Blood parrot got excited...

[HeatherH]

Last week my nephew got me a tiny pink parrot cichlid,about an inch long. Wasn't the dyed kind,but he felt that the blood parrot was lonely in the 30 by himself and needed a friend. I told him to never do that again,luckily they are compatible. Cute little fish,very active and curious/friendly. My blood parrot took instant interest and got "excited",I guess one could say. For about 3 days he/she had a protrusion from the anal vent area,scared me at first,looked like a lumpy pink tumor with a long pink fleshy tube hanging out. I think a little too much of whatever came out actually came out. Stayed like that for three days or so,blood parrot never acted distressed and it went back in. No eggs or anything-I know most male parrots are sterile,so I'm guessing little parrot cichlid was just too cute for the blood parrot?

Anyone have experience with this?

I read up on the pink parrot cichlids,basically just pink cons who are extremely prolific and will breed at such a young age as an inch long. Yikes!!

[Lady Hobbs]

Pink blood parrot sounds dyed to me. Their natural color is deep orange.

[HeatherH]

It's not really "pink" like hot pink dyed fish. It's pink convict color. Has pale orange fins. More like a peachy color. When I looked them up online,they said they were pink cons bred with parrots. I've seen the dyed pics vs the natural colored ones and that little one is all natural.

[Braccus]

Sounds like you're talking about a jellybean parrot.

[HeatherH]

Could be. It isn't dyed though. It has it's natural pink con color and pale orange fins. Rather pretty little thing. Took me awhile to find it on the net. I'd never heard of them before he brought it to me. I read they are extremely prolific breeders,just like pink cons. I think it'll be a loner with the blood parrot.