep track of the history of the breeds, as far as they can, to ensure the quality of the resulting flowerhorns. Since flowerhorns have been crossbred for a long time, now there hundreds of breeds. Most of the time, the breeder will give a name to his or her own batches. Therefore, the numbers of breeds increase very rapidly. On the other hands, the breeders can keep track on the breed history usually two or three generations.
However, although there are hundreds breeds nowadays, most flowerhorns fall into certain categories, i.e., red dragon, kamalau, kamfa, etc. Therefore, in the United States, most people call flowerhorns that have red color as red dragon or super red dragon depending on the intensity of the redness. Likewise, they call the tan or orange looking flowerhorn kamalau. The following are a few common breeds:
1. Kamfa
 Kamfa by MaoPladang, Thailand
There are several types of kamfa. However, in general, kamfa were crossbred between either a male or female pearllyflowerhorn and a vieja synspilum cichlid. The goal is to get the hump and pearl from the male or female flowerhorn and white eyes and aggressive looking face from the vieja synspilum. However, a very few percent of the resulting fries have both physical characteristics of both parents, and the rest were not as good as fish hobbyists would want. Some hobbyists tried to breed selected best fries from first generation resulting from flowerhorns and vieja synspilum parents. Still, there were very few percent of obtaining best quality fries. This makes kamfa flowerhorn expensive than other type of flowerhorns in general.
2. Red and Super Red Dragon
 Red Dragon by Woodyclub, Thailand
As mention above, the name red or super red dragon depend on the intensity of the red color the fish have. These fish were crossbred between red dragon themselves that from different parents. The resulting fries maintain their redness, humps, flowers, and body shapes as of their parents. Moreover, these fish have a high percent of obtaining good and best quality fries per batch.
3. Kamalau
 Kamalau by A_Thungkru of Thailand
Kamalau are similar to red dragon. The breeding technique is similar to breeding red dragon as well. However, most kamalau have tan to orange color.
4. Thai silk
 Thai silk by Tid_Sriracha@Thailand
As the name suggest, Thai silk was bred by a group of Thai flowerhorn breeders. The resulting fries were almost entirely covered by silvery pearl except the forehead. They do posses other characteristics as other flowerhorns.
5. Red Texas
 Red Texas by Bonkai Crossbreed
Red texas are not considered as flowerhorns. One of the reason is simply because red texas do not have flowers and horns. They are red and covered by white dotted or pearl through out the entire body. Recently, red texas are as expensive as flowerhorns, and many hobbyists raise red texas along with flowerhorns. Some hobbyists accept them as flowerhorn cichlids. These fish are crossbred between one parent that have very red color and the other parents was dotted white pearl. The most common parents are red blood parrots and green texas cichlids. About 10% of the resulting fries possess both physical qualities from both parents. Most of the fries look like green texas. Some fries have red blood parot body with green texas color and pearl. The ones that are considered best quality fries are those have both characteristics of both parents.
Note: The above breeds are a few common breeds. They were also crossbred and result in a new and different breed. In reality, there is no true breed of flowerhorns.
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