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Thanks for the input everyone.      My favourite LFS often keeps Glass Cats with the young GBR's as dithers and I've noticed they're a lot more outgoing than when he has them in a tank on their own, I was going to get a school for my community and thought I'd get a school to go with my GBR's...

Okay, well I have several empty tanks that I can always use as a temporary home if things don't work out.

The tank is just over 4ft. Well that's disappointing, the GBR's were main fish behind this particular setup, and I've been anticipating them for over a year. On another forum, I was lead to believe that they would be suitable tank mates for my BP's. :(

Really? I was going to have the 2 BP's, a pair of GBR, a small school of the Glass Catfish, and skip the apistos entirely. Do you think that's too much? My blood parrots are both around 4", 2 and 3 years old, and VERY shy. I used to grow out my convict fry with them once they were 1/2" and they...

I'll see if I can get some decent pictures of the pleco, so far all I've been able to get are belly views lol. Sucks about the Yo-yo, he was one of my favourites out of the group.  

Probably not the case here but figured I'd ask just in case. Do you use sand as a substrate? and if so do you stir it? I've always been told that "deadly gas pockets" can form in the sand if it's not sifted/stirred on a regular basis. Not sure how accurate the info is, but I figured I'd bring...

Recently I picked up a free 35 gallon setup I found online, the tank came with a Yoyo Loach, a small Pleco, an Albino Rainbow Shark, and what I believe to be a Featherfin Catfish. I never had any intentions of setting up the 35 gallon, and only took it to use as a spare or hospital tank if...

Tomorrow I'm upgrading my Blood Parrot to a new 55 gallon, and I'm wondering what other fish I could put in there with him? I've always had a huge interest in Rams, but I've gotten a lot of mixed answers regarding their compatibility with blood parrots, does anyone have experience with keeping...

Thanks, yeah, I usually tend to go for more natural looking gravel, but that was all I had at the time. Unfortunately Chaos, the betta died shortly after I got him, he was kept in a heated and filtered 10 gallon and didn't have any visible signs of any sort of diseases, so i'm not sure what got...

any ideas at all? :(

A few months back I bought a mated pair of pink convicts. The pair have laid eggs, and hatched fry at least 6 times since I've gotten them, but for some unknown reason, whenever the fry reach the free-swimming stage they die on me. I know that convicts are known for their being so easy to breed...

Thank you so much for the input :) what would you recommend of the two? Soaked crushed flakes, or Egg Emulsion? I think I'm going to give them both a try and see what the fry take to best. I recently lost quite a few to an unknown cause, so I'll see what happens

That's definitely a tough choice! I guess it would depend on what you're looking to come out in the fry. I think they'd both make beautiful fry with him. I think Alice Cooper would give you more variety in the fry.

Aweh, she sounds beautiful! Can't wait to see some pictures of her :D

Do you have lots of decor in your tank? Betta, just like most fish, need lots of stimulation, he could be bored. My male, Pixel, tends to laze around a lot too, unless I'm by the tank and interacting with him, and I've had him for 2 years. How long ago did you get him? He could still be...

what does your male look like? Both are very pretty girls.

I have a tank containing a mated pair of Pink Convicts, thier fry, and a Blood Parrot. Right now my pair of Convicts have free swimming fry and I have no clue what to feed them, I don't have any brine shrimp, or access to any fry food for the next couple days. I do have some powdered Betta...

He passed away just now.. :'(

Starting to look bad again, spending most of his time near the top of the tank, clamped fins, not eating, very pale in color, he doesn't seem to be having too much trouble swimming thought so I don't know if its SBD :( At the moment he's in a heated 10 gallon, with some aquarium salt, and some...

I set up the filter and in less than an hour he had already completely perked up. He spends most of his time hiding though :( I also treated his tank with some Bettafix because I was worried there was a chance he could have finrot.

Alright, I will :) I'll keep you updated.

