New Tex in town

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

awesome! Please post more pics!

 

[Pharaoh]

Welcome. That fish is a looker.

 

[gnuisance]

Wow, thats a beautiful texas. I also have a green texas, mine isnt nearly as mature yet. He sat in the lfs for MONTHS, no one took him, he would wag his tail at me when I stopped in, seemed very pleasant and outgoing, so I broke down and went and got him his own 30 gallon (for now) and bought him. 2 weeks after I got him he got a major parasite infestation. He had something lay eggs inside his face and it got huge and the eggs hatched and started eating his flesh!!!! I took a chance and did a major salt treatment and fed super quality foods and did excessive water changes etc and it took about 3 months but he finally healed up. The morning after I added the salt the bottom of the tank was sprinkled with dead worm bodies. It was unreal. Sorry for the long post, but my texas is my special guy after I got him healthy again. I was actually considering euthanizing him. It was bad, but he always ate and swam, that kept me hopeful. I have a soft spot for gorgeous texans now.

So what became of this fish? is he still around?

 

[HydroGrrl]

A lot of exciting stuff has been going on with my fish the last few days! I found one of my juveniles laying eggs! I'm still unsure whether the other juvenile or my adult Tex is the father. I though it was the adult, but have since seen both juveniles lip locking and tail slapping. Not sure if she is just asserting her dominance? The adult seems to follow her around, but has not really shown any aggression towards either of the others. I did finally get a pic of the juvies lip locking though. Any thoughts on whether they are hybrids or just green texas?

 

[nooklid]

I cant see the other fish but that one looks like a male convict. I know for shore it has convict in him.

 

[sick_lid]

It looks like your Escondido may have mated with a Convict, creating a Carpintis x Convict Hybrid. The smaller fish is definitely not pure Carpinte, can't see the other one though.

Your Escondido is a brute though, looks great.

 

[indiana.dutton]

Lookin good!

 

[Dominator]

I cant see the other fish but that one looks like a male convict. I know for shore it has convict in him.

i see some orange on that convict's belly.

 

[Plec123]

very nice!!

 

[uncwnells]

HUGE escondido Im jealous I just lost mine