A club for owners of Parrot Cichlids

hey guys...i was wondering what my levels should be at for 3 young fish in a 55 gallon... i have 9 sticks of bamboo and 5 community fish as well... oh and 2 algae eaters...one of my fish has black on him... had a small spot yesterday and now its noticable...the ends of the fins are also darkening...should i be concered that he is sick or do you think its my levels...all i currently have is ph and ammonia tests... ammonia is 0 or very close to it... test comes back as clear yellow...

Hi All, The female has been layingall day now she is about 5 ich long and seems very happy, and the male BIG is 7 inch long and keeping all the other fish away from the eggs, he has been swimming over the eggs few hours but will they hatch ????

Hi All, I have been keeping Parrot fish for about 12 months and did not know if the would ever lay eggs, well today the female has laid lots i have now stopped counts and the male seems to be happy passing over the eggs etc etc etc but not sure what happens next. in the same tank is another pair and she has laid eggs as well. will they hatch ????????cheers andy 

Hi thereI bought two parrot cichlids a week ago and have a couple of questions which I'd really appreciate some advice on please... The female has laid a batch of eggs and I'm just wondering how long they might take to hatch (if they do actually hatch) and how I should best care for them if they do.  I know that the general opinion is that the eggs rarely hatch but I want to make sure that I'm prepared just in case they do! :-)

Hi,

My Jellybean (Convict) Parrot has laid eggs with about 20 something of them making it before, but something kept eating her eggs. Now it is just them and she laid eggs again so can you tell me how long it will take for them to hatch?

Thanks,
Kolton

I was wondering when female BP's start laying eggs. ive had 2 for over a month now but no eggs yet. everyone says how they lay tons of eggs so im starting to get worried something might be wrong. also, they could both be males, im not sure, thats why i was wondering when they should start egg laying. they're both still pretty small (only about 2-3 inches long), what do you guys think?

My parrots have a straight sloping mouth instead of the beak look.  Do some of them have a different look on the beak or could mine be something else.  I think there should be a pic below, or the link is:  http://www.freewebs.com/koltonsaquarium/apps/photos/photo?photoid=10330910

My LFS puts orange quarters into his tank,does anyone else feed fruit?

Hi,I thought this was a little off topic for the forum, but ParrotCichlidGirl said to post it anyway so I wanted to see
if you would know if a fiddler crab gets out of its cage, how can you
lure it out of hiding.  They have been fine until last night they were
all laying around the cage slowly moving around and then this morning
one was missing.  I had them on the end of my island in my kitchen and
I have looked high and low and can't find her.  Any ideas
please?Thanks,Kolton