what is the different between red turq and blue turq

[kswong34]

Hi all,

Can anyone advise the different between red turq and blue turq??

A picture for comparison will be good.

Many thanks in advance.

:D :D :D

[samir]

pics

[nicholas76]

so what do you get when you cross a red turq and a blue turq?? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Discus 41]

rod steward---young turks
sorry only kidding hehehe

[DR.V]

I was once told by George from SLS theres much different between the two .. Oh well ^^

[DR.V]

Sorry typo !

There is NOT much different between them !

[Squid]

From the man who 'created' the turquois strains. A blue turk is a blue fish with red/tan striations. A red turk is a red fish with blue striations. The red and blue turks today are nothing on the old strains we used to keep back in the mid eighties. Most things you see these days have little throughbacks in them (EG small peppering in the faces of RED TURKS). A turk will have no peppering at all, so if you see tham like this, take them back for a resubmit. Have a good look at Samirs's photos. They are fairly good specimens for todays available turks. Have some good photos somewhere of the older strains.

Squid

[Benno_17]

heres a pic of my

[Benno_17]

its a young blue turk i think

[kswong34]

look like a blue turk :lol: :lol:

[oscar]

And what about the White Turquoise strain?...ROFLMAO

[samir]

And what about the White Turquoise strain?...ROFLMAO
How dare you !!! :evil: They are real. Rytis had/has one. :P The next thing you're gonna say is that the're no black discus. :roll:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[fishes zd]

ok - brain is congesting this information & setting the record straight...

When I bought this guy, I was told he is a Red Turq. Red for the stripes and 'turq." (I assumed "turQ") for turquoise background colour. (Go St George Aquarium!)

So have I been misinformed??? Is he in fact a Blue TurK (emphasising the K on turk) mmm..

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j41/Kerpa/HendrixRedTurq.jpg

When I saw the pic of the red turk posted in this thread I thought, " where is the turquoise, lol!"

So yeah must be turK (young turks run free tonight lol!)

Does anyone know where the TURK word origins from?? Is it a pattern woven in some middle eastern carpet market or such?




Kerry
What kind of fish are you ?

[*Chris*]

short for turquise
its what happens when people get lazy
:lol:

[Dee]

Hi All,

Turk is also short for Turkis, German for turquoise, the old school german breeders worked very hard on refining the turquoise strain by crossing various wilds.

Cheers,

Dee.

[fishes zd]

Turk is also short for Turkis, German for turquoise, the old school german breeders worked very hard on refining the turquoise strain by crossing various wilds.


Thanks for that info Dee. So turk or turq is a ref. to the same thing - turquiose

So in the red turk - where is the turk/turquoise???

How would you classify my guy ? Red turk or blue Turq.

Thanks in advance.........
: - )

Kerry
What type of fish are you ?

[Dee]

Hi Kerry,

Turq/Turk, refers to Turquoise ... red or blue.

The turquiose reference in the name refers to the striations on the fish ... the metallic markings.

I would say your fish is a Blue Turq, nice one at that !

HTH

Cheers,

Dee :)

[Dee]

Hi,

And for reference sake, here is a pic of one of my Red Turks.

HTH

Cheers,

Dee. :)

[Mulisha]

Awersome fish D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U always have good looking fishys.. 8-) 8-)

[Nathan]

thats a beautiful fish Dee