(1) 6.5" Blood Parrot Cichlid 3/17/19 - present (7) Yoyo Loaches 3/13/20 - present 40 Breeder: (5) Panda Garra 9/19/20 - (3) Moori Blue Dolphins. hi,i have six pairs of blood parrot cichlid suddenly the 4 pairs have there fry,but ihave one problem because one of my male parrots always peeks the female when i feed them,so can ugive some advice to handle this?.. I must say they are some resilient Sweethearts. If needed drape a sheet over part of your tank. Got out with bloodworms but the 2 others ate most of them. I was lucky to get these beautiful specimens. They will have 2 possible personalities if you do get an aggressive personality they will harass the other bp and in some cases this can cause death. Blood red parrot fish is getting black spots and steaks. ....plc. My blood parrot fish is chasing the other parrot fish. He has had black spots on his fins and now it'... Will blood parrot cichlids eat neon tetras or will they be ok together. They had him in a 10 gallon tank with a 6 inch Jack Dempsey and, despite my begging them to move one or the other of them, they wouldn’t (citing they didn’t have enough space) and the blood parrot was getting the **** beat out of him (or her) constantly. People do try to mix BPC, and have successfully, but in speaking with other BPC aquarists it seems they do really well in tanks with their own type. If you have any further questions, I’m always open to giving answers. All I can tell is that he's more than 6 inches for sure. They will be shy at first ! My parrots have laid their eggs and they are protecting it from other tank mates. a silver member at My Aquarium Club. I consider Joni and momtoangel to be BP experts. The Blood parrot will reach a maximum size of 8 inches in length and will resemble the shape of a soft ball. It's pretty rare to get a 4 inch King Kong Parrot anywhere, especially with me able to sell them at this price. It can also lead to death! You remove any fish from the tank that are not the Blood Parrot parents. !b.a.length)for(a+="&ci="+encodeURIComponent(b.a[0]),d=1;d=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.i&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(B())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),c=!0);C=a;if(c){d=b.h;b=b.j;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(r){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(D){}}f&&(f.open("POST",d+(-1==d.indexOf("?")?"? KING KONG Parrot approximately 3.25-3.5 inch New World Cichlid. Pls advise if I am doing correct they seem to be doing well. Can you please give me some advice on what I may be doing wrong ? For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Monsterfishkeepers.com, a division of Monster Aquaria Network, LLC. The smaller 20 gallon tank has about 6 guppies and 7 tetras aready. 8 to be exact and they are all huge and beautiful. I know much more now. The Blood Parrot can often be mixed up with its two counterparts, the King Kong parrot and the Super King Kong parrot. They do eat all pellets I watch from far away and stay out all night. this sounds like breeding behaviour more than anything. When they going to fry? The reason is the BPC can see them out swimming and that makes the BPC the understanding that its safe for themselves to come out and not be shy anymore. Without hiding places, your parrot will be very stressed. Am adding nerite snails and angel fish next week to let water stay well. Sorry bout that should have been more clear in my post. The one who is being chased is now hiding from the other why is this happening?? Am doing 5% water change every2 weeks for a while.