Ok, here goes.....I have a 55 gallon tank with 2 Blood Parrot females, 3 Jellybean Parrots (not dyed and only reach 3-4 inches) and 1 Angel....My concern is that my dominate female will kill any fish that is pestering her..I introduced a kissing guarmai 2 days ago out of quaritine, and the kisser would not stop kissing Gimpy...my dominate girl....it would also kiss on Jack...my 2nd in charge female Blood Parrot, but would leave the rest of the fish alone! Well, Gimpy had enough of it and while I was sleeping, she probably was kissed on one too many times and ended up "butting" the kisser into the side of the tank untill it died. My concern is I want to introduce another Blood Parrot and I was thinking about buying a small lil guy that I find to be shy so that it will leave Gimpy alone. I noticed that Gimpy only likes her own kind...talk about stuck up! Does anyone have any suggstions of how to introduce the new guy..hopefully I can find a male, but unfourtunalty I know how hard it is to sex them. I know that the ones I have are females cause they have laid eggs before when I had a large male, "Mugsy", unfourtunatly he died from unknown causes.
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Your tank is pretty well stocked already, one blood parrot needs 30 galls, each fish added needs another 10 galls, think in terms of the adult size they will become not the size they are now, gouramis and parrots are not compatable because they will fight ( its not kissing its fighting) sometimes till death, as you have now found out! a small male Blood parrot will be as aggressive as a large female