My male and female Super Red Texas

[nubria6969]

My female Super Red Texas
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=20844
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i was just floating the titanium for a minute while her tank was getting ready.The SRT became very red while the titanium was in the tank.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=20847
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=25381
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My male
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=25103
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The male is so small compared to the female. He is a little over 6 inches.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=25380
She is so aggressive. As soon as you walk in the room she is bitting the tank trying to kill you.She once jumped out of the tank after my friend who was looking at her.It was entertaining!!!:popcorn:
thought id share them with all of you.

[Rumanda143]

shes a beast they breeding?

[nubria6969]

Rumanda143 "they breeding?"

no they are not. he is too small.He needs to grow a bit more before taking on that challenge.
here is a video of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEsZPjEL98I

[Andrewtfw]

You have a great collection of quality FHs. How many tanks do you have?

[nubria6969]

Andrewtfw "how many tanks do i have."

i own at least 40+ tanks.i have 18 tanks set up but when the 585 gallon tank is finally set up, the 125 is back up and running and not trying to fall thru the floor ill have 20 tanks set up.When my basement is built im sure ill set up more than 20.

[crenicichlacrazy]

Are red Texas Cichlids a Hybrid or a naturally occurring color moprh?

[Camshaft Ramrod]

hybrid

[nubria6969]

To the people who have said that "There is no way thats a female." "Its to big to be a female" "It has long fins so its a male sorry guy!!!:ROFL:!!!"
:thumbsup:WOW you guys are right but wait a minute i found these pics :footinmou
here are some pics of her and her eggs
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=25411
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see the eggs in the dish
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see her vent
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and some of her color changes
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http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1348&pictureid=25410
;) hope these pictures help clear things up and help you guys understand that fin length and the size of a fish does not equal a male fish.

[bigspizz]

That is a HUGE female!!! I would have guessed male, as well. Wow, I am shocked. Now you have 2 females, with one ready to breed...Sweet. The Titanium is nice also, I have been looking at those.

[MsMassPoly]

Awesome super reds.I knew she was a girl because i have a pair of red texas(green actually)which is a huge female and smaller male,same as you.My female has long flowing fins and is about the same size.

[Mattyou]

Good looking pair but no Super Red IMHO, just Red.

Example of a Super..

[Camphilophus]

I agree with Matt. Theres red texas and super red texas. Two different strains.

[BrynMichael]

I agree with Matt. Theres red texas and super red texas. Two different strains.


They are the same fish, not 2 strains. Only difference is one has brighter orange. His fish are still SRT. Red Texas are not fully faded, or full orange.

BP X Texas = F1 Red Texas, F1 Red Texas X Father = F2 Red Texas, F2 Male X Mother = F3 Red Texas, possibly SRT. Continue this until you have desired amount of pearling and orange.

[Mattyou]

SRT / RT due to amount of RED, not pearls or Orange.

[BrynMichael]

Show me an SRT that is RED. Dark ORANGE is the color of SRT. And when breeding them you have to continuously breed back with both the father and mother to get pearls and color. If you skip the father you get an orange fish with lame pearling. If you skip the mother you get a pearly fish with little or no orange. You are selectively breeding for these 2 traits. Without either there would be no SRT.









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[fishfreak317]

looking real nice bro. i also would have thought that big sucker was male, but i see that isn't the case. also are you sure that little one is male? it looks like it's showing a female tube. i could be wrong but just how it looks to me.

[terminalMTS]

there are RED SRTs. they cost alot more than the orange RT or dark orange SRT. i saw an awesome one that was dark red with wormy pearls for $2500. i would have bought it if it was 250 instead.

[BrynMichael]

Not saying you are wrong. Just saying that All SRT are the same. All the same fish. Some are just line bred longer and thus have more prominent traits. IE color, head, pearls, etc. The more time, effort, and skill that go into breeding a fish, the higher the quality will be. I guarantee if I sold a batch of 1st gen. RT I would get far less than I would for 4th or 5th gen fish. More time, effort, skill = Brighter color (or more red), bigger pearls, bigger head, etc.

[fishfreak317]

Not saying you are wrong. Just saying that All SRT are the same. All the same fish. Some are just line bred longer and thus have more prominent traits. IE color, head, pearls, etc. The more time, effort, and skill that go into breeding a fish, the higher the quality will be. I guarantee if I sold a batch of 1st gen. RT I would get far less than I would for 4th or 5th gen fish. More time, effort, skill = Brighter color (or more red), bigger pearls, bigger head, etc.

yeppers...

i have seen a couple "SRT" that were called as such, but clearly had alot of flowerhorn genes present.

this is one of the best ones I would consider as being RED and not your run of the mill orange ones.

[BrynMichael]

i have seen a couple "SRT" that were called as such, but clearly had alot of flowerhorn genes present.

It is a fine line if you think about it. SRT are Texas X BP (Midas X Synspila).
FH are Tex X Midas X Synspila X Trimac X Festae X etc. (no particular order).

There really is no stability with FH. Any difference in the way you breed them or how many times each is line bred will result in a totally different fish. I guess after so long you will have specific "strains" like your ZZ, Kamfa, GM, SRT, Etc, Etc.

By the way that SRT is excellent.

[fishfreak317]

you are completely right. there is a very tiny line between the 2, but you know what i meant by seeing some that are strangely fh in appearance.

maybe we should make another thread about this and let his thread be. also hopefully some wise experts can home in and give some insights.

[BrynMichael]

Totally agree. Sorry for jacking the thread bro.:D

[geodem]

nice !!!
ur male is going to be one evil fish!!

[Ma12cus504]

So... u the one who brought that texas for bluestar :)

[nubria6969]

So... u the one who bought that texas for bluestar :)

:irked:she owed me from a previous sale:irked:!! I bought a mammon that wasn't a happy breed farm mammon.It took a while but i had her give me that male texas ,some titaniums and another flowerhorn in place of the female mammon.All the replacement fish were originally from Rainnybetta.:thumbsup:

[kevbc03]

Wow that male looks amazing! What do you feed that thing?/!