I can't believe the parrot fish is man made

And it can't close its mouth

I bought one of these fish from a fish shop simply because they would go well with my resisdent fish as they are big, they also didn't have a lot else that would go in my tank with ease. I got him home and researched them and found out that they man made.

I also bought a bright yellow Labidochromis.

By the way, the parrot is called Gaz and the Lab is Vinnie..............(long story lol!)

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I just googled it as I didn't know what it was! but loads of fish pictures came up... so I'm still not sure! lol

Blood parrot cichlid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

here you gp rftd xx

There was another site that explained it all but i forgot the site name lol!
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Ahh thanks hun! Aww pretty

Aye, they have always been Hybrids. As the wikipedia link states, most people believe that the Parrot cichlid is a hybrid between the Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) and the Redhead cichlid (Cichlasoma synspilum). However I think that it looks more like a hybrid between the Midas and the Severum cichlid (Heros severus).

I wish i had researched them!! But even then i would have bought him! He is pretty, gorgeous actually!
He has settled in really well,. The Lab hides a lot i hope he comes out of his shell soon though as he is gorgeous lol!!

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Quite a few varieties of fish are man made or man altered. WIdows and catfish are injected with colour to make them sellable and gradually lose it.

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Run free my beautiful rainbow babies. I love you.

I heard about this, and looked it up online. Glass fish are one of the main one's to inject, dip dye with acid etc. How cruel. There really is no need as they are lovely as they

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We have made a promise in the shop to OATA never to sell dyed fish, and we don't see the need to when they kill so many for the few that survive.

As for parrots they are a great fish. When they first became available alot of shops, including where I worked would not stock them as they were a Hybrid and OATA were not sure about how they would survive etc etc. They also came onto the market well into 3 figures £ as it was thought that they would not be able to breed amoungst themselves which has since proved to be false, they can The price has now dropped to about £15 each(for reds) When it turned out that they were this hardy fish with no real problems from being a hybrid, they started stocking them and have never regretted it since. They are a great seller from the shops point of view. They are colouful, not overly aggressive although they can stick up for themselves and they are pretty damn near inpossible to kill, lol! I have 4 here at home and they are great fun

*Heidi*

p.s There are rumours that they crossed a Cichlid such as the Severum with a coldwater fancy fish to get the shape and colour

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