Red texas fading red?

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Butthorn said:
Here are a few shots of my parrot showing red( not orange)


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She looks real nice. My female I just lost(this past Tuesday) at times would get a very rich color too. Here are a couple shot from my BS blackberry phone.
With flash her color was quite intense... I promise I dont have time for photo editing lol
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Another regular shot...
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I will miss her...

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crush329 said:
She looks real nice. My female I just lost(this past Tuesday) at times would get a very rich color too. Here are a couple shot from my BS blackberry phone.
With flash her color was quite intense... I promise I dont have time for photo editing lol
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Without...
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Another regular shot...
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I will miss her...
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That sucks to loose her. Looks about same color as my parrot. Did she give you quality fry?



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Butthorn said:
That sucks to loose her. Looks about same color as my parrot. Did she give you quality fry?



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She did... The first one I posted(with the blue sand) was from my first batch with her. He is only 7 months but I didn't really focus on him and grow him out. I have a few more of his siblings that are nice, just not showing red. I also have some from a couple more spawns that she has had but its still a little early for their colors. The orange sterile hybrid was from another bp and a cyano(our superbowl spawn). One thing I have noticed, their diet is the MOST important when bringing ouut the rich colors. I feed Hykari pellets(mostly staple, the green bag) but when I slack on giving the sinking, bio+, or bio gold pellets they lose their deep orange color. So foods play a major role in these fishes colors. I'm sure you knew that, I just wanted to throw it out there.
 
crush329 said:
She did... The first one I posted(with the blue sand) was from my first batch with her. He is only 7 months but I didn't really focus on him and grow him out. I have a few more of his siblings that are nice, just not showing red. I also have some from a couple more spawns that she has had but its still a little early for their colors. The orange sterile hybrid was from another bp and a cyano(our superbowl spawn). One thing I have noticed, their diet is the MOST important when bringing ouut the rich colors. I feed Hykari pellets(mostly staple, the green bag) but when I slack on giving the sinking, bio+, or bio gold pellets they lose their deep orange color. So foods play a major role in these fishes colors. I'm sure you knew that, I just wanted to throw it out there.
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I'm with you on the food. I feed sumo red & hykari sinking(blue bag) and blood worms. My fry get "first bites" & baby brine shrimp, a few select will get sumo crushed up too. Love the Super Bowl thred.


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Butthorn said:
I'm with you on the food. I feed sumo red & hykari sinking(blue bag) and blood worms. My fry get "first bites" & baby brine shrimp, a few select will get sumo crushed up too. Love the Super Bowl thred.


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Thank you... We put alot of effort into it. Im going to give it a bump!
Here go some siblings...
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I think it's worth mentioning here that faded cichlids possess the trait in a spectrum that can vary from white to red, with orange being the most common. I have put white parrots with orange parrots and have had them turn yellow, and, most commonly, I have faded batches of parrots that come out yellow and added purple parrots to make them all orange. It is clear to me that environment is at least a significant predictor of fade color. Other breeders have told me that things like adding salt or raising the temperature can have an effect on the colors faders fade to, and this of course supports this theory. From what I have heard, parrot breeders may have created the "purple" parrot strain by giving fish red-enhancing hormones or dye, and then breeding them with the current stock. People may think this wouldn't work, as the red change is not changing the genes of the fish, but the color of the parents could potentially effect an epigenetic change in the sucessive generations, if the fry are not artificially reared. In fact simply introducing dyed fish into a population may increase the color of the group. Fish may change color in the wild in order to identify with a group, and this would be supported by the fact that coverage of the fade color indicates societal rank.

Many methods are probably used, hormones seem to be quite common and I would personally warn against buying any fully faded red texas under at least 3 or 4 inches in size.
But different methods may be possible. Red gravel is commonly used and has a mild effect. Different mineral content in the water, temperature, etc, as well as different environmental factors may be useful as well.
 
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