A club for owners of Parrot Cichlids

I just ran out of cichlid pellets! I won't be able to get out to get more until Saturday and was wondering if I can feed any of the foods I have for my other fish. I have Blood worms, Betta pellets, tropical fish flakes, tropical fish discs, algae wafers, and baby gammarus shrimp. Will any of these foods work?

can red blood parrot fish eat meat ? i was just wondering ! cus i read that they are omnivours and doesnt that mean that can eat fish food , plants , and meat ? not sure !

I have three red blood parrot fish one small {2 inches}one medium{3 inches} and one large { 4 inches } . When i feed then the floating type cichlid the the large one is not going to the top to eat . While the other two are eating just fine . He is left without eating because the other two eat all the food . He looks like he is scared to go to the top of the tank because he will alomost get it and quikly swims back down ! any advince PLEASE !!!

I had been feeding my parrots tropical flakes until I was able to buy some cichlid pellets to feed to them, now when I put cichlid pellets in the tank they pay no attention to them and I have add some flakes before they start to eat. What do I need to do?

I had some baby fish born yesterday. They are Convict baby. My question is how am i going to feed them, do i need to separate the baby fish( Their parent are not going to eat these baby right?). And what other things should i do?

I have 2 parrots for 5 years. Just yesterday they started to not eat and just hang out at the top of the tank staring at themselves in the reflection of the top water. When I come by they do swim around to greet me, then head back up to the top. As you all know, they love to eat and I can't figure out way they have stopped. Their colour is still there, they have no white spots.... I did a 10 gallon water change (I have a 60 gallon tank) and will do another one tomorrow... What is going on? Is female pregnant? Is it just a stage?

Just a word about feeding live foods for new owners,even if it comes sealed in plastic bags.Always tip the bag into a net and rinse before adding to your water,to avoid any contamination from the growing medium

Got my Parrots a couple of weeks ago.

I've been feeding them twice a day, in the morning i give them Tetra Color granules and Tetra Spirulina flakes and in the evening i give them the same in addition to either frozen brine shrimp or frozen blood worms, defrosted of course.

Is this diet to rich for my fish. Should i spread the frozen foods out to less than a daily feeding? Thanks.

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I have put this under feeding, for I think that it may be the cause. As you may have read in my post " they aren't eating!" My parrot fish have not been eating much. They may have one flake or one pellet, but not nearly enough to be filling them up. My fish have been getting paler and paler and I fear it may be as a result of this. Would that be correct?

Hello all! My 2 parrot fish have not been eating lately. The food will litterally rain down over them and they ignore it. They don't seem to be gettting any weaker on thinner and I'm not sure if there is a reason for this. I would like to know whether this is alright because I don't want to not put any food in but if I keep putting it in and they don't eat any I don't want to waste the food or let it rot in the tank. Thanx, Beba