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ParrotCichlidPedia needs you!

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 15:14 — Broncomaniac

ParrotCichlidPedia has a new section called Tips and Tricks. Please contribute ideas you'd like to share with the rest of the community. I have written up a few of mine and posted them. Contact Parrot Cichlid Girl to publish your ideas or you can private message me and I will publish them for you with credit.

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Welcome!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 02:38 — ParrotCichlidGirl

This is a place where owners of parrot cichlids can get information and advice on caring for their fishy friends. Please register if you haven't already, then click "Post a New Message" (link is also in left col.) to ask a new question or tell us about your fish. Comment on a message by clicking the blue title. The message page contains a comment form. We'd all like to hear from you, so sign up and start posting! What's new here? Are you a new fishkeeper? Check out our Quick Guide for new fishkeepers and ParrotCichlidPedia.

Older Parrot in Trouble

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:28 — pworden

I belonged to this forum before, but can't locate my username, so signed up again. Anyway, my big female Parrot, "Dave" is hanging in the corner of her tank. I have two, Dave and Winston, who are at least six years old. They are in a 55 gallon. Everything is the same as always except three things:

Nesting Cichlid

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 15:00 — buckwheat2

I have two Cichlids--one much larger than the other. They have been tankmates for about three years.  The smaller one has staked out a part of the tank, on the gravel where he/she has moved the gravel to form what looks like a nest. He/she seems to stay there most of the time.  I have not noticed any changes in appearance or feeding just that he/she spends considerable time in this nest.  This started when I moved them into a larger (50 gallon) tank.

Bubbles!

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 06:52 — bubbles

What can i say about Bubbles?! He's awesome! That's what. I went to walmart for a little fish shopping one day. (yeah i know walmart...what are you thinking?!.. Let me explain why real fast lol. I like to browse places that sell fish for unique fish. Fish with flaws or oddities who for the most part if not taken special care of will surely die. A few months back I bought a giant danio with a gimp tail fin. Picture provided.

Looking for some Advice

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 05:31 — bubbles

First off I want to start by saying my blood parrot Bubbles is my absolute baby. He's about 7 mo's old and say 5" long, I have him in a 40g tank at the moment. I recently got a 55g tank which I put 4 african cichlids in but to be honest i tend to spoil Bubbles, hes my baby..so im thinking of giving him the 55g tank which leads me to my question. Are the african cichlids suitable tank mates for bubbles? they're juvi's right now about an inch long each but as we all know fish grow, and african cic's tend to be on the aggressive side so i was wondering how that would work out.

New to Parrots!

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 03:13 — Sharkbait

Me and my boyfriend were shopping around this morning when we decided we wanted two beautiful Parrot fish. We took them home and kept them in a small take and everything was going great. I contacted a friend and got a much larger tank, maybe 45gallons. While I was about to feed them I realised my poor smaller parrot (Bait), was being bullied, slammed, and what looked like bit my larger fish (Shark)! I'm a worried fish mama and need advice! What do I do!?!

Parrots have mild case of ICH!!

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 18:26 — luvmyparrots

Noticed this morning that two of out of my four parrots are starting with ich ( this would explain why they were rubbing them selves off the plants and rocks last week, guess it takes a few days for the white spots to actually show)
I have read many people having success with just raising the temp and adding aquarium salt.
How high do i raise the temp and for how long??
Also how much salt? I don't want to harm any fish..I also have a few corys and pictus catfish.
It seems like a mild case I just don't want it to get any worse.
Thank you!

parrot fish looking pale

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 21:50 — judd

i recently set up a new tank and bought two parrot fish they started bright orange in color and now theyre looking pale to me... any suggestion?

Introducing others to an established pair

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 02:39 — TT

I have a male (6") and female (4") BP that I've had for 2 1/2 years (were small when I purchased them).  They are in a 50 gallon tank with 5 tiger barbs, half a dozen cories, and a decent sized siamese algae eater.


I recently purchased a 70 gallon tank (not set up yet) and would like to get a couple more BP's.  Can anybody share their experience with adding new BP's to an established pair?  Should I get females?  How much would it matter if I ended up with another male?  Does size/age of the new ones matter?

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