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

I cant see it.. Says its been deleted?

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

it dose and i cant say that about most forms

for some reason i cant post pics on the website

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there lol figured it out

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

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Like that

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!

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

your kidding right lol, that isnt a dempsey

teddyzaper wrote: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:

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

i have a breeding pair and look nothing like it

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.

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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

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.

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i guess you are right but only time will tell

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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.

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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Dollars also I talked with your brother for a bit and Im in on ordering those reds... call me or text you got my number

ya i will be doing it a week from monday, i am leaving for a week email me your#

Kingstature wrote:Dollars also I talked with your brother for a bit and Im in on ordering those reds... call me or text you got my number

ill take a red

Texas crossed with a flowerhorn.

I dont see any dempsey in it. Body shape and patterns are completly different.

And that pic of the red texas is a VERY high quality one. One that red with that many pearls at that size is rare.

I think that's just a Flowerhorn of some sort.

Yeah the red one from aquascape came with a pretty hefty price tag too.... I remember when he had those

wow..that red is pretty! How big do they get?

texas get big....just like the midas, red devil, etc.... 10 -18" probably

HALP wrote:And that pic of the red texas is a VERY high quality one. One that red with that many pearls at that size is rare.

True, it would probably be sold as SRT (Super Red Texas). There are different grades of Red Texas, the more red and pearls, the more expensive. There is also grading based on type and shape of pearls.