Hybrid or Pure?

[Rafini]

Hey Guys I have had this fish for a few months now growing a ton and eating the most and running the tank.
They actually were not labelled but I just assumed it was a Texas line bred or maybe some form of hybrid that I could grow out with my blood parots.

the fish has been very black for quite some time but recently is coloring up a lot more, the fins are pretty red and the pearls extremely blue. The pattern is actually very similar to one of my BPs that was coloring up but I think its just general cichlid juvie pattern.

I took some photos with flash also so you can see the patterns clearly, but the colors are drastically washed out,
What do you guys think, Pure bred or some kind of hybrid? Personalyl I have been looking at a lot of pictures and I can`t even find many short body texas that exactly like mine.

Washed out with flash

As far as I know the fish were imported from SE Asia.
Thanks for having a look guys!

 

[pjsammut]

It's a short bodied Texas.


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[Rafini]

So you're going with pure? I still want to wait and see what others think. Having a community of people with a common interest is so helpful lol

 

[gamerpond1]

It is a shortbodied texas but still a hybrid strain results of line breeding its brothers and sisters or ants and uncles were other shortbodied texas, unfaded red texas, red texas and shortbodied red texas and either one of his parents or grandparents is a bloodparrot and from what I see some high quality texas for sure and my guess from the redish fins and dark color while not showing spawning dress otherwise the head would be lighter and it might be red with white pearls in a year or so but a shortbodied red texas would be something I would want in my tank or a shortbodied texas for that matter oh and might I add most shortbodies I've seen have lighter green flesh but not near as bright pearls

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[Rafini]

Exactly, this is what I am talking about. I know nothing about Red texas. absolutely nada.
But I have kept regular texas before, and When I made threads in the CA/SA section before about my texas being really dark they just said it is in breeding dress. But I have yet to see a picture of a texas cichlid in breeding dress with colors.

 

[gamerpond1]

Exactly, this is what I am talking about. I know nothing about Red texas. absolutely nada.
But I have kept regular texas before, and When I made threads in the CA/SA section before about my texas being really dark they just said it is in breeding dress. But I have yet to see a picture of a texas cichlid in breeding dress with colors.

Yeah breeding dress has little color for example my pair vs this shortbody



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[xxUnRaTeDxxRkOxx]

Keeping a Red Texas is just the same as keeping a regular Texas, or even a "Green" Texas. Nothing really different in the aspects of the tank, any decor, etc... Really the only difference between all of them is the color, and of course geographical location of where regular Texas cichlids, and "Green" Texas cichlids are found in the wild. The Red Texas cichlid, and short body Texas cichlids are hybrids that are not found in the wild because they are caused by selective breeding to achieve their looks.

 

[Rafini]

Keeping a Red Texas is just the same as keeping a regular Texas, or even a "Green" Texas. Nothing really different in the aspects of the tank, any decor, etc... Really the only difference between all of them is the color, and of course geographical location of where regular Texas cichlids, and "Green" Texas cichlids are found in the wild. The Red Texas cichlid, and short body Texas cichlids are hybrids that are not found in the wild because they are caused by selective breeding to achieve their looks.

Thanks for the info, I just wonder if they are hybrids then does this affect their aggression levels at all? I know flowerhorns have a reputation for being somewhat aggressive, whereas blood parrots are known to be usually pretty chilled (obviously some exceptions to this rule)

 

[crush329]

Hey Rafini... you have been given the wrong info. Your carpintis looks pure but could be a hybrid. Not all short bodies are hybrids... they just don't make it in the wild. Check out what my pure pair created http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?558638-My-Carpintis-pair

 

[Azedenkae]

Omg, wtf.

It's a short-bodied Green Texas. Which is definitely absolutely NOT a hybrid. The short body is simply a mutation, like the EB gene in Jack Dempseys or calico gene in Convicts.

Jesus christ people, learn your stuff. >.<

*Disclaimer: Well, there is a possibility that something like this can be a hybrid, but more than likely it's a simple mutation.