Electric Blue Texas Cichlid? Myths Debunked
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2018
- The blue Texas also known as the green Texas explode in color with this food. I highly advise it. It’s super popular in the Flowerhorn scene and does these fish really well.
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Anyone have an idea how a full stock of fish in a tank could die? Currently moved the loach to a different tank since he was the only survivor. Oxygen depletion? Columnaris is one of the fastest killing diseases. Have a bit more of a back story?
Well my betta bloated and went to the bottom, then I'm not so sure about the others, I just woke up and they all were either laid on the bottom of the tank or floating dead at the top. Not sure how it got all the others and not the loach.
We're they curled up with mouths open? Usually that is from them trying to breathe. Mouth closed and it's usually another issue like a sickness or heater malfunction. No they were just all laid out. Not curl. The betta was bloated and looked like his gills were puffed out when I found him. The pygmy cat was floating at the top looking like he was having seizures. While the glass cat and pleco were just laying on the bottom.
I hope not. It's been coming on and going off like it's supposed to. Are there any hardy fish I could put in it after I refill it just to see how it does? I've had a heater that would light up like it was turning on but never actually turned on. I'd actually just go with a cheap fish but best would be a voltmeter. If the heater is defective it should short once it turns on.
it's been working just fine and keeping the tank at the right temperature. I just ran a ph test on the tap water bc I've never had an issue out of it, but it's running between neutral and high alkalinity. I'm gonna by some bottled water and let that cycle through and test it again. I'll throw in some of that starter stuff too. Or do you think the starter stuff would fix the water?
Blue Texas cichlids are awesome fish. Yes, for like a month now. Just it been cleaned and emptied. I've just gotta boil some water to put in it and I'm gonna try adding some of the Tetra Easy Balance. I'd do a deep clean of the tank. I wouldn't mess with the chemistry of the water at all either. Consistency is key. The only thing I ever add is prime during WC. Once a year I will add bacteria just to ensure each type of bacteria is at a good level. I use stability by seachem. Nothing better IMO. And I'd also get the tank running and the cycle established before adding any fish. You can speed up the cycle by getting some seeded media from a local fish keeper or a pet store sometimes. And don't do the boiled water. That will just break the glass. Just use bleach water mix, 1:10 ratio. Once that dried completely the bleach is no longer toxic as it will have all evaporated. Give it a good rinse and good to go.
I did an apple cider vinegar and water soak on it. I want sure how safe it was to use bleach. The tank is set up and ready to go. I'm going to let it cycle for a while though like you suggested. Probably best. It really sucks waiting with an empty tank but worth it in the end. And I'm not sure the apple cider vinegar is good or not. I've always used and been told the regular vinegar only. Bleach is actually even safer than vinegar as long as it completely dries or is soaked with dechlorinated water for a while.
Hey your going thru an uncycled not fully cycled new tank syndrome. If starting all over... see if can get some filter medium from lps or a friend. Will help speed process. Beneficial bacteria in bottle good to help like when moving...but not as good in starting up.
Danios are farly cheap and decent fish.. fairly hardy.... get 3 of those after running few days to help start cycling. Also read in files section how to cycle tank.
Okay, thank you! I've never had this problem of all my fish just dying off and it really sucks. I'm gonna try my hardest to make sure I get it back up to what it used to be. I agree we need more info. I had a full angle fish set up die after a water change. I hadn't realized I filled the tank to high and didn't have room on top to exchange oxygen. I was a very sad day in the hobby for me.
Yea, my boyfriend's mom put air stones in one night when I went to work and woke up the next morning and couldn't find my fish. Turns out they all piled into a corner and were hiding from them. It could be a lot of things. Check your water parameters, did they have any symptoms beforehand, how much aeration do you have going on, any plants, did you possibly use any chemicals around the tank while cleaning, did you add any new fish relatively recently, could there have been any kind of chemical or soap on your hands the last time you put your hands in the tank? Sooooo many factors!
Test strip tip...When you get more test strips cut them in half length ways. It does not make them less accurate and you get twice as many tests.
You're a hero my man
Your big male isn't a carpintis .it's spots are too small. That's a cyanogattatus or true Texas in my opinion or a carpintis X cyanogattatus , I'm no expert, ask one of the carpintis groups. The green, Rio hondo and Escondido are all carpintis.
I agree, Carpintis have a different color pattern completely. Cyanos have silver speckles covering green base body
Correct I love palmar but he is not always right. Everyone makes mistakes.
I agree, I have kept Carpintis in the past. This fish is definitely a Herichthys Cyanoguttatus aka a Texas Cichlid not a Carpintis.
Yeah you said it right. That's a cyano.
Love the videos
Carpintis and green texas cichlids are often confused as the same fishes but they are not the same. If you dont believe me then check the sci. name.
