Thai Silk x Red Texas

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jeff369 said:
Very cool looking. The one on the bottom pic has a lot of pearl already.
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If you are talking about the one you only see the face of with tons of red/orange with pearling that is a flowerhorn x texas cross in my attempt to make a good quality red texas. I have two and they will either finish out nice red texas or pearled red flowerhorns depending on which genetics rule out as they mature.
 
ponce77 said:
^ What type of Flowerhorn and Texas or Carpintis did you use for your RT project? Who was mom, who was dad? Any pics of parents?


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I should have pics on a thumb drive just have to find them. I am working on a thread i want to start where i will lay it out with pics how i am working on my rt project. I only posted the pics for the really dark almost black flowerhorn I have to compare with the OP's fish. If it continues to get blue on it I may add more pics of it on this thread if they do not mind.
 
the animal guy said:
An unfaded RT is NoT really a real RT imo.

Even MosT FAded ones R NoT ReaL RTs !:ROFL: frikin orange/peach/yellow/pale :ROFL:

But thanks for sharing your bad boy. Pump him Up!

the Breed he is he should be a glass banger
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You try telling the breeders in Thailand that their unfaded RT arent really RT! LOL. But I do agree there should be a better class system to distinguish different colors of RT. If an unfaded RT isnt an RT, what is it until it fades? The fish hobby is filled with names that dont match especially ones that deal with the color red devil, super red pleco (barely even red), red terror (some arent even red).
 
izzy_here said:
By your logic, an unfaded sibling to a red texas, would still be a red texas, which just isn't the case.
Think of it this way... We call a breed of dog by it's name and color, if applicable. Apricot poodle, red doberman, chocolate lab etc, all were created by man.
These are man made "breeds" of fish we're talking about, not pure species with a common name that's been in use for literally longer than you've been alive. Even if some of us wanted to change that name, many hobbyists would not, therefore it wont happen.
Also consider that hybrids vary (way more than pure species) in their phenotype. There's absolutely no way that one name could cover this wide range of genetic expression. An uneducated person might deem them different species, even if they were siblings!
p.s. red devils are also known as lemon cichlids, although this name isn't in common usage.
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Just out of curiosity, what would you call a unfaded sibling of a red texas?


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