did a really stupid thing and lost a good fish

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honda237

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Well i had a shipment of fish come in and i was holding a few for a friend so i moved my little 1" red texas in to my 46 communty, it was only for a couple days. I had a dimerus, that was growing twice as fast as his brothers and sister in that tank and was finally starting to color up, well i noticed last night my red texas was picking on everyone a little bit, but i was going to move the red texas the next day since it was 12am and i had to be up at 5:50am and not be home till 5pm that day, well i got home to find my beloved dimerus dead and stuck to the filter tubing:(. I really liked this fish and he was going to make a good breeder. Very sad day. he was a great fish that was almost 2" and his brothers & sisters were only 1". He had a lot of personality and great color. he will be missed. I was an idiot for doing that.
 
NEVER TRUST A HYBRID !!!!!!
 
ya, thanks guys. He was my favorite in the tank. which really stinks. I still have four more but not that size. needless to say the red texas is a different tank by itself.
 
the man made fish are the worst and best all at the same time......sorry for your loss...I have breed so many different kinds of cichlids during my time in the hobby, but the flowerhorns and red texas are in a class of their own for aggression and unpredictability. i love both of them for their personalities but they can be TRUE TOTAL TERRORS
 
ya i know what you mean, i thought he would be fine for a few days in there since he was so small but i guess not. This red texas better be sweet or i will be pissed
 
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