Parrot fish are normally tropical fish and they prefer warm water bodies. They origin is supposed to be Taiwan or Singapore. They prefer to have temperature around 75 to 80 and prefer to have clean water.
Parents
Its parentage is unknown, but the most commonly speculated pairings are midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) with the redhead cichlid (Cichlasoma synspilum), or the severum (Heros severus) with the red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus).Blood parrots should not be confused with other parrot cichlids or salt water Parrotfish (family: Scaridae). Because the blood parrot is a man-made hybrid it doesn't have a scientific name nor will it be given one.
Unique character Parrot fish are known for its peculiar shape mouth, which normally is always open and the head of the fish looks like that of a parrot. They use the muscles in the throat to chew the food. They have hard time in catching fast moving live prey and also have to make few attempts to catch man feed food itself. Parrot fish also have a deformed spine, this is the reason behind their unique shaped body.
Parrot cichlids can grow to 8 inches in length or more and can reasonably live for several years.
Activities
Parrot fish are normally shy kind of fish and prefer to hide themselves on introducing to new environment. They tend to shed their shyness during few weeks of their exposure of the new environment. Some time it may take months for them to lose their shyness. Normally as aquarist, to move the parrot fish out from the shyness we used to have “Dither fish” in the tank. Few names of dither fishes are Dollar fish, small varieties of tetra’s.
These fish also tend to dig a lot of the substrate provided to them. They are normally docile, but it may vary with fish to fish. They also used to have lip fight when they are trying to defend their territory. But at nights they used to share the same place for taking rest.
Parrot fish are good sturdy kind of fish. They change color to black at times when they are mating.
Different Types
The very common types of parrot fish found are Red Blood parrot fish are not normally red, but they are usually of different shades of gold orange colors. There is also a Purple blood Parrot fish available, which are bright red color.
We also have a new strain of fish called “Love Heart Fish” which do not have tail. Even though they tend to move as easily as other parrot fish does. We do also have “Lipstick Parrot Fish” available in lot of LFS(Local Fish Shop) which have lipstick kind of makeup given to the
Parrot fish come in many other colors through dye process, which is supposed to be a very cruel process. The next best part in this cruelty is, that the color does not stays and it fades away. The mortality rate during this process is very high, which is very bad.As mentioned, they come in a variety of colors. Recently many people have been noticing their blood parrots changing colors as they get older. This isn't at all surprising when you consider the parent species. Both midas cichlids and red devils can change colors substantially in the wild to a large degree. Try not to purchase any dyed parrot fish and let’s make sure that this kind of cruelty is not done in mere future.
Parents
Its parentage is unknown, but the most commonly speculated pairings are midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) with the redhead cichlid (Cichlasoma synspilum), or the severum (Heros severus) with the red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus).Blood parrots should not be confused with other parrot cichlids or salt water Parrotfish (family: Scaridae). Because the blood parrot is a man-made hybrid it doesn't have a scientific name nor will it be given one.
Unique character Parrot fish are known for its peculiar shape mouth, which normally is always open and the head of the fish looks like that of a parrot. They use the muscles in the throat to chew the food. They have hard time in catching fast moving live prey and also have to make few attempts to catch man feed food itself. Parrot fish also have a deformed spine, this is the reason behind their unique shaped body.
Parrot cichlids can grow to 8 inches in length or more and can reasonably live for several years.
Activities
Parrot fish are normally shy kind of fish and prefer to hide themselves on introducing to new environment. They tend to shed their shyness during few weeks of their exposure of the new environment. Some time it may take months for them to lose their shyness. Normally as aquarist, to move the parrot fish out from the shyness we used to have “Dither fish” in the tank. Few names of dither fishes are Dollar fish, small varieties of tetra’s.
These fish also tend to dig a lot of the substrate provided to them. They are normally docile, but it may vary with fish to fish. They also used to have lip fight when they are trying to defend their territory. But at nights they used to share the same place for taking rest.
Parrot fish are good sturdy kind of fish. They change color to black at times when they are mating.
Different Types
The very common types of parrot fish found are Red Blood parrot fish are not normally red, but they are usually of different shades of gold orange colors. There is also a Purple blood Parrot fish available, which are bright red color.
We also have a new strain of fish called “Love Heart Fish” which do not have tail. Even though they tend to move as easily as other parrot fish does. We do also have “Lipstick Parrot Fish” available in lot of LFS(Local Fish Shop) which have lipstick kind of makeup given to the
Parrot fish come in many other colors through dye process, which is supposed to be a very cruel process. The next best part in this cruelty is, that the color does not stays and it fades away. The mortality rate during this process is very high, which is very bad.As mentioned, they come in a variety of colors. Recently many people have been noticing their blood parrots changing colors as they get older. This isn't at all surprising when you consider the parent species. Both midas cichlids and red devils can change colors substantially in the wild to a large degree. Try not to purchase any dyed parrot fish and let’s make sure that this kind of cruelty is not done in mere future.
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