Fh Life Span Options

[Mr. Suave]

More or less, whats the life span of a healthy FH?

[morning sun]

More or less, whats the life span of a healthy FH?

around 8 years or so.

[bimmerFH]

they say 10 yrs if you feed them natural live food, 7 yrs if you feed hump/color enhancing pellets

[Mr. Suave]

so thats a 30% decrease on the life span when we use enhancers right? how about if we feed them ordinary pellets? would that matter too?

[dirk14]

depends kamfa or zz?

[kwidjaya]

8 to 10 years ?? You gotta be kidding me.

Sorry to tell you, Fh lifespan is only 3 years. 4 years max.

[AiSaranG]

i've heard numbesr around 10 or so years. Regardless, after 5 or so years, the general health of the flowerhorn will decrease, as is the case with all living species. It's important to have a general idea of how old your flowerhorn is, as well as the relative age of the flowerhorn, if you were to purchase it. Thats why some sellers, instead of providing size, they provide months old etc. At about 1-2 years, the flowerhorn should be at it's maximum size and will remain that way for th erest of it's adult life.

[Westwood]

If given proper care there's no reason why a flowerhorn shouldn't live 8-10 years. Most don't live this long because people are "pumping them up" all the time. Hormoned food is very bad for fish. So is feeding a very high protein diet all the time. Keeping a fish at high temperatures for a long time will also shorten its life span. Unfortunately this is very common with flowerhorn.

[Guest_Drumstix_*]

If given proper care there's no reason why a flowerhorn shouldn't live 8-10 years. Most don't live this long because people are "pumping them up" all the time. Hormoned food is very bad for fish. So is feeding a very high protein diet all the time. Keeping a fish at high temperatures for a long time will also shorten its life span. Unfortunately this is very common with flowerhorn.

Exactly!!! Feed a lower protien food (30-40%) and do weekly water changes, and there's no reason why your FH wont live 8-10 years.

[Mr. Suave]

mine is ZZ.... would the lifespan matter on the breed too?

how about frozen shrimp and live small fishes? are they also considered as high protein?

[Westwood]

Shrimp and fish are okay to feed as a treat, but you should also have a high quality pellet as his main diet. If you are going to feed feeders, I highly recommend you breed your own. Goldfish feeders from the lfs are known for carrying nasty diseases and aren't very nutritious either.

[Guest_bluedragon_*]

my female breeder short body red dragon is over 5 years old and still very strong and healthy still producing nice fries from any male she mate

old gen fh is the key to breeding thats if u can get your hand on one

especially if u have a a old gen kamfa even better for breeding

not to many ppl have old gen louhan anymore

[djrice69]

also water temperature affect life span on fh so lower your heat don't aways put it so high that it feels warm

[kbl_astig]

3-6 years

[Mr. Suave]

what do you mean by feeding the fh feeders? does that mean feeding them with life fishes?

[cheesefumunda]

lower protein, lower chances of early death...kinda like us humans using steroids(catch mmy drift).......make sure water is good also..water chage every 1-2 mos..IMHO

[zzdha]

as far as i know they are cross breeds and that shortens the life of the FH,,, i believe your lucky when your FH reach 8 years,,, that is "as far as i know"

[Nikki sixX]

depends kamfa or zz?

What's the difference between a zz and a kamfa? sorry, newbie here. Thanks.

been reading the other threads and I say, this is a great site for begginers like me.. Thanks bros.

[Westwood]

lower protein, lower chances of early death...kinda like us humans using steroids(catch mmy drift).......make sure water is good also..water chage every 1-2 mos..IMHO

Umm...you should be doing a water change every 1-2 WEEKS not MONTHS. Yikes.

[Jr.]

So if it depends on what strain you have, what is the ave. life span for each strain roughly?

[Westwood]

I don't think the strain matters. Give your flowerhorn a nice big tank, a high quality diet and routine water changes and he should live a very long time.