This rt has worm pearls... They don't come from the carpintis he had pictured. An Escondido made them pearls...
Red texas cichlid
- Thread starter PwNz I R COLE
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This rt has worm pearls... They don't come from the carpintis he had pictured. An Escondido made them pearls...
good quality red Texas cichlids are hard to pick out till they mature most never color up to your expectations and it takes time to find out that you have a so so fish after putting in the time and effort
Don't waste your money! @ $5 a pop, still not worth it. I hate to say it and most don't want to hear it, but if your not willing to put up the cash don't bother looking for a red texas. Everybody wants one, but cringe after seeing the price tag and I'm not even talking about an MP, just a high quality RT @ 4" will run you around $250-400 depending on quality/fertility and so on or
contact Chris Barth. That's probably the most cost effective way to obtain a decent RT stateside.
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contact Chris Barth. That's probably the most cost effective way to obtain a decent RT stateside.
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If they're F1s get as many as you have space for, so you can save the best one. Sometimes they can surprise you, some of my f1's get loads of pearl real late in life
But in a way i agree with riftraft, what you're paying for when you're paying for a fully faded fully pearled RT is all the trouble the breeder went though to raise hundreds of fish to get a few nice RTs.
1-The first pic has nothing too do w/ that pair.
2- That pair has potential for a few very nice fry.
3-At that size, I would put twenty in a 55
4-At that price,$5 a piece, they are a steal. I'm sure you could get a better deal if you bought a bunch.
5-for what the cost of shipping is these days, you could probably end up getting 20-25 of these to grow out.
...This is a no brainer for anyone half interested in red texas. I don't see how anyone could try and talk someone out of buying these.
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2- That pair has potential for a few very nice fry.
3-At that size, I would put twenty in a 55
4-At that price,$5 a piece, they are a steal. I'm sure you could get a better deal if you bought a bunch.
5-for what the cost of shipping is these days, you could probably end up getting 20-25 of these to grow out.
...This is a no brainer for anyone half interested in red texas. I don't see how anyone could try and talk someone out of buying these.
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The no brainer is Cole only has a 55 gallon, so unless he plans on keeping a female/s (not likely out of this pair) then what is the point of paying $5 per piece for 20-25 fish that are more than likely all going to look like mediocre run of the mill carpintis hybrids? I personally wouldn't pay a dime for fish of that quality, nor would I attempt to keep a mature RT male in a 55 gallon. And that's coming from someone who has owned full grown RT's. My m/f pair lived in a 6ft 125, and my male utilized the entire tank. He would have been seriously cramped in a 55 gallon, as would most large male RT's.
