Yellow Parrot Cichlid Fish
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Yellow parrot cichlid fish. The blood parrot cichlid gets its dramatic and somewhat piratical name from its unusually bright coloring though it is more commonly referred to simply as a parrot cichlid. The standard mix with parrot cichlids typically includes angelfish silver dollars tinfoil barbs convicts severums jewel cichlids and hardy medium sized catfish such as doras and synodontis. The typical coloration of these cichlids is blood red though they can also be gray or yellow.
Depending on where you shop these are sometimes kept and sold alongside malawi cichlids. In rare instances blood parrot cichlids can reach lengths of 10 inches. A subdominant fish may become darker and it seems this may help it survive where a fish that lacks the ability to change color for example a white convict cichlid may not.
If you are able to provide a spacious aquarium with good filtration and good fish food your fish will do fine in your aquarium. As with any companion animal parrot cichlids come with responsibilities. My older parrot cichlids each went through a few rounds of black spots sometimes as much as a year apart then they stopped getting them once they were 5 or 6 years.
They can withstand a wide variety of water parameters and can even survive in the worst of water conditions. But these fish are few and far between. They get their name from their parrot like mouths and greenish yellow colorings.
Parrot cichlids with their bright colors and other interesting features are tropical and hybrid fish that offer an alternative to the more common oscar or angelfish. Home aquarium shop freshwater tropical fish parrot cichlids. These fish are particularly notable for their unique set of physical traits traits which are genuinely one of a kind as blood parrot fish are hybrid fish and thus not found naturally in the wild.
In addition to being shorter females also have a more round plump body. We have raised them from babies and are now offering these at breeder size. It s possible that your fish has been dyed.
Showing all 11 results 23 out of stock. King parrot cichlid 5 6 inch amazing brilliant yellow with no dyes or hormones these parrot cichlids are very peaceful yet reach an impressive size of 10 inches. The polar parrot cichlids are very hardy fish.
If you spot a parrot cichlid that is an unusual color such as purple or green you may want to consult with the breeder. Red parrot cichlid 1 5 inch. Parrot cichlids best sellers.
Parrot cichlids best sellers. The average blood parrot cichlid size is around 8 inches in length for adult males and 6 to 7 inches in length for females.
