Red Devil Horde;5129517; said:Not true...
Some RT don't even show red @ all.
Most carry over the Texas gene so they appear a more green/brown base when small, & most will be pink or a drab pink when older.
You're lucky if you get a SRT/RT that is red, but you get what you pay for.
From what I've gather SRT/Rt's: Mammon/King Kong Parrot + Texas = SRT.
But you have to do a lot of selective breeding to get the fish pink.and carry over good pearling.
If you want red, you need to do a lot of home work.
Some ppl call RD + Texas, RT but in the end they're all just hybrids.
The high quality SRT/RT's you see sold for $1000's of dollars are not RD x Texas I can guarantee you that.
I have RT fry that I'm trying to breed back to some of my RD/Midas to get a more red base & thick body(I don't want a water kok I'd rather have a natural nuchal hump).
Will they be what the consider real SRT/RT's...???...
Nope, just a nice looking red hybrid with nice pearls.
Will it resemble a SRT/RT, probably.
This is the downside of flooding the market with low grade hybrids, ppl call the fish what they want, & there's no real way to trace the lineage of your fish.
Good post you are correct. There is a lot more info on red texas on this forum (try the search feature for "red texas breeding") and on flowerhorncraze. Wasn't trying to offend you ciocca just pointing out bad info. Theres a lot to learn from this forum and a lot of people who think they know what they're talking about but remember somebody is going to be looking back on this thread one day trying to figure something out you've got to give the right information.
