So is this a flowerhorn or f1 red Texas I keep getting mixed answers
Flowerhorn or red texas
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F1 stands for Filial 1 (or first filial). Filial is a word used to describe sons and daughters, and the first generation from a genetic cross between parents. It's normally used to describe fish that are first generation from wild parents (ie. the fry have come from wild caught fish), so it's seen as an indication of genetic quality.
There's also something called an F1 hybrid, which is the direct offspring from a genetic cross between parents, say a cross between a Goldfish and a Crucian carp. Flowerhorn cichlids, and those mixed Malawi cichluds might not only be F1 hybrids, but could be from lower generations, so they could have genes from several different species.
Its a texas alright, but yellow? must be that parent blood parrot had some kind of yellowish color to it. Or might be new gene mutation, keep it and see how he or she does
That's the plan the gills already are showing some more red in Them not bad for $20 lol
