I am considering getting one or two of these. Is fading common as they age? When would it usually occur? Can it be prevented?
Picture update of my red texas
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Aha so by 4.5 they should have faded if they were going to.Camphilophus;4319276; said:
Thanks!!FishingOut;4319319; said:
I don't think it is gonne fade but its beautiful non the less.
What are you feeding it, it looks much bigger than 4.5?
What are you feeding it, it looks much bigger than 4.5?
Not expert at all with these guys thats why i was asken.But from what i do know you would be lucky to get one that faded completly so if you kike the look of my guy chances are good..lujor;4319326; said:
he's only 4.5 LOL Feed consists of Hikari gold and freeze drie plangton..and live blck worms for treats...siebertn;4319673; said:
FishingOut;4319319; said:
You need to stop trying to I.D. peoples hybrids in every thread. Unless you bred it you don't know whats in it. Your guess is just a guess.
There's no problem in finding quality red texas that have faded, and are actually red. You just have to be willing to pay for them.
Seems like everyone is breeding & selling red texas these days, with a lot of them turning out just like your fish, which in my books is nothing more than a hybrid carpintis.
This is red texas, and it's only 3.5".
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwflowerhorn&1280456110
Chances are that this guy will not fade......which in some cases...if it is a he....will give him a higher chance of fertility!!!! The reason I say this.....is because most RT males are infertile(especially when faded)....but if you have a RT that is more dominant with GT (green texas) then the chances are greater of him being fertile.
Yes there are a lot of people breeding RT right now and I am one of them. I have sold many RT's that have faded at 1 inch and some that have faded at larger 3 to 4 inch sizes. I have even heard of a guy that bought a RT (not from me)that did not fade until 6.5 inches, and he got rid of it before it faded, and then the new owner got it and it ended up fading and was a FERTILE RT Male....what a kick in the butt!!!!
Either way, you have a great looking fish!!!!!
Yes there are a lot of people breeding RT right now and I am one of them. I have sold many RT's that have faded at 1 inch and some that have faded at larger 3 to 4 inch sizes. I have even heard of a guy that bought a RT (not from me)that did not fade until 6.5 inches, and he got rid of it before it faded, and then the new owner got it and it ended up fading and was a FERTILE RT Male....what a kick in the butt!!!!
Either way, you have a great looking fish!!!!!
Camphilophus;4319841; said:
Calm down fella. My guess's are highly educated and mostly right. No outlandish statements here. What ive stated I know as fact. This isnt Escon, And it didnt get much fader gene. I dont have to breed to to make this assumption.
I understand the breeding concept, and using the hybrid males as potential breeders, but that doesn't change the simple fact that many hybrid carpinitis are being sold these days as Red Texas, when they are not red at all, nor are they ever going to be.
Some people apparently consider any hybrid carpintis with RT genes to be a RT, personally I don't. And yes, I've read the explanation given by KNT Farm. That's one persons opinion, that has commercial interests at stake.
Here's a prime example of a pair of fish sold as RT's, being sold yet again using the same name/description.
http://www.flowerhorncraze.com/index.php?showtopic=107034
And this is in no way critiquing your stock CJ, at the price that you sell them for it's well worth buying a group of them & seeing what the end result might be. If I didn't have this pesky international border issue, I would have definitely been in line for some of your juvies.
Some people apparently consider any hybrid carpintis with RT genes to be a RT, personally I don't. And yes, I've read the explanation given by KNT Farm. That's one persons opinion, that has commercial interests at stake.
Here's a prime example of a pair of fish sold as RT's, being sold yet again using the same name/description.
http://www.flowerhorncraze.com/index.php?showtopic=107034
And this is in no way critiquing your stock CJ, at the price that you sell them for it's well worth buying a group of them & seeing what the end result might be. If I didn't have this pesky international border issue, I would have definitely been in line for some of your juvies.
