Red Parrot Fish

**Lady Hobbs** · 08-14-2012, 02:16 AM

He probably got a box of fish labeled as blood parrots and doesn't know the difference either.

They are given names according to their generics. The King Kong is bigger and redder and claimed to come from the Red Tx Child. Yours from the Flowerhorn and Female blood parrot. Others from the mating of another male cichlid. All kept secret, of course.

**Gogi** · 08-14-2012, 02:23 AM

Of course.. Mums the word

**Lady Hobbs** · 08-14-2012, 02:26 AM

Not by us, silly. By the breeders.

**smaug** · 08-14-2012, 10:10 AM

Yup,mine were labeled persimmons but look just liked the ops fish,maybe with a bit more orange.

**Lady Hobbs** · 08-14-2012, 04:45 PM

Here's an awesome tank of them. A couple of different types.

I couldn't seem to imbed it.

**Gogi** · 08-14-2012, 07:57 PM

Thanks that video answered my question about keeping the two kinds together. Im going to get 3 of the red on Friday or Saturday.

How can I determine if the fish is dyed? I want to avoid dyed fish at all cost.

**Lady Hobbs** · 08-14-2012, 08:00 PM

Easy! They are ugly. Fake colors very obvious. They should just be a nice orange color to them.

**Rocksor** · 08-14-2012, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Gogi

Thanks that video answered my question about keeping the two kinds together. Im going to get 3 of the red on Friday or Saturday.

How can I determine if the fish is dyed? I want to avoid dyed fish at all cost.

If it is called jellybean or bubblegum, then you know it's dyed.

http://parrotcichlid.com/node/15287#dm

**Gogi** · 08-14-2012, 08:02 PM

That makes senses. Unfortunaley the LFS I bought the karin ,carry dyed fish also. I ll go to a different one for the red ones just to be safe.

**Gogi** · 11-12-2012, 02:32 PM

So I got these baby fish in August. Thy where about 1.5 inches then and were gray wih black spots on there sides. Now they are around 2.5 to 3 inches big. They have turned or turning orange.

Some of they turned almost black before they started turnung orange.