Could I?

[Betta5]

Hello im split between upgrading my FW tank or making the tank SW. If i do upgrade my FW tank then i would have 3 angels and i 10 neons are cardinals in a 72"x18"x12" tank (LxHxW) could i put 2 blood parrots in too?

 

[ArauraDiscus]

THe blood parrots will likely eat the tetra and rip the angels apart

 

[Betta5]

THe blood parrots will likely eat the tetra and rip the angels apart

Really, haha! i didnt expect that, well maybe them eating the small tetras but they look so peaceful in my LFS (not the dyed ones) they look really sad. O well i will have to think of something else

Thanks

 

[ArauraDiscus]

Yeah they do look peaceful, but I think thats because they are fat and lazy, I'm told that they can be one of the most agressive cichlids of all though> someone correct me if i'm wrong though.

 

[HornyFlower]

Yeah they do look peaceful, but I think thats because they are fat and lazy, I'm told that they can be one of the most agressive cichlids of all though> someone correct me if i'm wrong though.

Yes sir you are wrong . The thing about parrots is you could have the most sweetest fish in the world (my two parrots) if they take after the severum more, or if they take after the red devil your gonna have a killer. Parrots are great community fish, good in semi aggressive also. Even fish much smaller they will usually not be bothered, but if they are the last one introduced I would be more worried about the parrot, they are very very shy at first. I have several small peaceful community fish and a couple "aggressive" fish, they never fight with anyone and all the fish seem to respect their space when they need it. Parrots actually prefer to have "dither" fish, smaller little fish that can let them know what's going on, the parrots probably figure as long as the little tiny fish are swimming around without a worry then they have nothing to worry about, if they see a smaller fish get scared they will usually go hide to before they even know what they are hiding from. Try this, put in one parrot (observe him/her at the store, make sure it's a submissive one) and when he get's comfy (when he approaches you through the glass instead of zooming behind something) get him a parrot buddy if you can (smaller one might be better), they will "bump" each other but they will get over it.

The reason I say add a second parrot is well, when my parrot was alone he seemed sad, always sulking, I put a mirror up to the glass and he immediately swam over and started showing off to the mirror, he stayed looking at it for HOURS and would not move, he would swim slowly away from the mirror and he couldn't figure it out (cute). They seem to need the attention of other parrots. But as i've said this fish are very complex little guys, you could get one parrot and they might want to fight to death, just do it cautiously and if one doesn't work out try a different parrot, it is SOO worth it, these are amazing little fish, they will let you "pet" them, they will do random frontflips and backflips for fun, great little pets. Might want to keep your temp at least 80, they lose their color anything below that. Remember though, this is one of the most intelligent fish, they need a lot of attention.

 

[poopsydrew]

I agree with the above, it just depends on the parrot. I keep mine with small and medium sized community fish and there are no problems. Having 2 is a good idea as well. They are great pets and I cant say with certainty as all fish are unique but I higly doubt they would "eat the tetras and rip the angles apart". And no they are not fat and lazy and usually not very aggressive. And I do agree with the above in that they get very docile, I can pretty much pick mine up out of the tank if I wanted to.

Drew

Forgot to mention because of their swimbladder they swim akwardly at times and arent fast at all so I dont really see how they could even catch the tetras if they wanted to. My cories are faster