Blood Parrot Aggression Levels

by **lumi** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:57 pm

How do you think blood parrots would do in a community tank? I know that they're cross breeds of red devils and severums; red devils being aggressive and severums being fairly peaceful (for cichlids). So are blood parrots somewhere in between?

by **xxluckxx** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 4:13 pm

I've seen people keep blood parrots with various different cichlids, large tetras, silver dollars, certain bottom dwellers (I can't remember what exactly atm). I'm sure you can find the right combo of tankmates to go with a blood parrot.

by **kate_kuhli** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:43 pm

I think when people have blood parrot aggression issues it's normally with other blood parrots. And maybe some other species of cichlids. I have heard though that blood parrots will take a rival fish and slam them against the glass using their head...so I guess if you DO get aggression issues you should nip that in the bud real quick!

by **lumi** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:50 am

So blood parrots often get aggressive with other blood parrots? Does that mean I couldn't have 2 or 3 of them in the same tank?

by **reefer171** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:36 am

If you're concerned about aggression, add the blood parrot(s) last after you add all the other fish into the tank. Then the parrots can't claim the tank as their own from the offset and get territorial towards every new fish you introduce.

by **kate_kuhli** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:43 am

lumi wrote:So blood parrots often get aggressive with other blood parrots? Does that mean I couldn't have 2 or 3 of them in the same tank?

No, bloods most commonly fight if they're not given enough space or if the space isn't broken up enough. Offer plenty of hidey spots and they have a good chance of getting along well. With enough cover, if things go as they should, you should get at most the odd bit of chasing but nothing serious. I offer no guarantees though! It's important to remember that fish are individuals, their behavior can't always be 100% predicted accurately!

by **tetrafan** » Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:31 pm

lumi wrote:So blood parrots often get aggressive with other blood parrots? Does that mean I couldn't have 2 or 3 of them in the same tank?

Yeah but you might want to get the parrots all at the same time so they're all the same size and so they don't get aggressive towards the newcomers. It's in a cichlids natural behavior to attack new cichlids coming into their territory because they claim territory for their own and defend it.

If you do get them at different times choose parrots that are similar in size and take your current parrot out of the tank, rearrange everything, and then put them in together. Your current parrot will see this as different territory so won't attack the newcomer.

Blood Parrot Aggression Levels

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