new pick up

[alotadollars]

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/alotadollars/redtexas2.

had him listed as a red texas, what do you guys think?

 

[Kingstature]

I cant see it.. Says its been deleted?

 

[Mikey]

I don't see it either, and use the "IMG" code on photobucket for this site, it works good

 

[shua]

it dose and i cant say that about most forms

 

[alotadollars]

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/alotadollars/redtexas2.jpg

 

[alotadollars]

for some reason i cant post pics on the website

 

[alotadollars]

there lol figured it out

 

[Mikey]

That link worked, but here, lets try to embed it. Copy the IMG link on on that picture, and paste it into your message

Like that

 

[Mikey]

lol you posted that right before me. You got it! YES! haha. And that's a sweet looking fish, but I'm no expert when it comes to the S. Americans haha Ask kingstature, I bet he'll know!

 

[Anonymous]

i think you already know this, but thats a jack dempsey

 

[alotadollars]

your kidding right lol, that isnt a dempsey

 

[Mikey]

i think you already know this, but thats a jack dempsey

Could be mixed with something else though? Or it's just young. This is a dempsey:

 

[Anonymous]

nope, this is a jack dempsey straight up. i had one for a while and it look EXACTLY like that.

 

[alotadollars]

i have a breeding pair and look nothing like it

 

[sandnuka]

Honestly allotofdollars... looks kinda like a dempsey... or itleast a dempsey cross with texas. Have never seen a red texas around here, and from what I know they are FIRE red..... the regular texas cichlid has a little bigger body and lighter in color, and more metallic dots all over, not just the places he has.... I posted a pic of a dempsey juvie, tell me what you think.

 

[shua]

you see all the greens and the single spot on the JD becase its getting more and more color the texas (wich never heard of such a thing as a "red texas") is dull blue and spreading the color out that it has hence the triple cuz sad to say a full grown texas IMO is ugly

 

[sandnuka]

Ok, Ive been lookin at a hundred dempseys and texas cichlids on google.... lol..... I love a hard fish to identify... but honestly, I am stickin with dempsey.... and maybe.... a cross dempsey and something else..... Here is a picture of the closest texas I could find that matches yours..... but notice how much more metallic spots he has than yours all over.... and the dempsey kinda has just a beard of metallic spots, wich is very common. much like yours.

 

[shua]

i guess you are right but only time will tell

and heres a red

 

[sandnuka]

also notice the tiny red on the dorsal fin.... another very common thing in the dempsey... the texas doesnt have that.


and I really want a red texas now.... lol.... seriously, they look awesome! did a google search, really never looked at them. just cool lookin.

 

[Kingstature]

Dollars, that fish is a Dempsey Cross with ?? Convict maybe... Its defenitley under some stress in this picture Im assuming its about 3-5 inches by looks of pic... Make sure he is alone, put a towel over the tank for a couple of days to give him a sense of security.. If he will eat feed him if not hold off for three days and try again... It is Definitley not a Red Texas.. I could be wrong maybe some whacked genus of Texas.. Teddy it is definitely not a pure Jack Dempsey but a hybrid of some sort... This is a Pic of my dempsey,,, and a random red texas pic from online
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