Red terrors?

[Aski247]

Ok, so was at my lfs today and as I'm doing my walk around (as usual) I see a tank full of what are supposedly red terror juvies. You let me know what y'all think. If they are I might be getting some tomorrow after work.

 

[k.mascher86]

From what I've seen, they look like it to me.

 

[HUKIT]

Not they are not festae, they're cichlasoma urophthalmus...common name Mayan cichlid or false red terror.

 

[k.mascher86]

How can you tell? I'm not dis-agreeing, just trying to soak up some knowledge.

 

[Aski247]

Festeas are what I was hoping they would be. Pffft... A bunch of fish who think the world ends in december don't interest me haha

 

[HUKIT]

Eye on the caudal fin is large and centered, in festae it's smaller and higher.

 

[5x5]

Eye on the caudal fin is large and centered, in festae it's smaller and higher.

I have two LFS that carry "red terrors" and one had been true and one the Mayan. Is the false red terror situation as bad as what happened with the green terrors?

 

[HUKIT]

I have two LFS that carry "red terrors" and one had been true and one the Mayan. Is the false red terror situation as bad as what happened with the green terrors?

You mean numerous fish being called by a common name? Or mayans being more common than festae? In this case there are only two fish sharing a common name, not three.

 

[k.mascher86]

I tuning what he meant was the fish in question being Missed labeled

 

[Aski247]

Nah, I knew about "false red terrors" and "festea's" I was curious as to which these perticular juvies were.

 

[5x5]

You mean numerous fish being called by a common name? Or mayans being more common than festae? In this case there are only two fish sharing a common name, not three.

I mean as bad in the sense that a green terror in the store is rarely "thee green terror". Is it the same with 99% of red terrors being Mayans and not festae?

 

[HUKIT]

I mean as bad in the sense that a green terror in the store is rarely "thee green terror". Is it the same with 99% of red terrors being Mayans and not festae?

I don't believe the percentage is that high, but yes the majority of the time they're mayans. TUIC calls them mexican red terrors.

 

[Freakgecko91]

We ought to start calling the festaes "Red widows" based on your experience HUKIT haha