Is my Tex a hybrid?

[Ihsnshaik]

Here is some pictures of my Texas. It's a male and I owned many in the last decade and this looks like a normal Texas to me but he has tons and tons of red on him. He's almost full grown.

Any idea what species he might be?

 

[convict360]

Here is some pictures of my Texas. It's a male and I owned many in the last decade and this looks like a normal Texas to me but he has tons and tons of red on him. He's almost full grown.

Any idea what species he might be?

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Beautiful fish, I'm almost reminded of JD fins from the top pic

 

[LogiBear]

He is really nice... He is Cyano, not Carpinte, right?

My Carpinte has a bit of red on his fins. It might be based off diet. I feed my lots of krill and shrimp so any reds he would have normally are more pronounced.

 

[Tyler_Wentworth_150]

I see reds in mine as well ihs. Fins and teeth

 

[boldtogether]

First pic and the second almost look likr two different fish...but the second pic convinces me it is legit.
Nice looking fish.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

First pic and the second almost look likr two different fish...but the second pic convinces me it is legit.
Nice looking fish.

Two different lighting setup. Same fish though.

Let me get a better pic lol

They all the same fish lol

 

[boldtogether]

Two different lighting setup. Same fish though.

Let me get a better pic lol

They all the same fish lol

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No I believe you!! I should have been more clear! It is actually cool how the color changes from different light. That fish in my opinion is a legit Texas...Cyano yes. Very nice looking fish!

 

[Ihsnshaik]

No I believe you!! I should have been more clear! It is actually cool how the color changes from different light. That fish in my opinion is a legit Texas...Cyano yes. Very nice looking fish!

Thanks! He's very docile fish. He loves caves though he's a little too big for one of my decorations so be dug a huge pit under it so he can rest in there.

I put the Texas in my 200 gallon and right away he fought with my red devil. He kept hitting my red devil bad but then the red devil struck back hard. I took the red devil out and recently found him a good home after 6 years of owning him.
The Texas after that knew he wasn't the alpha and backed off.

Here's a video of them going at it. This is a few minutes after I put the Texas in and I removed the red devil right after.

Texas IMO are one of the best cichlids I've owned!

 

[DDM4v5]

Here is some pictures of my Texas. It's a male and I owned many in the last decade and this looks like a normal Texas to me but he has tons and tons of red on him. He's almost full grown.

Any idea what species he might be?

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That is definitely a sweet looking Texas!

 

[Cichladdict]

I love texas cichlids and he is awesome.