I bought a fish from a LFS that looks very close to the pics posted and they told be that it was a green texas.
My hybrid something something... Thoughts?
- Thread starter Batboi3000
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That is what this fish store said too. They said they ordered red texas but they clearly were not red when they came in. They called the dealer and said they sent green texas. But now this one is turning red to a point. Hmmm... Weird stuff! But cool stuff!
A lot of people (like a LFS that doesn't know hybrids well) don't know that red texas go through a fading process. Then they order them and when they're not red they are mad and think they got the wrong thing. Not every red texas is going to fade but at this point in time it's a game you play if you buy young fry and unfaded red texas. The key is to get them from somewhere reputable with good genetics if that's what you want. I prefer to take my chances growing out random hybrids just for the excitement.
Well the breeding thing isn't working out. I had to remove the male from the tank as there were domestic abuse issues in the relationship and I didn't want to lose the female.
On another note, I have been doing a little observation on youtube this morning and have seen several other examples of supposed red texas cichlids that look just like my hybrid or very similar. Again, when I bought mine, the store said this batch was suppose to be red texas, but they were all very green like a normal texas. My female is starting to show a little red in her gills that looks really neat. Do most red texas start out looking like a regular texas and peel/fade later? If so what size does this usually happen? Here are a couple of the videos I saw.
These look just like what I bought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN69ziATUso
The Male in this video has similar markings as mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP0TkEWNl4E
This one is just awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVq0nGorYpw
Please let me know your thoughts, those of you who have had experience with red texas. It would be awesome to find out this little girl of mine will fade into a beautiful red! Thanks!
On another note, I have been doing a little observation on youtube this morning and have seen several other examples of supposed red texas cichlids that look just like my hybrid or very similar. Again, when I bought mine, the store said this batch was suppose to be red texas, but they were all very green like a normal texas. My female is starting to show a little red in her gills that looks really neat. Do most red texas start out looking like a regular texas and peel/fade later? If so what size does this usually happen? Here are a couple of the videos I saw.
These look just like what I bought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN69ziATUso
The Male in this video has similar markings as mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP0TkEWNl4E
This one is just awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVq0nGorYpw
Please let me know your thoughts, those of you who have had experience with red texas. It would be awesome to find out this little girl of mine will fade into a beautiful red! Thanks!
If it was purchased through an LFS good chances its going to be a typical BP X Tex. There are approx 5 per batch that will fully fade. Those that do fully fade are still low-quality. They dont fade into pure red, but more of a pink/orange. They can be very attractive, but low quality in flowerhorn terms. Some wont even peel, They just continue to get more red as they grow. Its just the luck of the draw.
Real RT are hand selected and linebred for years until the breeder has develpoment and stabilized the traits he is looking for. Hence why they are so expensive and still rather rare.
Real RT are hand selected and linebred for years until the breeder has develpoment and stabilized the traits he is looking for. Hence why they are so expensive and still rather rare.
Here's some up to date pics of the little shela!
She's kind of roughed up in this pic, as her boyfriend now has domestic abuse charges against him.
She is currently in a 30 gallon tank with a couple convicts. Now i have read that with flowerhorns it is not good to have black backgrounds or black substrate as they don't color up as well with all black. I have both black background and black substrate in this tank. There is a bit of color in the tank with a couple green plastic plants, and clay pots. She doesn't appear as colorful lately as she used to be, but I don't know if that has been from getting beat on, losing a bit of scales, being stressed, or what the cause could be. Let me know your thoughts on this, if I should follow the same pattern and theme with her as with flowerhorns. Thanks!
She's kind of roughed up in this pic, as her boyfriend now has domestic abuse charges against him.
She is currently in a 30 gallon tank with a couple convicts. Now i have read that with flowerhorns it is not good to have black backgrounds or black substrate as they don't color up as well with all black. I have both black background and black substrate in this tank. There is a bit of color in the tank with a couple green plastic plants, and clay pots. She doesn't appear as colorful lately as she used to be, but I don't know if that has been from getting beat on, losing a bit of scales, being stressed, or what the cause could be. Let me know your thoughts on this, if I should follow the same pattern and theme with her as with flowerhorns. Thanks!
Just bumping to see if I can get a thought or two about the black background and substrate affecting my hybrid's color. Let me know your thoughts if this may be the same for her as it is with the flowerhorns. Thanks!
