Blood parrots and blue tangs?

[priyasha_m]

Blood parrot tankmates?

Hiya,
I had a tank setup earlier that i had to close because i was moving. Now that im back im thinking of getting 2 blood parrots again. They are great to have ! I was just wondering if it would be a good idea to have a blue tang in the tang with 2 blood parrots? They will be little right now, might upgrade my tank later or sell one blood parrot. It is a 55 gallon tank. I would like to know how the blood parrots will be with the blue tang. Or should i have one or the other? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks

 

[librarygirl]

Aren't Blue Tangs Saltwater fish?

 

[priyasha_m]

ooh right! i had seen them at a lot of fish stores here. so got curious. thanks!

 

[priyasha_m]

Dont I feel silly now!

 

[bud29]

Welcome to AA! Yeah, blue tangs are SW. What size tank do you have?

 

[priyasha_m]

Thank you! As mentioned, I have a 55 gallon tank. I am wondering what other tank mates to give the blood parrots? I was thinking a couple of silver dollars and a Loricariid? What do u think?

 

[aquaplanner]

You could definitely add some cichlids!

 

[bettaowner]

Some rams or dwarf cichlids would be nice. I've seem some large blood parrots so that's why I'm not saying zebras or yellow labs.

 

[priyasha_m]

Thanks for the advice guys! So i visited the LFS today and this is what they had :

Powder blue cichlid
Salvini
Ice blue cichlid
five color cichlid (not sure which one this exactly is but google says its "Aulonocara" )
flowerhorn
blue dolphin
red jewel
Red Kadango

Would love some advice as to which ones i should go for as these are really the options i have right now! Just dont want a lot of fighting in my tank!
I am just worried about putting the wrong fish as the last blood parrots i had were quite aggressive!

 

[priyasha_m]

oh and oscars as well!

 

[librarygirl]

Oscars are definitely a no, they get very large. You should post this in the Cichlid section; you might get better replies there.

 

[priyasha_m]

okay, thanks! will do!