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Fighting!

I have a big Pleco

Sun, 03/03/2013 - 18:02 — grandyskids03@g...

  I have some Parrots, some silver Dollars, a clown loach, 2 oscars, and an electric blue cichlid in my 75 gallon tank. I also have a 5 inch long Pleco in another tank. I would like him to be in the 75 tank, but several people have told me that plecos can be nasty especially since they are nocturnal fish, and I wouldn't see their true behavior and interaction with the other fish. What does anyone think about adding him? Do you think he will leave the parrots alone, or will this be a bad idea?

problem

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 20:33 — parrot cichlid man43

I have a blood parrot lace catfish in a 55 gallon had them for awhile i added a small oscar yesterday while the parrot is small the oscar is smaller and hes not eating or swimming around unless the parrot chases him hel swim

Former parrot owner/ tried again but I think I messed up

Sun, 01/06/2013 - 00:12 — heart79

I have an established 30 gallon tank with one pictus cat and 5 smaller fish (typical tropical fish about 2 inches  long). I am a former parrot owner two lived in a 55 gallon with plecos and other fish and loved them. Anyway, about a week ago I bought two parrots. I always buy two of something because I figure everyone needs a buddy.

Adding a new Parrot Cichlid to a BP tank

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:31 — crystaldiaz

hello, I have a 30 gallon tank with a medium sized BP.  I had to add a new BP (small) to the tank today because my heater in the other tank i think went bad.  I have hiding spaces for the BP's but my slightly larger (not by much) is really beating up on my new parrot, will it take them awhile to settle in.  I've had them in a tank before and he also beat him up, i've seen many BP's being tank mates before, not sure why mine doesnt like the new one. any ideas?

 

Petsmart Parrots and Oscars

Sun, 12/16/2012 - 20:31 — jswanger

I have been a Parrot Cichlid owner for a year or so now, and have done my share of research (mainly on this forum). I have read that Parrots and Oscars do not get along being that both are fairly aggressive and territorial. I noticed at Petsmart in both of the Parrot tanks there were Oscars of the same size. What really caught my attention was in the "Large" (15-20 gallon) tank, there were two 4 inch Parrots and an Oscar. These Parrots were beating on the Oscar my whole half hour visit, and the associate blew off my concerns.

help me please!!!

Wed, 12/12/2012 - 12:00 — tammy davis

i have a dwarf mollie{not sure if thats its true name] but it a molly cute one, came home it was at btm of tank upside down and they ate its fins ALL of them i got it away from the others but it can only stay upside down.i think, because it gas no fins to direct it!! what do i do and will it survive

I need some advice on how to calm my blood parrot down.

Fri, 09/14/2012 - 04:12 — Butterz1200

So I just moved my bp and my pleco along with my balla shark over and I need some ideas of how to calm down my bp because it is being to agressive to my pleco and balla every time my pleco comes out to eat my bp comes out of its cave and starts trying to eat him and make my pleco go back into its own cave so if you guys can help me out with any ideas that be great also I have one idea of how to calm it down but I dont know how it woukd work and I read that the female bps are more teritoral than the males and if its true then I think I have a female but will it help it out if I got another one

Parrots are bullying my pleco

Tue, 08/28/2012 - 13:56 — amarshall23

I've had my parrots for about 7 weeks now. They are in a 75 gallon tank. They hid in a cave for almost the whole time. I realized my heater wasn't working right. I put in a new one and now my parrots are out and active. They no longer hide when I go up to the tank. I have a pleco that is about 12 inches long. I have had him for at least 5 yrs now. So every big tank I have had is his tank. Since my parrots have been more active, they seems to be picking on my pleco. He seems to get irritated with the parrots bothering him. He swims around to try and get them away.

Is there a way to stop spawning?

Wed, 08/22/2012 - 20:49 — Cebundy

I had bought a 150 gallon tank that came with 6 parrots.  Since I already had one.  I put  the parrots together.  These guys are in a constant  mating cycle which makes for a very violent tank. 

In order to try to break up the fighting, I took out 3 of the smaller parrots (they are about 4 inches) and put them in my 55 gallon tank along with a host of other tank mates (neon tetras, platies, glass cats, black ghost knife, 2 rubber lips, guppies, dwarf gourami, 1 african leaf).  There's no fighting in that tank. 

My Parrot Fish

Sun, 08/05/2012 - 15:13 — Minusha

So I bought 2 young jellybean parrot fish (1 Male and 1 Female) on the 11th and had to flush the male down the toilet on the 15th, he was dead.
Between those days I was watching my fish and saw that one of the parrot fish was nipping at the other one and it looked painful to the other parrot fish because it would kick a lot. I didn't know if it was the male or female getting attacked, I assumed it was the female being attacked.

Yesterday I bought another Jellybean Parrot Fish and 3 Glowlight Tetras.

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