Is it a Red Texas?

[BrAin]

I figured if it wasnt really a red they might be female. Any suggestions on if my train of thought was correct?

[Fishmaker]

no even females are red sometimes. the color red (in general sense) really has nothing to do with its gender. its that they fade into the color red/orange/yellow depending on the grade of the rt which can make these guys very fun to raise up. when rt are born they dont come out red or at least that i've seen of. Maybe Tony have seen some red prefaded rt frys. XD there are many cases of a unfaded RT. I have one thats a unfaded male and its the sibiling of tony's male RT. tony's RT is red but is also a unfaded one as well (base upon last update i saw him), just that tony's rt got some really good genes on him. heres a pic to compare :] this is my non faded rt as of yet.



a friend of mine shevagol also said that "Late faders are deep faders (provided that they have good color genes passed down)
Many red texas that fade when young generally keep fading many times as it matures... The ones that fade when bigger and more mature are likely to retain their colors more."

Hopefully from what he said if im lucky mines will fade . But there are some nonfaded rt that looks dazzling like Tony's. :] I feel that non faded high quality SRT are very rare for most of them are culled in the progress before they get a chance to shine.

heres a link to my non fade rt progress thread. hope it can better give you and idea of how a rt can change over time. http://flowerhornrusforum.com/topic/8588134/1/

[DTony]

Fishmaker is correct. For the record, I have seen RT fry start fading at around 1".. Usually if a RT is to ever fade, it will fade before it reaches 8". After 8", the chances of it fading is extremely low.

[CRUSHER]

numbers 3 & 4 is a good looking fish!

Bought a "red" texas from a lfs a couple weeks ago and now I'm wondering if it really is a red or maybe just a green. I took a couple shots of it and the green I got from Crusher as a comparison. The red is still fairly young so I could be wrong and it might change later. Let me know what you think.

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[BrAin]

Lol. Yeah, got it from a nice guy for a good price....

[BrAin]

Ok, so the two arent reds but is it possible they are the same. Just male and female. Both have that red strip on the dorsal fin.

[CRUSHER]

:-)~

Lol. Yeah, got it from a nice guy for a good price....

[Fishmaker]

best to just give a bit of time to grow out and see any development of pearls. cause mine wasn't red at all when he was 1inch but he did have a bit pearls on him. Possibly yours can a be a low grade rt?? maybe. only a bit of time will tell. im thinking maybe is just your classic yellow base flowerhorn with possible fade genetics in them. thats another possibility. looking forward to some update when they get bigger. hope they show/reveal their identity a bit more. for now they are very mysterious little 1inch frys .

[DTony]

I wouldn't even consider the 2 fry you have Texas hybrids. That's what I meant when I said they weren't red texas. Grow em out a little and you can figure out what they are, but I'm 110% certain that they are no where near RT or Texas hybrids.

[allysangels]

anybody wanna see my texas?
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[BrAin]

just wanted to update. I'm leaning towards Jack Dempsey. Maybe a cross of that and some other. I'm still not sure what it is. The other two still look the same right now. This one is a bully and is growing like crazy.

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[barrettsline]

Is it a Red Texas?

I don't believe these are Texas cichlids. They could have been at one point but there is something genetically different.

[DTony]

just wanted to update. I'm leaning towards Jack Dempsey. Maybe a cross of that and some other. I'm still not sure what it is. The other two still look the same right now. This one is a bully and is growing like crazy.

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Def not Jack Dempseys.. Not any pure species of cichlids I've ever seen. I still would not consider these Texas hybrids.

[allysangels]

I used to have a 6 ft tank full of texas cichlids in my dining room, and to me it looks like this is 1/2 texas, 1/2 dempsey. on a side note, is it just me or does the fish look bloated?

[barrettsline]

I used to have a 6 ft tank full of texas cichlids in my dining room, and to me it looks like this is 1/2 texas, 1/2 dempsey. on a side note, is it just me or does the fish look bloated?

Noticed that as well. Didnt know if it might be bloat or just full from feeding.