Blood Parrot Cichlid

[Pointy_kitty]

Blood Parrot Cichlid is man-made so i didn't know which room cause there is not "origin"

my question is....
what size tank does a Blood Parrot Cichlid need

 

[st.cichlid]

8 inches

 

[Pointy_kitty]

how many gallons?

 

[Pointy_kitty]

is noone formiliar with the adorable Blood Parrot Cichlid?
i need to know what sized tank it needs (how many gallons)

 

[guppymonkey]

I would say probably larger than a 20 to give it enough room to swim because I think they get to be somewhere around 8 inches. A 20 would probably be ok with one but might be too small. I won't keep them, man made fish are weak and usually end up dying quickly. Especially paint injected fish like the blood parrots. Non-painted parrot cichlids are usually longer lived than the paint injected blood parrot variety.

 

[rsz]

i don't like them at all, but i think they need at least 34gal

i'm not really sure though

because i couldn't give you a straight answer, i went and found this website for you to browse

there is also a little bit of info here

 

[thecichlidaddict]

20 gallons is too small, 30 is is enough for just one.
Blood parrots are not dyed, only the 'jelly bean' variety are, and the color wears of very quickly - but the effects, incuding stunted growth and short lives, do not.

 

[guppymonkey]

All of the ones I have seen marked "Blood Parrot" are paint injected. I have seen noninjected labelled simply "parrot cichlids". It might be a regional thing to call them by different names. Although I am close to Canada so I would think it would be the same. Hmmm.... I dunno. Its easy to tell if they are injected though. The injected ink (usually a red or blue or other primary color) is in a blotch on the skin.