Curious about Texas max sizes

[VRWC]

yep. I remember seeing that or one just like it. Didnt it die recently? I remember the original owner posting pics of him recently.

 

[Jimmy Side eye]

Thanks for the replies folks

I have never had/seen a carpintis over 10. My female 'lahillas' seemed to stop growing at about 8. I have only owned 4 though.

Cyanoguttatus, a different species than the carpintis (and the only one that is/should be called a Texas IMO),

Have you any pics of your 'Lahillas'? Im very interested in this race of Carpinte.

Maybe i should have titled the thread 'Curious about Carpinte max sizes' as its H. Carpinte variants im interested in and not Cyanno's.

sorry im not sure about this as iv yet to keep carpinte but your fish is very pretty

Thanks Sarah, im well pleased with these, theyre turning out lovely. I have 2 pairs left from my group.

Here is big wild male I caught a couple of weeks back, did not measure him, threw him back. There were bigger ones in plain sight.

Stunning fish mate, thanks for sharing.

my male Escondido is around 11-12"

Wow, i too would love to see pics of this one, he sounds stunning!!

I had a male Tex. He grew a very large hump when he hit 12in. Unfortunately, I gave him to a friend with big ponds because the tex beat up my wife's precious convicts and JDs. We now have a juvie tex for a larger tank. I hope he'll get as big as my first one.

12" must have been a brute!!!

 

[cichlidfish]

I have never had/seen a carpintis over 10. My female 'lahillas' seemed to stop growing at about 8. I have only owned 4 though.

Cyanoguttatus, a different species than the carpintis (and the only one that is/should be called a Texas IMO), I have seen at 12 inches. There is a dwarf texas available on some online stores, but I believe its a hybrid of some sort. I have never seen one that carried the exact traits of either a cyano or a carpintis solely.

I agree with this. I had a female cyano that was 10''. They are the only "texas" to actually live in texas and in Northern Mexico. They do better in cooler tanks then the other "texas".

 

[armac]

yep. I remember seeing that or one just like it. Didnt it die recently? I remember the original owner posting pics of him recently.

That was my old fish, it is still alive and breeding

 

[VRWC]

yep, heres one. I can never get good pics representing her true color. She had no gold in her. Only blues and blacks. These days Im really wishing I hadnt skipped out on photography classes when I was in school.

 

[Jimmy Side eye]

yep, heres one. I can never get good pics representing her true color. She had no gold in her. Only blues and blacks. These days Im really wishing I hadnt skipped out on photography classes when I was in school.

Nice shot buddy, shes lovely, thanks for sorting this pic out.

The spots (as oposed to squiggles) below and to the front of the eyes are trademarks of this race arent they?? Lovely fish mate, i defo want a group of these for comparison with my Chairel.

Wayne

 

[VRWC]

Thanks! I had a Chairel, Lahillas and an Escondido at the same time. The Escondido was an easy one to tell apart but between the other 2, the only differences I noticed were the spots were bigger on the Lahillas and the Chairel had a lot more gold. If Im not mistaken, the collection points for Chairel and Lahillas might be as close as 100 yds apart.

 

[Jimmy Side eye]

Ive noticed i can tell my Chairel males from the females by their facial markings, which differ slightly. And ive observed that escondido males facial markings differ from my male chairels, but are similar to my chairel females, the Lahillas facial markings differ again.

Im very interested in determining the subtle differences between races.


Wayne

 

[sick_lid]

Im very interested in determining the subtle differences between races.


Wayne

Escondidos are going to have the worming markings below and in front of the eyes. Chariels also seem to have a lot more reddish hues to them.

As far as sizes, Carpinte males don't get over a foot usually.

 

[Jason_S]

males can def. reach a foot...under the right conditions they might even be able to go slightly larger.