Carpintis vs Cyanogutattous

[bradleyagregg]

I like Cyano's. Big adult males are beautiful.

 

[duanes]

Here is a male H carpintus location chairel (spawning color).

female (also spawning dress)

male normal color

 

[cichlidfish]

That is a tough one. There are so many morphs of either to make it even harder. I liked owning a cyano, because the little spots and they get bigger. They are supper aggressive and mine used to go after me doing water changes.

 

[FriedFlowerHornFillet]

Rio Cazones are the nicest (looking)Carpintis strain/morph I've seen. They were available a few hours from me a while back and I'm still kicking myself I didn't try harder to find a ride. The carpintis I do have is one of the smallest fish in my 90 gallon and still isn't afraid of anything- he eats shrimp out of my hand and tries unsuccessfully to boss everyone in the tank around. I have a hard time taking pictures of any of my other fish because he's always crowding the shot. He's on a mission to open up the waterproof case on my GoPro as well.

 

[Jakob]

Having kept both species I would say Carpintis.

My 5" male is a wuss though, getting beat up by a 4" male Blue Acara (Andinocara pulcher).

Here's my Carpinte:

 

[the animal guy]

Skip to the 3:00 minute mark of this video to see a Cyano texas cichld.
[video=youtube;dG3F5hCbfwI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG3F5hCbfwI[/video]

 

[cichlidfish]

Here is my old girl. She was one nasty fish. I couldn't keep her with anything, but still great solo.

 

[Guapoteguy291]

I've always preferred cyano

 

[axs377]

I'd go carpintis as well. As far as sexing, not sure its possible at a small nice.