Stupid Carpintis!!!! Need advice...

[Tongue33]

Jcardona1 My apologies I thought your question was answered.

That coloration is two things. One they can go that coloration when stressed.. THOUGH more common is the breeding color The pics you showed with the GT, JD and the Carpinte woudl suggest that in my opinion it is possible that the Carpinte was looking to be courted

My female which is what it looks like you have. Pushed out my female JD from my breeding pair and the male JD and the Cyanoguttas paired up and were about to let loose.. But I was not about to let the bashing of my b lack arow continue :9 So I deleted the problem..

But furthermore just to re cap. Yes you are correct that is the exact coloration and pattern that both Carpinte and Cyanoguttas display when about to breed

Let me see if I have a pic of my Cyano.

Oh and i was able to keep her without issues... Until I went from strictly cichlids to peaceful arows

 

[Tongue33]

Here my female and then a vid right at the beginning my female swims by Look familiar

Beginning of vid my cyano swims by in stress/courting color
http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/Tongue33/?action=view&current=GareatingMOV-1.flv

 

[Gucci]

I have no probs with mine. The tank has to be big enough!

 

[jcardona1]

Thanks for the info Tongue! Yeah, mine looks just like the one in your video. So you think mine might be a female? Cause I know somebody mentioned a few pages back that they thought it was male?? Also, are these colors only for breeding/stressed out or can they be used for aggression too? Because I think mine may me be due to aggression, afterall, the fish is only about 3" long and I dont think they're sexually mature yet, could be wrong though im not sure...

So the carpintis has been alone in the 30g for about a day now. Well almost alone, there were about 7 feeder goldfish. When i got home from work yesterday, he/she had murdered 3 of them, looks like it was just for fun too. Ripped the face off and left everything else intact...

 

[Tongue33]

Mine was attempting the "you got to go!" spawn at 4"

I say female due to the dark patch traveling into the Dorsal have you ever seen the vent?

 

[Tongue33]

Oh Here I found a pic of here when she was gettin down with my cons

Your looked like this huh

 

[scubasteve06]

Oh Here I found a pic of here when she was gettin down with my cons

Your looked like this huh

Carpintis are whores and so are convicts...my carpintis spawned with a pink convict and I have 4 hybrid fry I am going to grow out and see what they look like they already are looking interestingly good. My male carpintis spawned at 3.5-4".

 

[Tongue33]

YES THEY ARE

 

[gergleb]

I have a litte taxas almost 4 inches now, He(i think) is a little crazy. it will flare at my GT and jack dempey which are both twice his size. but then retreats once they turn back to him. hopefully he wont cause problems once he gets about the same size.

 

[jcardona1]

yeah tongue mine looks sorta like that. Except mine gets almost ALL solid black and you cant see the spots. Ive looked at the vent but I cant really tell what im looking for even though it was explain to me haha. ill try to get some pics of the vent area...