texas or jaguar...

[YOOPER]

I like the Escon idea as well. Great fish very colorful. Oh yeah, my female jag is 6" long and has red eyes.

 

[Salty]

I'm sorry I meant really, mean, psycho, crazy, orangish, reddish, evil lookig eyes. Better? Go with the jag. besides they're better than trimacs, devils, and especially the texas.

 

[Opiate]

yeah man go the jaguar!

 

[croc 2-3]

I'd go carpinte or cynaguttum( texas & gr. texas) for the tank over a managuense(jag) any day. I've kept managuense & carpinte before. I like the responsiveness of the managuense but the color changeing(according to mood) of the carpinte & cynaguttum is much more intriguing.

 

[BoaConChicken]

i'd say go with the jags

 

[rallysman]

I want to see these jags with red eyes!! lol...

ETA: did a google image search and saw some with red eyes...I guess they grow out of it or something. I've never noticed it before!!

 

[_erik_]

Well, Im gonna swim a bit against the current now but...

I would keep a pair of texas. I never kept texas cichlids myself, but I have kept a single jag and it wasnt a hit. Breeding pairs of any CA cichlid is way more fun. If you really want to keep a single fish, then chose a midas or trimac, alot more personal than a jag when kept alone.

 

[rallysman]

I would still go with the texas option for that tank, even though I like jags better. There is no way I would stuff my Jag into a 75....he is just too much fish for a tank of that size

 

[bpunisher18]

I have both Texas and Jags and I love'em both, both are really cool fish I figure you can't go wrong either way. For me I would go with what is harder to come by ,here Jags were harder to get at 1st no I have a hard time finding Texas. I would think a pair of Texas would do fine in a 75 and just 1 Jag might not be as much fun but like I said earlier you can't lose with your choice. Good luck on choosing

 

[TexasMomma]

There would be a size issue with the Jags.My 75 is 4 foot long, according to my books on fish "Tank Busters" and "Dr. Axlerods's Atlas of Aquarium Fishes" Jags grow to 2 foot long.
So a full grown Jag would be able to look out one end of the tank, then turn and be looking out the other end.

I would go with a smaller fish! My jags are just babies and they are cool, but I have had some experience with Texas, and they are cool too. You could even consider a Jack or 2. They are way pretty!

Rallys man I have the two juv Jags and they both have red eyes, according to my book they will have red eyes untill they begin to mature. I will point out the eye color does change with the mood of the fish, ie aggressive or passive behavior. I feel my eyes turn red depending on my mood too! LOL