General information - Parrot fish are man-made cross-bred cichlid। The Blood Parrots in the market for many years but very common in the recent . This hybrid was created in Taiwan in late 80s and since it is one of the most popular cichlid in countries। How it was created is still shady but according to some breeders the blood parrot is the offspring of the severum with the devil cichlid or the Midas cichlid and the Vieja synspila. There are more types of parrot cichlids available in the market, bubblegum cichlids and jellybean parrot cichlids are not "pure" blood parrot but hybrid between parrot cichlid and convict cichlid The blood parrot available in a variety of colors, bright yellow, orange and red. Unfortunately these cichlids are painted and available in purple, blue,green and other hurtful colors. It has a very small mouth and a "balloon" shaped body, its eyes are large and they can not close their mouth all the way.
Maintenance and care - The blood parrot should be kept in large tanks, a 60-70 gallon fish tank will sufficient The tank should be decorated with rocks and woods to provide hiding places। Blood Parrots cichlid will do best with a softer substrate, as they like to dig. Hardy, bitter plants (Anubias, and Echinodorus) can be used if live plants are desired. The great part of keeping blood parrot is the fact that they can be kept with other cichlids and with peaceful community fish such as Cory's and large tetras. Blood Parrots will eat a variety of foods. Flakes, pellets frozen and live foods. Frozen foods such as bloodworms are its favorite.
Breeding - Male blood parrots generally are infertile but some parrots have been known to breed. In most cases the eggs were infertile unless they are paired with American cichlids.
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