OsciTheOscar
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Orange Blotch and German Red peacocks.
They really don't mix well so the parrot color may reflect his stress level.
and are we sure its an OB peacock... cause its pink with a purplish blue secondary color
yea i tried findin one with the same colors, but couldnt... i hate knowing i have a man made fish...
I've seen blood parrots that color before.
i realize this, as hukit and i spoke about this in my other thread about my Tiger Oscar... im new to all these things, and now im a slight bit more educated on all this...
im planning on getting another 55 gal. tank in the near future, i just need to get my vehicle fixed up and inspected first... no vehicle, no job, no job, no anything...
so when all is said and done ill have a SA cichlid tank and an African cichlid tank...
blood parrots are not always man made...
yea im getting another 55 in the next couple months... i wish i could get it sooner but its just not gonna be able to happen... I cant wait to see them separated too!
yea i really enjoy the peacock cichlids cause they all have some great color variations! the german peacocks name is blade, his dorsal fin, from the top, looks like a saw blade... with its white tips being offset looks like it... and then the blood red color is a good addition to his name!
the nimbochromis venustus name is ghillie, due to the camo colors and such, the OB is names Pinkie, the blood parrot is named Tard, and so on, i have names for all my fish but i wont bore you guys...
How big do they get? Are they the same as severums?
They are certainly man made, another I dislike them personally is that they're all sterile.
Obviously, you shouldn't get a tank that is more than 2' X 3' if that is the length and width of the stand...
A few people have had success breeding them in home aquaria.
They're just an award fish because of they are hybridized.
I got mine from someone moving who was gonna throw her in the creek. They're odd for sure, but I have grown to love mine. I call her "the abomonation."
well there are actualy parrot fish, but not these ugly creatures... i have this blood parrot cause the guy i bought the tank off of had him in the tank and was just gonna flush him if i didnt take him so i took him in.. hes probably about 4-5 inches now... for him its not so much length as it is thickness, id say hes wider than a $.25 coin maybe more like a half dollar... i just feel so bad for these fish cause they cant close their mouths therefor making it harder to feed... you watch them feed and you know they want these big meals, but they just have to settle for the sinking pellets that fall into their mouths... and i also feel bad for naming him "tard" but really... look at the fish, its always giving you a dumb look haha...