Very cool fish!
What’s up man. I’m getting into American cichlids and love the videos your putting out. Just had my rainbow cichlid pair lay in with my Texas cichlids. Should I remove the eggs? Or do you think they will be good?
Freedom Aquatics - I wouldn’t keep Texas with rainbows unless it’s a large tank with lots of fish. Maybe in a 125g.
I would remove if you want to keep them
Palmer Fish Q&A it’s a 150
When asking questions is it okay to just do it in the comments or is there somewhere else you want us to send you messages?
This might sound crazy but in my big tank I end up for about a year just feeding my fish dog food once they all got to be over a pound.. my dovi, jaguar cichlid and Red devil loved it the jaguar cichlid got to be about 14 in Long probably 3 lb.
He’s a cool fish!
Whats the easiest way to tell the which is male or female without venting
I have a Texas cichlid not sure exactly which one, it did look like yours with the smaller spots than as time went on they got bigger and pretty much become one big spot.
Wait tell they grow larger and check out fins
@@PalmerAquatics and then what lol.
Right now I have a fish like that. Right now it’s one of my Jack Dempsey’s. He’s growing faster than the other Jack Dempsey and my 2 Green Terrors. I got them all at the same time and size but he’s just growing faster. He’s not drastically bigger than them or anything though. Recently he’s been being more aggressive. He’s not hurting any of the other fish but he’s definitely chasing them around here and there during the day. I’m home all the time so I’m able to watch and make sure he doesn’t start doing any damage. He’s definitely not s bad as my previous electric blue Jack Dempsey’s who just could not be in a tank with any other fish at all. Because of that I’m buying a bunch of new things for my tank to give more and better hiding places for the others and him to see if that helps. Last time I did that I worked out really well so hoping it works just as good this time around.
That’s a straight up Texas blue, nothing else.
I just got one this week.. got it with a female green terrier or get along great so far it's just them too in a 55
How can I stop my juvenile red devil chasing my blue Texas
Need a Super Red Texas breeder. Anyone knows ???
Having trouble sexing my texas cichlid so i can find a breeding partner and move them to a larger separated tank . It appears that there may or may not be a hump developing . Is there anybody i can send a picture to that can help
Did u find out? How old is it?
Texas are crazy aye, mines a crazy blue the only thing that it allows to live with it is a small female dovii. It’s funny how you mention their the new flowerhorns I treat mine like a flowerhorn nice euro 75gal just to itself an that small dovii
I have a texas blue and a convict in the same tank
How long does it take for a Texas to get as big as yours
1.5 years of good feeding 👌
Sounds good mines deff eating alot of good stuff and variety you have taught me well over the years lol them terracotta pots though!!!!
Can't wait to eventually get a 75g or 90g🙏🏼
I love American cichlids but I haven’t had great luck as far as aggression goes. Especially with Red Devils and Oscars. Had to exile or rehome. Tempting to get a Texas though.
My 3 peacock bass are super easy going. No aggression whatsoever.
My texas is highly aggressive. Similar to oscars and red devils.
I want a Texas cichlid
only one woop :(
My " electric" blue texas looks nothing like this. Much better color
Very disappointed with the information provided in this video Chris and the reason for that to start is and I say this as respectfully as I can you have no clue what you're talking about when it comes to Texas cichlids. The reason for different colors in different looking "Texas cichlids" is because there's two different species a fish called Texas cichlids the first one being h.carpintis also know as the green Texas or pear scale cichlid it's from northern Mexico and usually sports a nice blue color with lots of Pearl's and then you have the true Texas cichlid from texas h.Cyanoguttatus which usually is darker greens or even white with lots of smaller pearls. The electric blue Texas is just specific line bred h.carpintis for there deep blues.please do your research chris I've even heard you say red texas are just another color variation of the texas cichlid when it's actually a hybrid.please do your info before making these videos so people can care for their fish properly
Can you tell me what mine is? It's in my most recent videos. It was labeled a carpintis. He's big! Whatever he is. I'd say 8-9 inches
@@Silentjustin06 can you post a link to the video? I saw two texas cichlids you had in a tank with a green terror and one looked like a true carpintis and the other seemed to be but i could he wrong but he looks like a hybrid of a cyanoguttatus and a carpintis so hes still a texas technically but hes of two different blood lines. Carpintis are usually a deep blue with nice big white pearls
@@teflondon6407 Sorry but I don't know how to link the video. It's the video titled ( flowerhorn and new green terror. Large green terror at end) on my channel. Skip to 2:19
@@teflondon6407 I'm putting up a short video of him now. Titled green Texas or carpintis?
@@teflondon6407 ok it's up now. He's super dark because of the substrate.
This is just a cyn not a carpintis. Carpintis look really good once mature