Several questions:

1.) I have a male flowerhorn that is around 6-7". At what size can i use him to breed?

2.) What size female should i buy to breed?

3.) Can any strain of male flowerhorn breed with any strain of female flowerhorn?

4.) So this is what i've come up with during my research. I first get two adult flowerhorns, one male one female. Put them in a rather large tank and seperate them with a clear divider. I raise the temperature slightly to 86 degrees, and keep the water clean. Feed them both a high protein diet and bulk them up for a month while letting them get used to the sight of eachother through the divider. Once they stop fighting through the divider, I lay a flat piece of slate or acrylic on the ground and take out the divider. I watch if they court. Chances are they will court cuz flowerhorn love to screw eachother, and i let them do their thing.

What do i do next? Do i let the two guard the fertilized eggs? How long to hatch? Do i let them guard the fry? how many fry would i approx get that will survive?




And lets say i get my male stud a nice similarly sized flowerhorn that is healthy. What are the chances that if i go through everything i mentioned in 4.), that they will breed? A rough % prediction would be nice thx

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1. I would suggest 8" and up
2. 1/2 to 1/3 the size of your male FH
3. Sometimes, kamfa is a little more tricky

Wait for eggs to be fertilized then either remove the parents or the eggs. 2-3 days to hatch. If you want. Depends on many things.

10%

He is big enough to breed now. the female should be roughly half his size. any strains can breed as long as your male is fertile.
you dont have to wait a month to remove divider. some fish pair up the same day. others will never pair up no matter how long you try. just watch their reaction cause if they like each other the female could lay eggs around 4 days after being introduced.
If and when they spawn and you get eggs they will hatch 48-60 hrs after being laid. i personally wait till the last minute to remove the eggs and put them in a 10 gal. tank with sponge filter that has been running in parents tank for at least a week.
like i said there is no way to know if the fish you choose will like each other. its kinda hard to pair fish sometimes so i would say 1 out of three females you offer your male will pair. thats a rough estimate. hard to guess how many eggs you will get. 1-500 LOL.
hope this helps bro

Cheers
robert