Full Grown Red Parrot Cichlid
Parrot cichlids can grow up to 10 long.
Full grown red parrot cichlid. The blood parrot cichlid is a hybrid fish that was first created in taiwan in the mid to late 1980 s. Mature parrot cichlids are thick heavy fish which means they put more bio load on the tank. When we buy blood parrot cichlids they are mostly bright orange or red thus the name blood parrot so it is natural to think they will always stay that way.
Man made not present in nature but parents are south american cichlids. They re a strange breed of fish as well finding their special place in the family tree of fish through experimentation and varied breeding. As their name suggests blood red parrot cichlids are mostly red though they can also be gray or yellow.
The fish has rather specific body shape and a very small mouth. To get an idea of a setup they would like we need to look at where the parent species live in the wild such as the midas cichlid these fish live in the warm flowing freshwaters of central america. Because this hybrid cichlid has various anatomical deformities controversy exists over the ethics of creat.
I have a full grown blood red parrot that i bought approximately 1 5 weeks ago. Other colors are injected by breeders. Probably the name of the fish parrot is due to its mouth shape or maybe due to its likeness with a marine parrotfish.
Its parentage has been highly disputed but the most commonly speculated pairings are midas cichlid amphilophus citrinellus with the redhead cichlid paratheraps synspilum. The blood parrot cichlid does not have its own natural habitat because it is the product of hybridization. Origin habitat.
The fish was first bred in taiwan around 1986. Temperament behavior. Males are usually infertile.
However he will not eat water parameters are 0 ppm ammonia and nitrites and 10 ppm nitrates temp. Blood red parrot bloody parrot. Can be bred with midas severum and convict cichlids egg layer open breeder.
8 20 cm ph. Some color changes are permanent and some are temporary. You should keep in mind that the latter is a completely different fish genus that inhabits in sea water and we are talking here about freshwater fish.
Natural colors of the fish are red yellow and grey. The blood parrot cichlid is a hybrid thought to be between the midas and the redhead cichlid although the true parent species has not been confirmed by breeders. Blood parrot fish or blood parrot cichlid is a hybrid of various cichlasoma species and it s not encountered in the wild.
Besides these chunky citizens most aquarists will add smaller tank mates either dither fish smaller cichlids or tank cleaners to round out the community. But all cichlids commonly undergo color changes during their lives so it is that ours will as well. He acts completely normal and has no physical signs of illness.
Some of the newer varieties are even larger. Blood red parrot cichlids being hybrids are especially sensitive to the state of their environments.
