Herichthys carpintis - Green Texas Cichlid

A friend gave me this boy last spring around 4" he's up to 8" now and a complete bully. Every fish in the tank feels his wrath except the larger Oscar. He chases mostly, and doesn't do any damage other than stress. I'm working on getting him his own tank, the fish he's beating on now will out right kill him if they pair and breed. And if they don't pair and breed they'll still kill him when they get larger.

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That's a cool lookin fish!!! What size tank are you thinking about setting up for this guy? Gonna get him a woman?

125g first but if he's too rough then he might get a 55 to himself. No plans on breeding him.

I gotta get over there and see all these fish in person...

anytime

You say you got rid of the Oscars... how'd they taste?

pretty good with hot sauce on the grill

On another site, I've got a picture of a person holding up a cardboard sign that says "Save African Cichlids... Eat an Oscar!!!" My buddy bull made it for me. I've always thought they looked tasty, might have to grow a few out and see.

I've seen pic's of fish markets in Brazil with tables of huge Oscars laid out

very nice man

carpinte are sweet fish but i have never like the common name green texas cichlid they are close in the group but not the same fish, yours is very nice.

In a lot of the places our fish are from the locals do eat them. Not only does that hold true for New World cichlids but many of the Africans as well. One of the best tasting freshwater fish in my parts are Blurgill Bream and they are not nearly the size of Oscars.

Great looking fish m8!