For Lucky Flowerhorn Was Created Tips

 For Lucky Flowerhorn Was Created tips

In the late 1990's, there were fish breeders in Malaysia who were successful in creating a hybrid cichlid. The species of the cichlids that were used in the crossbreeding are still unknown to all except the people who created the fish. The hybrid cichlid is now known as the flowerhorn fish.

Flowerhorn are easily distinguished from other cichlids. They have a prominent hump on their head. There are markings on the side of the fish. The different breeds of the flowerhorn are usually red or a shade of red. However, the hump and markings on the fish are always present.

Flowerhorn fish became a commodity overnight. This was because the fish as associated by many to be bringers of luck. This notion was brought about by the appearance of the awkwardly looking fish. The hump on the head of the fish resembles the high-forehead of the Chinese God of Longevity. The black marking on the fish are like scripts of characters or numbers.

The attention the fish is getting was even more increased when people start claiming that they are lucky since they started caring for the fish. The businesses of people started booming when they placed the fish in their shops. There was also an instance where a lucky lady won the lottery using the numbers that she saw on her fish.

The seemingly lucky fish did not go with all positive hype. Not everyone approved of the flowerhorn. Since the fish was created through extensive crossbreeding of various cichlids, there are those who label the fish as man made. The fish was tagged as an abomination of nature.

The flowerhorn fish, unlike other products of hybridization, are fertile and can reproduce. What could have been considered as a miracle is also a reason why there are people who frown at the creation of the fish. Environmentalists fear that the introduction of the fish in the wild will surely result to trouble. The people opposing the fish based their hypotheses on similar events where in foreign species were introduced to a stable community. An instance in the past was the introduction of the golden apple snails in the Philippines that was supposed to help alleviate the problems with food shortage but in turn became pests since they do not have natural predators.

though riddled by bad publicity, the hybrid is still a favorite of fish enthusiasts. Their association with luck is not the only reason why they have been selling in the market. Their awkward appearance is enough to stimulate the curiosity of people.

Quintus Macon is a freelance writer and a budding aquarist who owns a flowerhorn fish. He writes about Flowerhorn cichlids from breeding to flowerhorn sale.

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