I don't know how to transfer media between cartridges. In the meantime I have the elite 5 running on my 10 gallon containing the betta. My community is a 35 gallon, with multiple filters on it, one of which would be suitable for a 10 gallon. I think what I am going to do is, take the filters of...

the betta filter is an Elite 5, the filters in my community are Aqua-tech

No, it hasn't been used in about a year, or longer. I already completely cleaned the cartidge and all in tap water will this be an issue? and when you say rinse it in old tank water, should I use the water currently in Chao's tank? or would water from one of my community tanks work?

I've only had the fish for a week, and since than I've done a 50% water change. The filters I use take cartridges, so I'm not sure how that would work, the only spare filter I have is a tiny Elite 5 for a 4 gallon. It has a cartidge with it, but it's dirty and I don't have any spares.

I've recently noticed that my newest additions Chaos, is spending a lot of time at the surface of the water. It's been getting progressively more often, each day, and today I noticed he hasn't eaten, and has started turning to his side while sitting a the surface, He's currently in a 10 gallon...

It's been a few months since I've been on, and since than I've gotten some new additions, so I figured I'd do a picture update. I apologize in advance for the picture quality, all pictures where taken with my iPhone xD So last week I stopped at Petsmart with my family to get puppy and other pet...

I was just wondering if anyone knows of a place I can purchase Blood Parrot Cichlids, preferably younger fish, online, and have them shipped to Canada? I've tried looking in my LFS but haven't had any luck so have resorted to looking online. Any help would be greatly appreicated.

I am looking to get some young Blood Parrot Cichlids. I've been looking in my LFS's for a little over a year now, and keep returning empty handed. I spent over $30 on fish that I was told were Blood Parrots, only to later find that they were a cross. I am looking for younger fish, preferably...

Thanks for the info :) I'm curious to learn more, I would try to do a water change to see if that's it, but they're in the process of building a nest/trench and I really don't want to disrupt them.

Thanks, any ideas about the black splotching?

I am hoping to go shopping one of the nights this weekend, and get a couple pure Blood Parrots, Right now I am starting to notice some black patches on my little guys, don't know what it is :/ it looks like it's part of there actual color but I didn't notice it before.

I wouldn't do it simply because I've had bad experience with it, but I have heard a few successful stories. Guppies tend to be very nippy and will often times tare the betta's fins. I tried putting my male crowntail in my community with a bunch of guppies and while he didn't bother them at all...

That sounds pretty, I've only seen them with pink along there bellies. My guys had it all over, in the store they were almost all orange with a little bit of pink/white marbled in, it's part of the reason why I actually believe the employee when she told me they were young Blood Parrots, I...

Starting to get a bit concerned, over the past hour or so, the fish who's always hiding in the castles in my pictures has started chasing the other fish when it approaches the castle. I'm not quite sure where this is coming from as just a few hours ago they were completely fine with one another...

I still believe they are a cross between the Blood Parrot and Pink Convict. Theres no possible way to know for sure obviously, but that's what I am going with. I can't see them being pure pink convict because after all the reading I've done i've never heard of any pink convicts that have had the...

I still beleive they are a cross of some sort. I think I'm going to try what Man Of Fish suggested, and complain to the store in the hopes of getting the fish I actually paid for, without having to return these guys.

I think it's a 55gal? I'm not 100% sure, I'd have to ask my dad. Right now we moved them into a 10 gallon for the next couple days because we discovered the larger tank has a small leak and my dad will need to re-silicone it. I have TONS of decorations :)

That's what I though. I didn't think they looked quite like full-blooded pink convicts, I guess it's different because I can see them in person, not just by a picture. I absolutely love them, I really don't want to get rid of them, but if they're really aggressive like Onidrase said they were...

It's difficult to see from this picture, this is the one who is always hiding, but he has a fairly large lump where is head and back meet. and here is the othe one, you can see that her orange is starting to come back in. I feel so terrible about all this :no: