I agree with what you said, Kolt. The only thing that I think one needs to keep in mind is that other than the OP stating that their fish came from New Orleans, there is no provenance regarding the parents, or this fishes blood line. There could be just about anything in the mix.
The problem is RT/SRT, or any other designation and the definitions of those forms of terminology are all man made terms that are often used to inflate the fish, or the fish owner, and there is no real standard. It's actually in keeping of what you just posted. Any hybrid cross with a "texas" cichlid, no matter the genus carpin/cyano, or the other parent fish (cit, lab, BP, KKP, FH, etc) have been referred to and or sold as, *Red Texas*. Even pale orange specimens, hence terms such as "super" being used to describe primo specimens. Same reasoning behind SKKP, and the more basic KKP. Some are super duper, some aren't. lol
BTW - you missed my edit, I actually changed it to "pretty much never seen here in NA". I have seen only a few SRT locally, which later lost their intense red due to being hormoned in Asia prior to being exported. The true SRT's that surface, as stated are worth their weight in gold. Well, almost.
I do not recall ever seeing what I would personally refer to as a "super" red texas owned by anyone here on MFK, but perhaps I missed them, or it was posted before my time. (pre 2005, when I started lurking) As an example, an RT that hasn't fully peeled, does not meet the super designation in my book.
The problem is RT/SRT, or any other designation and the definitions of those forms of terminology are all man made terms that are often used to inflate the fish, or the fish owner, and there is no real standard. It's actually in keeping of what you just posted. Any hybrid cross with a "texas" cichlid, no matter the genus carpin/cyano, or the other parent fish (cit, lab, BP, KKP, FH, etc) have been referred to and or sold as, *Red Texas*. Even pale orange specimens, hence terms such as "super" being used to describe primo specimens. Same reasoning behind SKKP, and the more basic KKP. Some are super duper, some aren't. lol
BTW - you missed my edit, I actually changed it to "pretty much never seen here in NA". I have seen only a few SRT locally, which later lost their intense red due to being hormoned in Asia prior to being exported. The true SRT's that surface, as stated are worth their weight in gold. Well, almost.
I do not recall ever seeing what I would personally refer to as a "super" red texas owned by anyone here on MFK, but perhaps I missed them, or it was posted before my time. (pre 2005, when I started lurking) As an example, an RT that hasn't fully peeled, does not meet the super designation in my book.
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