A club for owners of Parrot Cichlids

Hello!

I have 2 BP's in a 14 gallon tank, and the Bps are about 2.5-3 inches. Everything has been fine and they seemed healthy. Last night we added two small snails that were given to us. The parrots seem to be curious and try to eat the snails. This morning I noticed a lot of black on one of the Bps fins as well as on its underside. Is he/she sick!?

Please help!

Thank you!

B

i bought my fish two weeks ago, ever since i put them in my tank they have been turning black and only swimming a little bit at the bottom of the tank. They never swim at the top to go eat or just swim around. I don't know what to do, i don't want them to die but something isn't right.. i neep help please!

I have found a great cure for black spot. You can use CopperSafe or Precopperton. It kills black spot almost over night! It is very cheap and will not hurt your parrots or color the water.

my parrot fish who i have had for 3 years stomach to his mouth is turning black. he,s been staying close to the bottom & not eating. this has been going on for about 5 days. any help would be great.

On the fins of one of my Lipstick Parrots, there is a translucent brownish-black spot. I just treated him for fungal infection last week because his fins were starting to be ate away, but now he is better except for this. Please tell me how to fix this or if this is normal.

thanks in advance,
Kolton

P.S. He is swimming around fine and is eating with the other. I bought an algae eater from the pet store and the jelly bean parrots there had blacks spots all over their body.

Hey Yall,

I have two BPs in my two year old's room. We've had them for over a year with minimal problems. About two weeks ago the smaller one, Fee, started turning black underneath. I asked the folks at Petsmart about it and they had no clue. My son kept telling me, "Fee, a little bit black". We were worried. I found your website and read a bunch of posts about this condition. Raised the tank temp and switched their food to high quality blood worms. Four days later and they are now great!

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