The value of Flowerhorns

[Mzungu]

Yup, that's exactly what I found, too.

[OrandaMan]

By the way, I came across a forum for flowerhorns with a mildly witty name (something like monster kok) that had pictures of various flowerhorns on the front page. It was strange to me, because though I have to admit that the colors are strikingly beautiful, I felt a weird pitying disgust because of the kok. Maybe just because they were so huge in those examples, which is apparently what made them so good to get put on the front page. I react similarly to blood parrots, though that's abated a bit since I've gotten used to seeing them.

[mdwalt]

I, too dislike the enlarged nuchal hump or "kok". I have the same feeling when I see other "freak" fish such as the parrots, bubble-eye and oranda goldfish (sorry orandaman) and anything tatooed or manufactured.

[OrandaMan]

Nah, I can understand it. The thing that bothered me initially about orandas was that I read that their wen can grow to where it covers their eyes. But then I also heard that you can do something about that (I hope I never have to do it, but at least it can be done). Not sure if you can do the same for lionheads, but I assume so. I did inherit a black moor and love her to death. I think the only goldfish that really bothers me is the celestial eye.

One thing I can say about goldfish is that there's not as much problem with dilluting the line because they all eventually breed back to normal carp if not carefully bred.

And tattooing is simply inexcusable.