Recent content by aquamami8326

As luck had it, I actually found someone who could give the blood parrot a good home!! They have a 75 gallon tank with various other cichlids, including a blood parrot around the same size. It looks like it's very well set up with all sorts of Cichlid stones and caves to hide in. My fiancé is...

I've had my 2 blood parrots for quite some time now. I knew exactly what they were before getting them, and I have no excuses. Though I can now say my opinions on the matter have changed. At first, I couldn't ignore the fact that they were such happy, personable fish. I thought "it's no...

Our house temp is staying around 72 right now, and I put a heating pad under the 3 gallon pail with the psycho blood parrot. Temp is steady at 76 for the last hour or two. . He tried jumping out of the pail right aways so I sacrificed a Tupperware lid that fit on the pail, cutting 1/2 inch air...

I tried to post a video and it's just not working, but here is a still picture from it. Hopefully it works. If I got a smaller tube for the ghost knife, he wouldn't fit. . But he doesn't stay in the tube, he gets angry with the parrot poking at him. They are headbutting, the blood parrot is...

@ Sinibotia- The tank is 55 gallons, so it IS small for the fish I have in there now. However, when I adopted the ghost knife last year at 10", he was in a 15 gallon tiny cube (dear god, I know). I decided when the ghost knife reached 14" and started to have a harder time turning in the 55, I...

Hey Cichlid enthusiasts! I'm wondering if any of you have any experience with severely aggressive Blood Parrots? Mine is quite large now and trying to kill the only fish in the tank bigger than him. I'm going to post a video of the big blood parrot trying to pester my ghost knife. I'm seriously...

Ok, thanks for the heads up. I'm definitely keeping a sharp eye now. We were going through a pretty rough patch of winter, although it's starting to warm up now. We could all see our breath for the last two mornings in a row, and now that we've bought an extra heater for US the main temp in the...

For some reason the first picture that ended up posting was just a picture of the healthy blood parrot, but I've tried again and this is the picture of him now. He's in the 55 gallon now, just laying on his side on the bottom. If he does return to normal and starts bullying the other fish in...

Hey guys! I know it's been a while since I've updated but I'm here because I need some help!! I've had my 55 gallon set up for about a year now with a ghost knife, 2 blood parrots, and a juvenile RTS, but I recently moved my larger blood parrot due to severe aggression problems. I set up a 20...

I will post my venture when the time comes. It is to be made of glass, and I will seal it myself. I've done so much research I suffer from carpal tunnel. I'm 21 by the way, completely unacceptable lol. I wonder of YOUR finished project though. How will it be done? Will you improve the...

Indeed. When I adopted my ghost, I was expecting a 4" juvenile at the most, so he enjoys the 55 gal for now. After all this Christmas craziness, I plan to build him a tank that is 6' long, 2' deep as well as wide. Should be between 150 and 200 gallons

There maximum length IS usually 12-18"; Yet, immaculate conditions mimicking their natural habitat, ample space, and years to grow allow some fish to reach greater lengths. I assume that these fish are no different than the many other aquatic species within southern america, in which most of...

Just under 11", so almost a foot. When I adopted him, he was in an inhumanely small 15 gallon tank. I think he may have stopped growing because there was no room

Ya, I'm thinking mine may be maxed out in size as well. If he does any more growing I'm sure it will be slow. He isnt mean looking either, and now I'm actually sort of wondering if I'm wrong. I spent a lot of time looking at other ghost knives on YouTube

Awe, that's rough! I bought a juvenile before adopting this big boy, and I still didn't see any kind of agression. In fact, I found my rubberlip pleco eating him one morning. They were about the same size too, just 2-3" Ok, back to the tankmate issue, I think I've really got my heart set on a...