A club for owners of Parrot Cichlids

I have a 55 gallon tank set up that is cycled. I just purchased 2 baby 2" blood parrots two weeks ago. Today, I added my 2 two inch baby yoyo loach from a smaller tank, and a 2" clown pleco. And my Bp's are finally over their shyness! :)

-As far as stocking I would like to add these fish to my current setup, feedback wecome!
-1 or 2 kribensis: are they okay on their own or do they need to be in pairs?
-1 rainbow shark
-1 or 2 dwarf gourami
-1 more baby yoyo: my 2 current yoyo's are happy but would they be happier with another? Or not much difference?

Ok so I have a 55 gallon tank that has been running for over two years, I decided to switch from tropical community fish to Cichlids. I bought 2 blood parrot cichlids and they are about 3 inches long. Also 3 gouramis and one plecostomos that is probably 6 to 7 inches long (but he doesnt move around much, he loves his corner and comes out only to eat...sucks on the walls a lot). I have in the tank a large log for "hiding spaces" and multiple plants. Do parrots like to hide or do they like to swim freely and have a lot of room? Also, what else do they eat besides flakes?

I have had my blood parrots now for two months and am I love with these guys. I have two beautiful yellows and two orange.
I hear that peas are great for them but how many times a week and how many do I give them?
Can they have fruit? I have heard of strawberries or oranges? what about seedless grapes skinned?
I also have been giving them cichlid flakes, sinking pellets ( for my pictus catfish) the parrots eat that before it even gets to the bottom,
and freeze dried blood worms ( they dont seemed overly thrilled with that)

hi

I have 2 blood parrots healthy(150 ltrs tank) and they keep on eating all the time. I feed them with super cichlid pellets thrice a day(4 pellets) , still when i go near my fishes they will come and look at me for food. Can i give Carrots(boiled in water and cooled for sometime) then can i drop in aquarium so that they can bite whenever they want and eat??

Oh No! So my, Probably 1 or 2 inch, Raphael catfish are always getting into sticky situations. They get stuck behind rocks, or in plants or stuff. And today I cleaned the canister, replaced the cartridges in the HOB and swept the tank. So to sweep the tank, I always remove all of the decorations. And this time i noticed a missing Raphael. So I figured he just came out with the plants again, So I searched Every Where. I had no luck. I couldn't find him anywhere. So then I just assumed that the Pleco snatched him one night or something.

So ijust cleaned my canister out and i have nothing for the bottom compartment so i was wondering what would be something good that would work to put in there

I have a pair of BP's that have previously successfully breed. However this is my first experience with the process. I need some information on what to do now in order to increase the survivability of these eggs. Also my Female is being very aggressive towards the male. Is this normal? Do I need to do anything for the parents to lessen the stress? (they have no tank mates)

My Parrot Cichlid has been swimming upside down for months now.
I have tried the frozen thawed peas, sinking tablets, fasting and flakes.
He is still upside down and now he will not eat at all and the other
Parrot Cichlid in my tank will not leave his side.
What can I do???
Is he suffering?
I noticed he is breathing a lot faster now as well.

Please Please Help.
I can stand seeing him like this and feeling that he is suffering.

Thank you for all your help.