These are awesome fish with great coloration and a very unusual mouth shape.
Polar blue parrot fish tank mates.
Sometimes it is reported about successful cases of breeding in a tank but typically the fish mates with some other species and if the spawning is successful their offspring appears to be poorly colored and not very good looking.
When kept in these groups the fish tend to be more confident and less affected by stress.
Check out some of our polar blue parrot cichlid fish.
As a bottom dweller they will stay out of the way of your blood parrot and will do a very good job at cleaning the tank by eating all uneaten fish food at the bottom of the tank which may fall into your fish tanks substrate.
They are very hardy and can withstand a wide range of water parameters.
That comes in handy whenever the convict cichlids are in the mood for some aggression because they know how to keep their distance.
They do very well in groups and will often exhibit schooling behavior.
Within a few weeks they were busy breeding so we went.
Cory catfish make great tank mates due to their calmness and way of living.
More peaceful species such as angelfish tetras or danios will be perfect as blood parrot cichlid tank mates.
Blood parrot cichlids will often mate clear nesting sites and lay eggs.
The reason why this fish makes it on the list of the convict cichlid tank mates is the fact that it is a very less aggressive fish which likes to keep to itself and it moves really fast.
Just a little update on the polar blue parrot cichlids laying more eggs.
However these eggs are often either infertile or are abandoned by the fish after several days.
Living in their starter home before they are moved to the 125 gallon.
These fish are slightly aggressive and do well in a species only tank however they can be kept with fish of similar temperaments.
We picked these fish up at chicago s aquashella.
In this picture a young premium quality polar blue parrot cichlid is swimming in one of our aquariums when one of us snapped this picture.
The best tank mates for a blood parrot cichlid is more blood parrot cichlids.
Parrot cichlids are hybrids of cichlids named paraneetroplus synspilus and amphilophus citrinellus which are both native to central.