Flowerhorn Cichlid

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Flowerhorn Cichlid

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Re: Flowerhorn Cichlid

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The best bait for them is bread

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I have caught 2 kg specimens before

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This one is 1 kg plus
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This one looks like a flowerhorn crossbred with a mayan cichlid.

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Ok

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Thanks

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Here is the 2kg plus cichlid pic
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That's a fine specimen, thanks for sharing.

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Forgot to post this pic sorry bout that
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Thanks for sharing.

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Different patterns on its body
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It's quite common for crossbreeding to happen between cichlid species and a flowerhorn. Good catch there.

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