Parrot Fish with MBuna Cichlids

by **bennyphan** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:42 pm

Thinking about buying a couple of Red Parrot fishes to add to my African Cichlid tank. I mostly have Mbuna and Peacock fishes. Do they get along okay? I know the parrot fishes come in a good bright red color, and I need some red in my tank. Thoughts?

by **josmoloco** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:48 pm

They can work, how many fish are in your tank as of now?

by **bennyphan** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:50 pm

I currently have 8. I have been told I can stock up to 15 tops?

by **josmoloco** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:42 pm

You have a messed up mix... I would just stock females of fish you already have. Just add like 10 female mbuna(assuming you have some females and some males as of now)

by **mro2you2** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:53 pm

Parrot are american cichilids ( am I correct on this??? ) and Mbuma are African. Y ou shouldnt mix the two because of different pH.

by **josmoloco** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:56 am

mro2you2, please speak on experience.....

Have have some success mixing these fish, ph is not an issue with store bought freshwater fish in most cases, as long as your water has a ph of 6.6-8.5

Just take my advise from the previous post and you will be very happy.

by **GiantDogg** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:23 am

I agree with josmoloco. Regionality is not an issue unless they are wild caught (F0 or F1). Parrots are not red, those parrots are injected with dye which fades to a dull orange. You can get some female peacocks with red in them or even some ruby reds (SA cichlids) if the color is that important.

by **josmoloco** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:00 am

I would stick to mbuna only. Female peacocks tend to be grey.

by **mro2you2** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:37 pm

josmoloco I kept cichlids for 4 years and I tried to mix but ended up all of them dead.

by **josmoloco** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:14 pm

Have you seen my mix.... Here it was in October....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6G76zPCyU

Parrot Fish with MBuna Cichlids

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