Red texas ?

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Just picked up this guy. What exactly is he ? Sold to me as a red texas. Whatever he is he's a stunner and a right character.

Clearly got a lot of texas in him, but is he a red tex or just a mish mash hybrid ?hogie 190512.jpg

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Well I'll be damned, an actual Red Texas. Congrats sir.

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......all red Texas are hybrids.


Nice fish btw! I hope mine turns out like that. His body shape and stripe look exactly the same. How old is he?


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......all red Texas are hybrids.


Nice fish btw! I hope mine turns out like that. His body shape and stripe look exactly the same. How old is he?

Yup, am aware that red tex are hybrids. Just wasn't aware of the exact criteria. Have found that most fish shops have even less of a clue than me.

Not sure of the age of my fish, but about a year I would expect. He's only 4-5" long as yet.
 
Hey yall i bought this fish as a Red Texas from Petsmart. it was buried in a tank full of other misfit cichlids. lol
Correct me if i'm wrong but i think this little guy actually is a Red Texas Cichlid. At first I thought he could be a JD, but he's very agressive for a little guy, He kept chasing after my FH and RD who are both about twice his size.
Also i'm not too sure if a its a boy or girl..

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The red coloration he has on his gills stays red even when his scales change to a darker brown color and the top of his fins become maroonish as well. I'm just waiting for him to grow right now.

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......all red Texas are hybrids.

Nice fish btw! I hope mine turns out like that. His body shape and stripe look exactly the same. How old is he?

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Lol trust me I'm aware. I said it that way because most of the Red Texas being posted lately come from Petsmart and are not Red Texas.

Hey yall i bought this fish as a Red Texas from Petsmart. it was buried in a tank full of other misfit cichlids. lol
Correct me if i'm wrong but i think this little guy actually is a Red Texas Cichlid. At first I thought he could be a JD, but he's very agressive for a little guy, He kept chasing after my FH and RD who are both about twice his size.
Also i'm not too sure if a its a boy or girl..

The red coloration he has on his gills stays red even when his scales change to a darker brown color and the top of his fins become maroonish as well. I'm just waiting for him to grow right now.

The fish Petsmart sells as Red Texas are not Red Texas, they are Kamfa Flowerhorn. It is a nice one though.

@Rome: Chris knows that a red tex is a hybrid lol. Reason why he said that is because recently people've been buying red tex from various sources but has turned out to be kamfas in practically all cases. Chris was referring to the fact that OP has a real red tex, not a kamfa.

Thanks you
 
Really? Thanks for the info. But what about the one that petsmart sells as Flowerhorns? the 26 dollar ones. i have 2 of those and they're clearly different than that Kamfa.
 
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