I would be willing to bet, since you did not buy it from a reputable source, that it is not a pure Trimac, but a hybrid of some sort
ID please, true trimac?
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very good possiblity it is not completely pure. the guy i deal with at my LFS is pretty good with getting nice stock in. either way I believe it was not WC and actually captive bred from one of his suppliers.
BTW what can a trimac breed with? red devil? green texas? red texas?
When it becomes an adult, what can I sell him for? I am afraid he will get too agressive. But if he doesn't I will surely keep him.
BTW what can a trimac breed with? red devil? green texas? red texas?
When it becomes an adult, what can I sell him for? I am afraid he will get too agressive. But if he doesn't I will surely keep him.
No he is not a true trimac because those severum aren't cowering in the corner of the tank yet. 
(really though, it's impossible to tell the difference between a very low grade FH and a pure trimac. Only way to know for sure is to know the source.)
(really though, it's impossible to tell the difference between a very low grade FH and a pure trimac. Only way to know for sure is to know the source.)
Modest_Man;2851806; said:
exactly! No one can look at a fish and say absolutely sure that it IS a trimac, because many low grade fh's look so similar that you can't tell by the naked eye. We can, however, tell you for sure if a fish is NOT a pure trimac. The pics you posted though are a bit blurry for the fish in question (though the severum was very nicely focused...and I agree that in the best interest of the severum it should be rehoused soon).
The basic general rule is if you didn't get from a reputable source/breeder/importer then there's no way to know for sure short of DNA testing.
Jason_S;2853932; said:
The pics you posted though are a bit blurry for the fish in question (though the severum was very nicely focused...and I agree that in the best interest of the severum it should be rehoused soon).
The basic general rule is if you didn't get from a reputable source/breeder/importer then there's no way to know for sure short of DNA testing.
That make no sense at all. So we cannot tell for sure if a fish is pure trimac, but we can tell for sure if a fish is a isn't pure trimac???? Please explain how you can know for sure that a fish that looks like a trimac is not a trimac.
jgentry;2855211; said:
what I meant was that some flowerhorns are OBVIOUS flowerhorns:
These fish, we can absolutely say are NOT 100% pure trimac. They are obviously flowerhorns.
However, you can't take a fish such as the one in the original post and determine by appearance 100% if the fish is in fact a pure trimac or if it is a low grade flowerhorn. Low grade flowerhorns look very similar and in some cases just like a real trimac whereas the higher grade flowerhorns quite obviously are not pure trimac.
