Fish Identification

[Andrew G]

What are these, are they difficult to keep, how big a tank/filtration is needed?

They are fantastic.

 

[The-Wolf]

they are parrotfish
1st they are a hybrid cichlid
2nd they are dyedfish
http/www.deathbydying.org

 

[fish-r-fancy]

Never saw them in those colors but yes they are died and are blood parrot chichlids

 

[Andrew G]

They looked too good to be true. What is their natural color and are they difficult to keep?

 

[fish-r-fancy]

There natural color is whitish. But you most likely find them in orange, or ta leat you do where I am in Rhode Island.

 

[Andrew G]

I've been doing some research. They seem to list them as "blood parrot fish" with an extremely intense coloration of red. I wonder if this color is dyed?

 

[Tbar]

I actually saw one of these for sale in a Petland. It disgusted me because it was dyed with "I (a red heart) U. on both sides of the poor fishy.

Tbar

 

[insanityseeker]

my lfs sells natural parrots... or so they're labelled!!!

 

[BigC]

Sorry to put a negative spin on things "I hate the sight of them". There is enough colour in the natural world without messing about with things.

 

[GuppyDude]

Their disgusting is what they are; the things people will do to turn a buck.

 

[vancouver]

The natural color of parrots is an orangish color.. they need a 55g tank and can grow to 8''.

They're pretty hardy.

 

[highfire]

Was this done via acid dip?? Even the fins are dyed!!!

Acid dip? My word, that sounds horrendous!!!
Some people will stop at nothing to make money.

 

[wei0204]

This is unfair to the fish! What about if the people who done this are dyed in various colours? Will this people enjoy to go to town in various "attactive" colours? Stop buying a dyed fish guys.

 

[sylvia]

As far as I am aware, they are indeed done by acid dip (and the mortality rate is ridiculous). It's too difficult to inject and create that kind of color.

 

[Andrew G]

Now that I know more, I'm not buying any of these.

Thanks everyone.