View Full Version : true Red terror or False red terror
cichlid_guy
12-01-2002, 1:54 AM
Ok, i have just read there is a true Red Terror, and false Red Terror.
How do i tell what i have?
I was hoping for a Festae.
What is the diffreance between the two.
size, color, etc...
thanks
scottie
Monglor
12-01-2002, 2:52 AM
Take a look at this link. Check the eye spot at the base of the tail. If the eye spot goes all the way down its a false red terror aka mayan cichlid. If it stops halfway, thens its a festae, true red terror.
http://www.cichlidae.com/talks/c006.html
cichlid_guy
12-01-2002, 7:18 AM
Well i think it is a festae.
it said true ones have a eye spot only about half of the tail,
and false ones run all the way down tail.
well its a little hard to see, still a bit scared (so colors and strips are a bit faded) but i think the spot is onle about half of the tail.
I'll get a pic up and let everyone else try to see also.
Fingers crossed!
scottie
oscarlvr
12-01-2002, 4:04 PM
hers a example of a mayan trying to be sold as a red terror, they do this almost daily on this site, hope you got what you paid for
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlids&1039111205
my first red terror was the mayan and i was upset as it was a internet purchase without a picture, i finaly got a real one from j rapps.
good luck bob
cichlid_guy
12-01-2002, 6:51 PM
that fish is not a festae?
it has a small eye spot. i thought false ones have a spot that runs all the way down the tail?
I'm going to call the Pet shop that i got it at tues. (there closed on mon.) and ask if it is a Festae red terror? or a Mayan red terror. Maybe if they got them from a hobbiest i can get ahold of them and ask.
Are the LFS out to trick you? or do they just not know?
Why not put "Red Terror - Festae" or "Red Terror - Mayan"
on the tanks?
Its kind of disapointing to find out i didn't get what i thought i bought.
Thanks for all the info so far!
Scottie
cichlid_guy
12-02-2002, 10:37 AM
ok, i have done some looking online for false Red Terror and True Red Terror.
After looking at alot of pictures, i think the spot isn't a good way of telling apart! i have seen eye spots on Mayan small (like half of tail)
I think you can tell by counting strips.
Not 100% but mayan (False Red Terrors) have 7 strips.
Festae (True Red Terrors) have 9 strips and there is a "Y-ish"
shaped one on the head.
please let me know what you think on this idea.
scottie
Bom dia
The festae have the Y on the head and female festae have the dorsal fin black or blue.
The spot in festae is small and round.
oscarlvr
12-02-2002, 3:15 PM
also the mayan spot is centered on the tail whereas the festae is on yh upper half of the tail
bob
guys,
what is the maximum size of the false red terror cichlid???
and how can you distinguish if the cichlid is a dwarf or giant????
soonerfan121
10-11-2008, 10:24 PM
Everything that I have read about the festae says that if it has the y shape or sometimes a 4 then it is a true red terror. I believe that is what I have because of that shape. Mine is about 5 inches right now. I will post a pic for you.
lucy42083
10-11-2008, 10:43 PM
Wow, way to dig up a really old thread!
tankboy_taylor
11-02-2008, 11:37 PM
Everything that I have read about the festae says that if it has the y shape or sometimes a 4 then it is a true red terror. I believe that is what I have because of that shape. Mine is about 5 inches right now. I will post a pic for you.
Id say you have a mayan judging by that pic.
good looking fish none the less