Why are Blood Parrot Fish so aggressive?
Blood parrots of a hybrid of two rather aggressive Sth American Cichlids. Although the exact species are a big vauge, it's though that maybe Red Devils or Midas Cichlids are involved.. Both those ARE very aggressive fish, and don't have the deformed mouth to limit their fighting ability. Because of their deformities the Blood Parrots can't hack it with other non-mutant large cichlids, but are certainly not community fish. At the shop they were crammed into a display tank with a heap of other juvenile fish, there was no way to establish a territory, so no point in fighting. Now there are just 2 of them in a small tank, so they fight for dominance. What's the tank size? Most space tends to reduce aggression in that sort of fish. Ian
What fish can i put with blood parrot fish ?????
First of all, this brandi chick needs to chill out. Petsmart keeps their fish in small tanks because that isnt their permanent home. They stay there for at the most, a few weeks and then they go to a new home. Second, I think Blood Parrot fish are gorgeous and should be left in the group of 4 without other fish. They really do get pretty big. I found a pair that I wanted to badly. They would follow your finger on the glass, play with anything new that you dropped in the tank and they would nibble on your finger if you put it in the tank and they were at least 5 inches long already. If you really much get more fish cause the tank looks too empty go to Petsmart. Ask about that fish would go with them. If one near you is anything like the petsmart here, you are going to have more help than you know what to do with. Good luck
Blood Parrot Fish Freaking Out?
I recently purchased two adorable blood parrots 2 days ago. My tank is heavily planted in some areas with adequate swimming space in another area of the tank. I ensured that my parrot fish would have enough hiding space and privacy. They were fine for about two hours, but when I returned to my room they just absolutely went nuts. Only when I approached the tank did they get upset. REALLY upset. I'm so worried they'll damage their fins, or hurt themselves seriously from frantically ramming themselved into the walls of the tank or into the driftwood etc. etc. I've kept fish for 10 years, and none behaved like this when I brought them home. My two new parrot fish are so nervous and just....terrified of me. I don't see how this could be since they come from a pet store where kids bang on the glass and hundreds of people approached their tank every day. Is it normal for these fish to be so fearful? What can I do to prevent them from harming themselves? It's so upsetting!
Can I leave my two blood parrot fishes alone for a week without heater in the month of December (India)?
First off: leaving them alone? - I wouldn’t recommend it. Anything can happen in that time period.Second, I have never been to India, so my word isn’t gospel, but the average temperature of India in December is between 14–36 degrees Celsius. - That’s a big gap! Your fish could get far too cold during that time period or, far too hot!Short Answer: Don’t leave them alone!! Have a relative watch them for you, somebody who knows what they’re doing!
Which fish would be a good tankmate for my blood parrots?
I wouldn't recommend a convict. They can be brutal, especially if you end up with a breeding pair. Plus, a male convict can breed with a female parrot fish-that's how you get your jellybean cichlids. I've kept severums with parrots before, they're both pretty peaceful for the most part. Occasionally you'll get a rogue parrot fish that's aggressive. But, severums grow to about 10-12 inches, and I would recommend a larger tank in that case. I would stick with smaller more peaceful cichlids-check into a single firemouth. They get absolutely gorgeous colors when mature. Jewel cichlids are another that are real pretty and rather peaceful. As for angels, might possibly work. The only thing I would be concerned with would be an aggressive parrot fish since angels are rather slow moving and "delicate" with their fins.
Blood Orange Parrot Fish Is Swimming Sideways?!?
I bought a brand new aquarium about 2 weeks ago. i waited the 48 hours for a cycle, and brought my water in to be tested, everything was fine on the test... so i bought fish. i bought one blood orange parrot (cichlid) fish and two jack dempseys. (i have a 45 gallon tank) when i introduced them into their new home, they were fine. i have been feeding them frozen shrimp and flakes and cichlid pellets. since about the 4th day i had them, the parrot fish and one of the dempseys would just sort of float at the top. i figured they needed i hiding place, so i bought two cave-like structures, and now they wont leave them! the parrot fish just floats in one of the caves on its side! it comes out to eat but them gois right back inside! i dont know whether its sick or whether its shy. help? comments? concerns? thanks
I have a pair of blood parrot fish and black morph. The blood parrots are fighting with each other. Should I remove one from the tank? Also, what other fishes can I add to it?
As long as they're not physically damaging each other, parrot fish are fine. Cichlids are known to fight. If one of them is always dominating the other, then it's a problem.
I have 2 parrot fish and they won't stop fighting, what should I do?
Basically parrot's behavior seems to vary from fish to fish, some are docile while others have quite a nasty disposition. When single specimens are kept in a community aquarium, it will show very little aggression, in a species tank (only parrot cichlids) you will find the exact opposite to be true. What bewilders me is, despite all their daytime scuffles, at night they all share the same cave and snuggle together to sleep, only to wake up the next morning to start terrorizing each other again.
Why are Blood Parrot Cichlids, hybrid fish, sterile?
Hybrids are created when two different species mate and produce offspring. The most familiar hybrid is the mule, a cross between a horse and a donkey. Mules are usually sterile, but occasionally a female mule can produce a foal when mated with either a horse or donkey.The sterility of hybrids often has to do with differences in chromosome arrangement or chromosome number between the parents and the resulting offspring. Donkeys have 62 chromosomes, mules have 63, and horses 64. All cats have 38 chromosomes except the margay and ocelot, which have 36, and most Felid hybrids are fertile. The same goes for dogs, coyotes and wolves, all of which have 78 chromosomes and can produce fertile hybrids. In all these cases, the animals are closely enough related to be placed in the same genus.Blood Parrot Cichlids are thought to be a hybrid of a Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citeinellus) and a Redhead Cichlid (Paraneetroplus synspilus). In general, animal species in different genera are rarely able to hybridize. In this case, the genetic distance between the two species is shown by the profound deformities of the offspring. Mouth and spinal deformities guarantee that these fish would not be able to compete in the wild. Despite these deformities, blood parrots will pair off and spawn, and rarely can have live offspring. It is generally thought that the males are infertile, which is often the case in hybrid animals that have sex chromosomes, like our x and Y chromosomes. This was observed by J.B.S. Haldane In 1922 and is called Haldane’s Rule.So hybrids are not necessarily sterile, but the differences in genes between the parent fish of blood parrot cichlids is responsible for the general sterility and deformities of these fish. In some places where the ranges of two closely-related animal species overlap, natural hybrids occur, and recently we have started to realize that speciation by hybridization may be an important mechanism in fish evolution.