How to breed parrot Cichlids - Part 1
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- How to breed parrot Cichlids - Part 1 - Super easy and super simple way to breed parrot cichlids. Follow my step by step guide to breed them yourself!
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Category Rating
Care Level: Intermediate
Temperament: Semi-Aggressive
Color Form: Orange
Lifespan: 15 Years
Size: Up to 8″
Diet: Omnivorous
Family: Cichlidae
Minimum Tank Size: 30 Gallons
Tank Set-Up: Freshwater with open space and hiding spots
Compatible: Species only tank or peaceful community
Typical Behavior
You can keep them on their own, in groups, or in a community of suitable tank mates. They are generally a peaceful species, but they are easily stressed by aggressive fish, which may cause them to act out.
They can be quite shy and will often hide amongst the plants and decorations.
If they know that they have these hiding spots available, they will be much more active in your aquarium.
They are beautiful fish with a bright orange coloration to compete with some of the most colorful fish around.
The color can be solid across the body, but it is more commonly broken up by patches of other colors (usually white). Other colors have been bred, such as red and yellow. Dyes are often used to produce more color varieties, but this reduces the lifespan of the fish.
Males and females are very similar, however males are slightly larger.
When young, some individuals have their tails cut to resemble a heart shape. They are known as Heart Cichlids, and most enthusiasts view this as an extremely unethical process.
The Blood Parrot Cichlid does not have its own natural habitat because it is the product of hybridization. To get an idea of a setup they would like, we need to look at where the parent species live in the wild (such as the Midas Cichlid).
These fish live in the warm flowing freshwaters of Central America.
The water would be well lit and slightly acidic. They usually inhabit areas around rocky outcroppings and tree roots which offer protection and lots of food. The riverbed would be sandy and well planted with vegetation.
To keep your Blood Parrot Cichlids healthy you need to recreate similar conditions in your aquarium.
Thanks for watching!
Very Nice..
Never had parrots.. Didnt know they were manmade..
Good info
Cheers Chris! Yep man-made and a super interesting fish to watch
Fascinating interesting video!! I learnt lots about parrots that I did not know, thank you!! Fingers crossed now that you get loads of parrot babies 🤓👍🦆
Hopefully mate! Time will tell tomorrow! 🤞
Well done Jack great video, hope all goes well and we can watch them all grow on👍
Cheers pops, was really fun to watch these guys breed
Another great video it's so rewarding when things go right I've finally managed to spawn my koi in a separate tank after the third attempt looking forward to seeing the fry
That's awesome! So pleased for you buddy
My oh my, not me just finding this video, after keeping these fish for only two months and finding MANY MANY babies....
Assuming infertility was why their first batch didn't hatch....... BUT now i'm stuck with parrot fish a plenty...
Excellent video mate perfect halftime watch during the game YNWA👊
Legend mate, glad your liking it! YNWA BROTHER
your logo is amazing! and great video, recently my blood parrot female mated with a midas cichlid so here I am researching how to help em succeed
Cheers brother, your support means the world to me! My top tip would be remove the parents and raise them yourself buddy
@@TheBaldingReefer Thanks! I will do that.
Wow spot on great action mate! Verry informative video!
Cheers mate glad your liking it
I raise Peacock cichlids for several local shops as well as a couple out of state and have NEVER seen dyed peacock cichlids. I have several peacocks that are naturally blue, red and orange as well as OB peacocks that have a natural color variation of white, blue, red and orange. I also have orange-blotched OBs and currently working on a breeding program with some blue-blotched OBs.
Awesome looking fish mate
Legend mate
Great vid again mucker.... to form a parrot mate its the midas cichlid and the vieja melanura.... although i do beleive they have been reclassified now as paratheraps, the parrots carry the colour of the midas 👌🐟👍
I love your knowledge mate its incredible!
@@TheBaldingReefer lol vice verser buddy your channels in the top 5 my goto channels when i need advice on koi stuff lol.... i kept cichlids for a long time mate 👍👍🐟
They aren't "man made" just because they only occur in captivity in fact cichlids frequently hybridize so much that they believe that they have a different structure of taxonomy because they so readily hybridize and often produce fertile offspring that can also hybridize.
Everyday is a school day! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Another excellent video damm these are soo good, so much information and broken down well keep up the good videos jack 👍
Cheers Nathan! Really means alot!
You have it reversed. The one you think is the male is the female and vice versa. The larger one (female) ovipositor is sticking out. This happens to female parrots for days after the eggs. After a few days it returns to normal size like a males. Also the females seem to be more aggressive and the main parent who fans the eggs.
Ah cheers buddy, first time spawning these
@@TheBaldingReefer yeah no worries I thought my parrot was a male for nearly a year before I caught her actually laying the eggs.
The smaller one/male also looks like it was a result of breeding a B.Parrot back to one of the original species as it doesn’t have the full physical characteristics as a BParrot. If the male is fertile /the spawn hatches and is successful that is likely why he’d actually be fertile.
@jerml6136 that makes a lot of sense! Thank you
Nice info pop up bro 👊
Legend mate
Hello I got 2 parrot fish that laid eggs and all are white. What do I do? Please let me know
Hi my parrots are spawning I'm living in hope
I thought they were infertile
Not always buddy
So i only have one parrot and theres eggs what does this mean
There just stripping themselves
have female parrot and male srd flowerhorn want to try to breed what you think? any tips? thanks
Mine just randomly laid eggs. Did these ever successfully hatch?
They didn’t :(
I thought they couldn't spawn. How did you do this ?
Is there a second video? I can't find it. Did they hatch?
Thinking of buying a mated pair myself…. Did they actually hatch fry?
No buddy:(
Tank is too small and needs better filtration.
It was only a temp solution
Were did you get your sponge filters mate?
Just got them from ebay :) just search sponge filter and it's an xxl
Have you got under gravel filtration on that mate?
Good spot! I do Indeed mate
@@TheBaldingReefer nice little video there bro 😉
Did they hatch?
No mate they ate them
I have a yellow parrot chiclid but I'm unable to find the gender, so please give me some info
The bigger ones are the female buddy
Ever a part 2?
Nope they kept eating the babies
@TheBaldingReefer ah, so they did hatch, but kept getting eaten right? I just saw today that mine has also spawn.
@@A-meen-Fisher please tell me your saying your parrots actually hatched eggs?
@nikcali they never hatch. After a while they all get white and cloudy and the eggs eats eaten. Males are usually not fertile. If you ever have one or found one, they cost alot.
Your so handsome 😍
Thank you 🤣
I looked through your videos and didn't see if any of her eggs hatched. Did they?
Please let us know.
Thank you
They didn’t :(
Is there anything that you don't specialize in?
😂😂😂😂😂
It’s not possible the male parrot is sterile.
lovely fish mate fingers crossed the males not sterile will be good to see future videos of the egg progress
Defo mate! Gonna start these tomorrow, and you know me, I'll show it even if it fails
@@TheBaldingReefer hopefully it works mate they look keen enough plus you know what your doing
Cheers bud!
No part two huh lol
I mentioned in the live buddy they nailed the eggs but were currently re trying