It might just be me but the fins look very ripped. But I haven't kept red texas so I don't know if that's bad or not a problem.
Red Texas or Carpintis?
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Anyways thanks for saving them from the horrors of petsmart
I guess you've notice the torn fin/tail condition, they were in the same tank that has red devils in, stupid-mart.
I dont understand this calling nearly every Texas hybrid a red Texas. Neither fish is red (for now at least) so who knows what they are but we know they are not red texas. I would assume they are hybrids as well. Pure Carpintis can have a red hue in the body and especially the fins.
If they aren't destroying your discus flush them. A carpintis hybrid allowing a discus to live tells me there is something wrong with them.
If they aren't destroying your discus flush them. A carpintis hybrid allowing a discus to live tells me there is something wrong with them.
Well essentially a Red Texas is a Carpintis or Cyano crossed with X fish. Theres different routes to go to make Red Texas. I also know that you know that not all Red Texas fade and look like plain Carpintis/Cyano. If you look closely, you can see one of them has an orangeish brown color to it. I've had plenty of RT look like that.. My old RT from Chris looked like that when I first got it.
Or it could be just a recently add to the tank. Most cichlids I owned take their time to settle down before set the hell upon on the community. It might take some hours to a week.
How you know that they are not Red Texas? Red Texas come in various grades just like FH too and low grade RTs looks dulled.
If I remember correctly, most red texas were Texas x any "red" cichlids with fader genes such as RedDevil, Midas and Parrots (King Kong, Blood, Rose Queen, Mammon etc).
I know what you are saying water and I really liked your old non fader it had a nice red base color. I just don't understand the question. There are many ways of making rt or srt but if the fish doesn't fade to red they shouldn't be called rt. Sell them as carpintis x bp cross or carpintis x kkp or whatever was used.
It just seems pointless somebody asking if a non red fish is a red Texas. There is no way of telling what it really is.
It just seems pointless somebody asking if a non red fish is a red Texas. There is no way of telling what it really is.
