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Ok, now that I've figured out more of my software and my camera. Heres some full on action of my now 12 month old flower horn.

The gravel used to be level, but he didnt want it like that

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/monkeyboy000/?action=view&current=FH.flv

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

Very nice vid and a great looking flower horn

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Nice color......but an active fish. If he moved all that gravel he must be bored. Do you have any toys for him? I hear some people have toys for their fish to play with, like balls.
Good video too.

thanks... ya know i've heard of people doing that, but never thought about it. but do you mean toys like those plastic balls that people give cats? obviously ones to big for him to get in his mouth.

or some others? give me suggestions and i'll try them.

i was giving him feeder fish, obviously for food, and also exercise. but well he doesnt finish his meals, so i had to quit that, glass shrimp is his main live treat when i do give them

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

I went to search & typed in, toys. Three threads came up. They spoke of toys for smaller fish as well as larger fish. I copied & pasted most of the suggestions below, but you could also go there yourself for more detail on these as well as other suggestions. Of the non edible toys, I would just make sure he couldn't get it in his mouth, or break it or be able to take chunks out of it. Also consider if it would affect water quality, as far as the material it is made out of or the paint used on it. In a big tank with hard water I doubt that would make much difference. Just use your imagination with common sense & I bet you find a lot of things just around the house.
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"Try mosquitofish, or a lot of blackworms that can live in the gravel.

Also, try some vegetable, or a fishing float for him to knock around

Ping pong balls

bubbles?

java moss balls?

peas?

Plants... my Oscars love to rip them out. I've tryed everything else, including divers, swimming toys that look like fish, pingpong balls and even a dinosaur(which scared the heck out of them!!) and nothing amuses them as much as some well anchored and tough 'weed'. If you cichlid loves plants, get some tough plants and let it play!

You could place a mirror beside the tank every once in a while

one trick i've seen was get a laser pointer and run it around the bottom of the tank and let him chase it for a few minutes at a time."

i was thinking ping pong balls. i may have to get some tonight.. and the laser pointer, lol alot of fish love that. I did that with my clown loaches and they went nuts. but i got a mirror, i may do that for bit tonight.

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

Most large cichlids will rearrange gravel, regardless of how much "activity" is in the tank. That's just what guapotes do.