What Can You Tell Me About The Parrot Fish ?

Hi,

I just put a parrot fish in my 35 gallon fresh water tank. Its tank mates are 4 large angels & 2 large silver dollars. So far, everything is calm.

Is there anyone out there who can tell me something about the parrot fish ?

 

Not much

HI,
I beleive the parrot fish is a true hybrid a cross between sevrons and the red devil, I have seen some that become deformed as they age, they tend to be good fish I used to have several they grow slower than many fish , the down is the angels will become aggresive as they grow and may pair up and attack anything in the tank this will take a while though.
Good luck angels tend to like acetic tanks, I ve seen them spawn on slate after a small amount of acid was added to the water.
Doug
they need to be rather large.
notice the two parrots in my picture...<<<<



oh yea they tend to loose that orange color if fed alot of meat ,or flake I only fed mine KOI food with the color enhancer. lower protien with a balance of good plant fiber to prevent bloat many large belly fish can get bloat...mostly alarming to see its failry harmless they get gas and float over till they blow a bubble.. hehe

maybe you meant saltwater DUH they are on the avoid list I believe and eat coral...

 

Parrots are a man made fish. You can buy them in every color of the rainbow and then some. They commonly have deformties when they get older.

 

I hope he didn't put a SW parrotfish in a FW tank!

 

No, fresh water parrot fish in a fresh water tank

 

That shows all the different colors (chemicals) injected into them.

 

I want a purple one. Do they come in cheetah patterns too ?

 

I like the purple and yellow ones as I am a Minnesota Vikings "fin"atic!!!! hahah
It looks like their head got stuck in a hole and had to be pried out of the hole leaving their heads much smaller than their body!
LOL!