Cyano or Carpintis?

[Sarah88]

yeah and any reputable retailer selling "wild caught" fish wouldnt call them "blue texas" but carpintis, but yeah this fish does look like of like a mix of the variants, but maybe its like a feral mix that he caught?

and Sabfan yours looks like a cyano hybrid with that red to it

 

[Citrinellus]

yeah and any reputable retailer selling "wild caught" fish wouldnt call them "blue texas" but carpintis, but yeah this fish does look like of like a mix of the variants, but maybe its like a feral mix that he caught?

and Sabfan yours looks like a cyano hybrid with that red to it

Yeah didn't think of that, He is extremely skittish, but overly aggressive when I put anything in with him. He is just wasting tank space for me. I came to the conclusion that I'm just going to sell him to my lfs as a tex hybrid. At least this way I get the $4 I spent on him and partially cover the price of the fish he killed.

 

[Sarah88]

yeah if hes being really skittish AND aggressive with tankmates then i think that would be the best thing, hes good looking fish but i dont like it when they act all skittish because then they pass that behavior on to the other fish in the tank

 

[newworld]

yes greenwater, i have never seen wild carpintis, cyanoguttatus yes i collected 2 times in san antonio and brought them back spawned them and sold them might go back in aug hopefully....

 

[Citrinellus]

I'm selling him this afternoon.

 

[cchhcc]

Careful.....just the slightest inference of unfair dealing can bring a lot of heat down on you!

I agree with the others that anyone selling them as wild could have (should have) provided a little more backup.

Plus, it's probably likely that if cost a little more than $4 to collect that fish from the wild...........but what do I know about economics? Hahaha!

 

[Citrinellus]

Careful.....just the slightest inference of unfair dealing can bring a lot of heat down on you!

I agree with the others that anyone selling them as wild could have (should have) provided a little more backup.

Plus, it's probably likely that if cost a little more than $4 to collect that fish from the wild...........but what do I know about economics? Hahaha!

Very true.

 

[caribemob]

nice fish, why part ways citrinellus

 

[Citrinellus]

As of now, I'm just frustrated with him. He is extremely skittish by himself. When I tried putting him with my more docile cichlids (which was my original intention) he went on a rampage over night and beat one to death. The only option besides the 29g quarantine he is already in, is my oscar's tank who has a burning hatred for anything in his tank besides the senegal bichirs. I'm not going to go out of my way and have a set-up specifically for him, if he is going to flip out and nail the tank walls every time I approach the tank.

 

[Sab_Fan]

and Sabfan yours looks like a cyano hybrid with that red to it

quite likely . . . he was orphaned in a tank labeled "Convicts", so I have no expectations that he's anything more than a mutt

I'm sorry to read the the OP's fish is getting out of control . . . mine has been relatively calm, especially since he paired up with a female convict . . . they've made one corner of the 90G "their" space, but they don't bother anyone outside of it . . .