Do Texas cichlids fade?

[crush329]

Two things. First I have males both texas and texas hybrids that at times look just like that in color intensity, makes the spangles stand out and the front of face and top of head are almost white so breeding dress. Remember because of the short body it is compressed up in pattern as well and i believe if it was a normal length fish it would be more visually normal looking breeding colors. Second i believe short body texas are hybrids (thats how they got the short body genes) and blood parrots are one of the best ways of adding that gene. Blood parrots usually fade so yes if so it is possible that your fish could fade.

No rt... Just a good looking pure short body Carpintis. Short body texas are not hybrids and they do occur naturally. If you want you can comb through my threads and find "My Carpintis pair" thread and see how they created a bunch of short bodies. Your short body is not fading... It's either stressed like Aquamojo said or it's trying to get the attention of another fish within the tank. Yours looks escondido and mine I believe is Chairel. But here's mine looking real similar to yours(just not as dark) while trying to get the attention if a male convict that wanted nothing to do with her...

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[Rafini]

Yeah I know I don`t have a read texas cause I only paid $10, I just mean that if it was a BP hybrid that would make it classified as a red texas right?
I know that you can get naturally occuring short body cichlids. yours is looking great! maybe mine is in the mood to breed or something he has a whole bunch of blood parrots to choose from that are around his size

 

[the animal guy]

It's nothing to worry about. Likely it is just stress coloration. Lots of CA cichlids will do that.

That is Not stress..
Nor it is fading..


It is horny.

because : dark bars but Blank light head, & black throat.

And behavior says a ;lot

 

[rdKirby]

It is horny.

Cue the Kenny G lol



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[winston.smith]

I havent kept these, but have seen other cichlid species change colors, dramatically sometimes, as a matter of course, not just during
mating but also as they mature.

 

[crush329]

Yeah I know I don`t have a read texas cause I only paid $10, I just mean that if it was a BP hybrid that would make it classified as a red texas right?
I know that you can get naturally occuring short body cichlids. yours is looking great! maybe mine is in the mood to breed or something he has a whole bunch of blood parrots to choose from that are around his size

Thank you and the answer to the bp hybrid would be yes. From the first cross on they would be considered rt. I agree with everyone else... It's environment sounds very exciting! Lol

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[Rafini]

He has a lot of potential mates in his tank, there is another smaller SB texas that he ignores, 3 curvy blood parrots, a severum and 2x guinacara.

 

[onefowl1]

No rt... Just a good looking pure short body Carpintis. Short body texas are not hybrids and they do occur naturally. If you want you can comb through my threads and find "My Carpintis pair" thread and see how they created a bunch of short bodies. Your short body is not fading... It's either stressed like Aquamojo said or it's trying to get the attention of another fish within the tank. Yours looks escondido and mine I believe is Chairel. But here's mine looking real similar to yours(just not as dark) while trying to get the attention if a male convict that wanted nothing to do with her...

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I know they can happen naturally as well but I have seen many that were produced using blood parrot. There are posts on this site where batches of hybrid texas x parrot fry were raised up to good sizes and the fry pointed out to each of their own merits such as faded or not faded and short body or not normal closed mouth or pinched.

So knowing that one can produce these traits either way unless you get them from the person that bred them I would caution labeling them pure and not hybrids at least until they all grow to full size or raise fry from them to a good size and see if they produce uniform looking fry matching the parents. I should have said some and not all short body texas are from BP crosses.

Some can disagree and some will agree but no not all texas x BP should be called RT just like any of the other crosses are all called the same. In order for a fish to be classed a RT it needs to meet several things not just color. Some of the main things include color, body shape, spangling/pearling and head/face shape. Going by this for example if one did cross a texas x BP fry that looked like a BP in body and head/face would not be called RT because it did not look like a RT should even if it was colored like one.

 

[crush329]

I know they can happen naturally as well but I have seen many that were produced using blood parrot. There are posts on this site where batches of hybrid texas x parrot fry were raised up to good sizes and the fry pointed out to each of their own merits such as faded or not faded and short body or not normal closed mouth or pinched.

So knowing that one can produce these traits either way unless you get them from the person that bred them I would caution labeling them pure and not hybrids at least until they all grow to full size or raise fry from them to a good size and see if they produce uniform looking fry matching the parents. I should have said some and not all short body texas are from BP crosses.

Some can disagree and some will agree but no not all texas x BP should be called RT just like any of the other crosses are all called the same. In order for a fish to be classed a RT it needs to meet several things not just color. Some of the main things include color, body shape, spangling/pearling and head/face shape. Going by this for example if one did cross a texas x BP fry that looked like a BP in body and head/face would not be called RT because it did not look like a RT should even if it was colored like one.

Well I know you know this but the initial cross of bp and texas is the start of a red texas project so that is why they get called that. It has been brought up before whether or not they should be called rt but really they are just bp/texas crosses. I guess its just as wrong as labeling a midevil a red devil or midas... Rt is just the common name that the hybrids get labeled.

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[newworld]

One of my short body texas cichlids is turning black, and not the black and white breeding dress. hes pretty much in charge of my tank so I am sure its not a stress thing.

Does this species fade?

Fading/peeling is a hybrid crap term....sorry I had to, so to answer your question Cyanoguttatus or carpintis do not unless they are hybrids, both fish I would be weary buying from a lfs and expect either species...