I'm new to this forum, and since I haven't accumulated 6 posts yet, I'm not allowed to share a link. However, being from Southeast Texas, I found this interesting. The native Texas Cichled is commonly referred to here as the Rio Grande Perch. It is mainly found around the Southern streams and rivers near the Mexico border. While I am a tropical fish enthusiast, I also love sport fishing. I was recently viewing some fishing videos on YouTube and stumbled across the following, "Fishing for Rio Grande Cichlids." The video was filmed in a neighborhood lake in Glaveston Tx. Btw, all the ponds in Galveston are very brackish. Galveston also gets pretty damn cold in the winter, trust me. In this video the fisherman is using nothing more than bread balls on a hook and catching Texas Cichlids one after another. These are not native Texas Cichlids, they are the red strain, and more than likely were probabaly just dumped out of an aquarium into the lake. Just got me wondering, how many cold tolerant Cichlids are there? Hell, almost makes me want to dig a lake on the acrerage I own next door to me. Naturally, I say that in jest, but I'm stunned these fish are surviving the lake temperatures in Galveston. If you get a chance, look that video up on YouTube. BTW, he catches a monster Texas Cichlid on that video.
Texas Cichlid
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Welcome to the forum. Beani are very cold tolerant fish as well. A few years ago we had a power outage in the Winter and I lost all of my cichlids besides the beani.
Cool video, Music got a little annoying lol! The one around 3 min in was a monster. I would love to be able to catch my own cichlids .
Yeah, the music was indeed pretty annoying. I used to build a lot of perch traps that often caught upwards of twenty perch at a time over a day or two. I would use the perch as bait for catching flathead catfish. Going to see what kind of luck I have catching Texas Cichlids in them.
I think the question is about cool water cichlids.
I think they are a few species from Paraguay that are from cooler waters at least for parts of the year.
I think they are a few species from Paraguay that are from cooler waters at least for parts of the year.
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yea they can tolerate cold water. I remember. I had lots of texas and carpintis in the past. Around 78-80 is good for them
Did you miss the part where I pointed out that new members aren't allowed to post links until they have accumulated six posts? This thread was my first. You can easily find the video by searching YouTube with "fishing for Rio Grande Cichlids."