Is This A Red Texas Cichlid?

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Chrisplosion said:
I'm not trying to doubt the importer or vendor as it is a nice specimen. There are several ways to achieve Red Texas, and two of them being Flowerhorn x Carpintis or Flowerhorn x Red Texas. Now not all the fry will be considered some Red Texas as not all the fry come out the same. Some will come out looking like each individual parent and some in between. I don't see any Carpintis in that fish, but that doesn't mean there isn't any in there. Even at a small size, Red Texas fry should like a Texas.

Now I am gonna take a guess and say the OP fish came from Petsmart because that where a lot of the new post on Red Texas are coming from. If thats so then the fish is coming from Segrest Farms who is unable to tell a Trimaculatus from a goldfish....

Like I said its a nice fish and definitely worth the purchase, its just not what it claims to be.
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Got it. Point made. As I said, I am not a hybrid guy. I do rely heavily on people I trust. I may not know hybrids, but I do know my centrals. If asked I would say most definitely it had some form of Cyanaguttatus/Carpinte blood in the fish. I also know from experience that ID'ing ANY fish on this or any site is a crap shoot. I made a thread a while back here on MFK and asked if the fish could be named and had all kinds of responses mixing this and that. LOL Big fun. Seems like the same people do a pile on with opinions on "a dash of this and a dash of that" without really knowing. Again...if I was going to get a hybrid, it would probably be this particular cocktail.

Interesting you should mention Segrest Farms. I am flying down there for a week to photograph their stock list. Very excited about the opportunity. Great people and should be an awesome experience. There's something like 1400 species to photograph. I'm certain that among them will be some hybrid fish.
 
Aquamojo said:
Got it. Point made. As I said, I am not a hybrid guy. I do rely heavily on people I trust. I may not know hybrids, but I do know my centrals. If asked I would say most definitely it had some form of Cyanaguttatus/Carpinte blood in the fish. I also know from experience that ID'ing ANY fish on this or any site is a crap shoot. I made a thread a while back here on MFK and asked if the fish could be named and had all kinds of responses mixing this and that. LOL Big fun. Seems like the same people do a pile on with opinions on "a dash of this and a dash of that" without really knowing. Again...if I was going to get a hybrid, it would probably be this particular cocktail.

Interesting you should mention Segrest Farms. I am flying down there for a week to photograph their stock list. Very excited about the opportunity. Great people and should be an awesome experience. There's something like 1400 species to photograph. I'm certain that among them will be some hybrid fish.
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Make sure you get ID their stock properly!
 
Aquamojo said:
Got it. Point made. As I said, I am not a hybrid guy. I do rely heavily on people I trust. I may not know hybrids, but I do know my centrals. If asked I would say most definitely it had some form of Cyanaguttatus/Carpinte blood in the fish. I also know from experience that ID'ing ANY fish on this or any site is a crap shoot. I made a thread a while back here on MFK and asked if the fish could be named and had all kinds of responses mixing this and that. LOL Big fun. Seems like the same people do a pile on with opinions on "a dash of this and a dash of that" without really knowing. Again...if I was going to get a hybrid, it would probably be this particular cocktail.

Interesting you should mention Segrest Farms. I am flying down there for a week to photograph their stock list. Very excited about the opportunity. Great people and should be an awesome experience. There's something like 1400 species to photograph. I'm certain that among them will be some hybrid fish.
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Yes I remember that thread, it was fun. I look forward to seeing pictures, was always curious to see more on their operation seeing as how its apparently large enough to supply Petsmart nationwide.
 
MN_Rebel said:
Make sure you get ID their stock properly!
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Yeah. I'll jump on that.

Thanks Chris. I've never been to one that large myself. I'm actually going there then flying to their other location in Atlanta for additional photos. I'm certain it will be very interesting. Already saw some real oddities...albino Pacu for one.

Sorry for the hijack. Back on script.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ZwEPQQGWM&feature=endscreen&NR=1

my old RT that passed.

for red texas, u gotta see Texas/carpinte pearls in the fish. Like the pearls of the Texas fish and red base from the red fish. Just like that. If you see anything else besides those, they arent really red texas...

There are faded FHs called red texas but they really arent red texas.. They are faded FHs.
example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f4FjEB9iyI

Standards for Red texas= Texas cichlid + red base.

The beautiful FH posted by Mojo is a all out FH. Because of the FH pearls, structure, colors, and flowers. It's everything FH. No need to know anything about the supplier or how well trusted they are. Because the fish says it all in answering what it is.
 
Chrisplosion said:
Yes I remember that thread, it was fun. I look forward to seeing pictures, was always curious to see more on their operation seeing as how its apparently large enough to supply Petsmart nationwide.
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Segrest farms supplies Petco as well. I've actually had my local Petco order fish from Segrest farms and I've always received the right fish. I don't know if Chrisplosion was just bashing for no reason or what.

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