Curious about Texas...

[sick_lid]

At the bottom of this thread is a picture of my Escondido when he was a couple inches, and now, if that helps at all.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270410&page=2

 

[TrikkyMakk]

yours is definantly a cyan, regular texas. the picture that lady posted above is escondido.
heres a picture of escondido, it took me a while to find:

Thanks for the info

 

[Cichlidlove4all]

Herichthys cyanoguttatus is the only "texas cichlid", it is found in ranges from southern texas to mexico, the Herichthys carpintis or "green texas" is found in mexico, its only called the green texas because (aside) from the color looks almost identical in terms of body shape. as for availability, im not sure where you live but my loca lwalmart recently started selling misc.south american cichlids and i often spotted texas cichlids in those tanks! or you can go here
www.liveaquaria.com
www.thatpetplace.com
they get very mean btw, my last texas grew a foot long so i called him hot dog
asfor thered texas, that wouldnt be considered a member of the Herichthys genus b/c of its man made b/r,sorry im rambling

 

[Err]

Man, I cant belive they are hard to get for you guys. I should start bagging them up and selling them to you guys lol.

 

[Natural_Born_Killer]

Herichthys cyanoguttatus is the only "texas cichlid", it is found in ranges from southern texas to mexico, the Herichthys carpintis or "green texas" is found in mexico, its only called the green texas because (aside) from the color looks almost identical in terms of body shape. as for availability, im not sure where you live but my loca lwalmart recently started selling misc.south american cichlids and i often spotted texas cichlids in those tanks! or you can go here
www.liveaquaria.com
www.thatpetplace.com
they get very mean btw, my last texas grew a foot long so i called him hot dog
asfor thered texas, that wouldnt be considered a member of the Herichthys genus b/c of its man made b/r,sorry im rambling

All rambling is welcome

I realize that the carpinte is not the "true texas" but after months of searching its the closest thing I'll get so I've made my peace

Man, I cant belive they are hard to get for you guys. I should start bagging them up and selling them to you guys lol.

Yes! Bag them up and send 2 to me


AND...Long awaited, I finally got the photos of who I'm taking home next Saturday ... what do you all think?

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

green texas and very nice

 

[Cichlidlove4all]

All rambling is welcome

I realize that the carpinte is not the "true texas" but after months of searching its the closest thing I'll get so I've made my peace



Yes! Bag them up and send 2 to me


AND...Long awaited, I finally got the photos of who I'm taking home next Saturday ... what do you all think?

i like your attitude, but to experience a full grown texas is a unique experience,they are one of the most beautiful cichlid species in my opinion

 

[Dominator]

ya look like rapp's quality carpintis, very nice. may i know size and price?
currently they are my favorite fish.

 

[Natural_Born_Killer]

i like your attitude, but to experience a full grown texas is a unique experience,they are one of the most beautiful cichlid species in my opinion

In my ideal situation I would have gone for the true tex, but like I've said it just doesn't seem possible.

But who knows what the future holds! For now, I'm looking forward to taking these home and staring

ya look like rapp's quality carpintis, very nice. may i know size and price?
currently they are my favorite fish.

Yeah? Thats good to hear! I was quite nervous to hear that they were low grade or something! SO, I'm so relieved to hear that they seem good

Size they'll be I believe about 5-6 inches roughly (lady said they'd were about 16cm for the male and about 12cm for the female).

Price wise, they're 35 Euros per fish. Which is a bit on the pricey side but well worth it for me.

 

[Dominator]

Yeah? Thats good to hear! I was quite nervous to hear that they were low grade or something! SO, I'm so relieved to hear that they seem good

Size they'll be I believe about 5-6 inches roughly (lady said they'd were about 16cm for the male and about 12cm for the female).

Price wise, they're 35 Euros per fish. Which is a bit on the pricey side but well worth it for me.

wow thats like $140 per pair+shipping, cost more than wild caught escondidos.
more money you spend, more you will like it.