Dr Robert Price
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Valentine's Day marks the beginning of Flowerhorn Breeding Season. My 7" female Orange Fader lost her mate in Hurricane Sandy, but kept the old nest. To disrupt her aggression and territoriality, I removed a large rock and a piece of driftwood, did a 1/3 water change, brought the pH up to 7 and the temperature to 8.5. I introduced a new male 9" King Kamfa the next day. They took an hour to stake each other out, then danced for 36 hours, then took 6 days to dig a rectangular nest about 12 x 8 x 8 inches. They are spebding most of their time in it now except occasionally coming to the surface to eat. If it pans out, will be my 5th successful breeding in 8 years.
