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Posted	Texas Cichlid
18-01-2007 01:04 by Kribman	I just found a little baby texas cichld at the store and couldn't leave without him. I was intreseted becsue he is the only type of cichlid in the United States. He seems to be aggressive, does anyone know what fish i should pair it with?
18-01-2007 02:25 by Kribman	/Users/christopherpeppey/Desktop/DSC03874.JPG
18-01-2007 07:09 by Red hook	I've got two texas cichlids. A male and female. They aren't very agressive as they live with different metynnis but they are agressive with each other though.
18-01-2007 09:22 by PaddyD	The true texas cichlid is hericthys cynoguttatus - this is found in the states, this is increasingly difficult to get hold of. You may have picked up the Blue texas (carpinte) which is a mexican fish. Care is fairly similar. The both grow to approx 10/12" as adults they would require a tank 48 x15 x15 minimum - either for a single fish or a bonded pair. The are probably not considered as nasty as several of the other big central amican cichlids - but they can still be a handful. Usually fairly well manered until the get about 6-7" at which point ity is easiest to not mix them with other species. In the meantime to avoid lots of aggression, I would get a few more of the same species and grow them up together to get a pair. Unless you have a big tank I woud avoid mixing with other cichlid species and would keep with larger barbs/tetras and catfish (ones that wont eat the cichlids and vice versa) If you have a big tank some ciclids you could try for a while would be: jack dempsey's/red hump earth eaters/ conicts/ nicuraguence (spelling)
18-01-2007 11:56 by telboy	kribman,sorry but what dya mean by is the only type of cichlid in the United States???
18-01-2007 12:21 by PaddyD	I think he means it is the only naturally occuring species in the states. I think it occurs in the rio grande in Texas - it also occurs in mexico. there are a few populations of introduced cichlids like oscars/chanchito/tilapia etc etc. Living in parts of the states
18-01-2007 13:13 by telboy	so are all the cichlids we buy as south usa,central usa,north usa etc not actually from some part of the states?not having a pop,just curios as i thought they were all natives!
18-01-2007 13:26 by Kribman	Telboy, i meant wild in the united states
18-01-2007 13:28 by Kribman	So if i were to get a larger cichlid tank when it gets a liitle bigger, jack dempsy's and conicts? Here he is by the way...
18-01-2007 13:32 by Bogwoodbruce	It's tiny compaired to mine,
18-01-2007 14:49 by darren	One of my faves
18-01-2007 14:50 by darren	More than likely to be Carpinte as Paddy d said

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