H.carpintis growth thread.

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

Ah I see maybe he's hypo or something recessive if you do want to sell him let me know haha

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[cambrew]

Are you located in A us?

 

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

Damn no didn't realize you were lol friggin app

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[ToeB]

Try back-crossing with the parent. It would be interesting to see if those traits could be selected for. I would definitely want some of those fry. If I just saw this fish without knowing where it came from I would say it was, without a doubt, a hybrid. Even the growth rate makes me think it shows hybrid vigor. You could call them "true" Red Texas.

 

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

Try back-crossing with the parent. It would be interesting to see if those traits could be selected for. I would definitely want some of those fry. If I just saw this fish without knowing where it came from I would say it was, without a doubt, a hybrid. Even the growth rate makes me think it shows hybrid vigor. You could call them "true" Red Texas.

For real if you can start a line breed from that guy and get some similar looking fish out of it they'd sell like hotcakes! I know tropicals from out of the country go for a high price there too so a line bred color morph like that could probably go for a good bit of cash

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[cambrew]

Unfortunately I sold the parents about 4-5 months ago. It was the Female parent that was a lot higher quality than the male and was hoping to maybe find a high quality female to go with this one and hopefully bring out some even brighter blue pearling. I wonder if the camera is picking up some red that isn't there because I can't see it as much as you guys but I do have red/green color blindness which may explain this. Here is a pic of the mother.

 

[cambrew]

Here is a pic of the father. As you can see he was never as brightly colored as the other 2 and is probably why a majority of the offspring were less colorful.

 

[duanes]

The angle of light (flash)(sun light) and the color spectrum of bulb has a lot to do with the way a fishes color is perceived by the camera, and our eyes.
All these pics are the same individual.

 

[cambrew]

I agree. I generally take about 20 or so photos of the one fish and pick out the best photo later on.

 

[ToeB]

Individual Texas cichlids are known to vary in color, sometimes from moment to moment, but the offspring you have there is definitely a unique fish. I wouldn't really call him red, though hes about as red as most "red texas" you see. Shame about the female.