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Parrot fish Anonymous
These guys are awesome. There are blood parrot cichlids, which are bright orange (I have one).

Pictured are (I believe) jelly-bean painted parrot fish. I think they inject parrot fish with the colors : /

My parrot fish is in a 10 gallon, about 3 inches long, and very aggressive and territorial. It tries to attack my hand when I clean its tank.

I had a bright yellow one and a small blood parrot a few years back. Blood parrots change colors, from tan to black or even striped.

I saw some of these guys in the wild near key Marathon a few years back. They were up to 2 feet long, swam in huge groups, and were brightly colored with stripes and spots. You could hear the grinding noise of them pecking at the coral.
Anyone know more about these guys or have any of their own? I'm curious about where to buying coral for mine.
>> Anonymous
marine parrot fish are an actual species. blood parrot cichlids are a man made hybrid and do not occur in the wild. The grow anywhere between 5-10 inches depending on the care they recieve, and they should be in a tank of at least thirty gallons to avoid stunting and other health related problems.

the hybrid is naturally orange, although they're sometimes sold "dyed", which are pictured above my post.


sorry.
>> Anonymous
Dyed or not, these things are awesome. It's like mardi gras in a fish tank.
>> Anonymous
injecting fish with synthetic dye is cruel. blood parrot cichlids are deformed intergenetic hybrids that often cannot even close their mouths properly.
>> Anonymous
>>165339

Someone call the waaaaambulance for this fishfag.
>> Anonymous
>>165339
You're speaking to anons who think cats with deformed limbs are okay because they're cute. Don't try.
>> Anonymous
the dye fades

the fish dies

GJ wasteing ur moneys
>> Anonymous
>>165354

They are not deformed, they survive and jump around with little hinderance and it's a naturally occuring gene that's no more fatal than white coats.
>> Anonymous
>>165311

This anon is completely right, as is

>>165485

I think parrot cichlids, which you have pictured, are usually dyed by removing the protective slimy coat and then being immersed in a dye, so it's pretty bad for the fish - that slimy coat is what protects them from the bad shit in the water.

You say you saw parrotfish in the wild - did it not occur to you that you were setting up a freshwater tank, and you were observing saltwater fish, so the two are not at all related?