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Posted	Mystery fish
24-09-2006 15:39 by Ste	I have a cichlid which is appx 9 inches long he has a brown coloured body that is covered in electric blue spots .and has the same shaped head as a midas but not so wide originally i thought he was a huge texas but the blue colour is to deep and the body is the wrong colour . does anybody know what this fish could be?
24-09-2006 15:42 by Danny Boy	do you have any pics?
24-09-2006 16:33 by nige	is it a flower horn?
24-09-2006 18:20 by Bruce	You might be right nige.
24-09-2006 18:40 by darren	We need pics mate
24-09-2006 18:43 by Ste	i have a flower horn nige. and im pretty sure its not one of them. Its blue flecks are more of a pattern which cover its whole body. Yes danny i do have a couple of pics but you will have to escuse my photopraphic skills.
24-09-2006 18:45 by Ste	here is the other pic
24-09-2006 18:47 by Danny Boy	id say that was a blue texas.
24-09-2006 18:52 by Bruce	Thats definately a texas cichlid.
24-09-2006 18:53 by Bruce	Whoah did it at the same time.
24-09-2006 19:10 by Ste	Cheers guys i just thought it was strange because he is so big
24-09-2006 19:24 by Ste	can anybody tell me how big texas cichlids grow . i have always believed they only grow to 6 or 7 inches
24-09-2006 19:30 by Danny Boy	its a really nice looking specimen could be one of these even. http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_carpinte.php they say a true texas can reach 12inches
25-09-2006 08:28 by PaddyD	As Danny says it is a Herichthys carpintis This is the blue or green texas. will grow to 12" or even a bit bigger. is quite managable untill about 8". then can be a bit of a rouge - some specimens are great though. This is not the true texas, blues are generally more common. lovely fish.
25-09-2006 18:31 by Ste	paddy you are right about them being a rogue i have had to put him into a tank on his own . I tried him in with my big severums and all hell broke loose . he is in a partitiond 4 foot tank at the mo in my 400litre system, right next to my flower horn they are always staring each other out through the glass
25-09-2006 20:05 by heros hero	doesn't the carpinte have a more sloping face as opposed to the humped face of the cyanagutam?
26-09-2006 13:16 by yanton	Looks like a nice fish. Has anyone seen the rare red coloured varieties in the shops?
26-09-2006 15:25 by Ste	That is an unusual looking fish isnt it. i have never seen one of them, is it one of yours?
26-09-2006 15:30 by von	red ones are more available in the states
26-09-2006 20:08 by zzrpassion	This looks very like a red sevrum we have 2 males and used to have 2 females but the males are v aggressive and killed our females.
27-09-2006 10:01 by von	Definately not a severum... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/ProdImages/red%2520texas.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp%3Fidproduct%3D218&h=229&w=399&sz=16&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=yDwSK7HnKiVC1M:&tbnh=71&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Btexas%2Bcichlid%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
27-09-2006 17:10 by jonie	the red texas is a hybrid like parrotfish and flowerhorn
27-09-2006 22:22 by heros hero	The asian breeders seem to like the colour red! There's a red jag cichlid available now.

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