Amazing Parrot Fish

Parrot fish belong to a variety of aquarium fish of the family of cichlids. It is a hybrid of an aquarium fish, which was man-made artificially. Another naming that these fish got is the red parrots. Unusual and bright coloring makes them very popular. However, there is one "but" - none of the people and could not get offspring when breeding these fish, even under the most favorable conditions. Only the creators of these extraordinary creatures know the secret of their reproduction and supply fish to pet stores all over the world.

Its unusual name fish red parrot has also received thanks to the shape of the head, which resembles the beak of a parrot. The colors of these fish are very diverse: yellow, red, purple, pearl, blue, orange, cream, green. But such an unusual shape of the beak can cause its death. This can happen because, because of the shape of the mouth, the beak opens only vertically, and this causes difficulties in absorbing food.

Parrot fish are very playful and mobile, so the aquarium in which they live should be spacious and not interfere with free swimming. Such fish should be kept in very large aquariums. If the water has a hardness of 6.5 to 7.5 pH, then the water temperature should range from 22 to 27 ° C. In the aquarium, where the fish live parrots, water should be saturated with oxygen. When caring for them, you should regularly make a water substitution of up to 30%. We must not forget another important fact: if the aquarium is not too deep, then it is better to buy a lid, since there is a high probability that the fish will jump out of the aquarium.

They do not like water vegetation, so do not puzzle over the intricacy of the interior design of the aquarium. A family of these fish likes to build huge nests. Parrots are peaceful and flexible, that's why they get on well with practically all kinds of aquarium fish. However, we must remember that very small fish to them should not be populated. Although they have a small mouth size, they can accidentally swallow small fish.

Pleases that fish parrots are very unpretentious in food and absorb both wet and dry food, not touching it. The main thing that you need to adhere to is to grind food. Floating granules and bloodworms are their favorite treats. Scale staining may fade throughout the life of the fish, but this can be avoided by feeding it with a specialized food. Carotene-containing foods saturate their body with a red tint. Raising the water temperature promotes the reproduction of aquatic vertebrates, and they begin to actively build nests. No one has been able to independently breed these fish, even if all the rules are observed. Despite this, the fishes are still engaged in the arrangement of their place, changing the topography of the bottom. After the mating games, the females lay eggs, but the males are sterile, and the offspring, unfortunately, do not appear. Fry fish have a gray-black color, but after five months their body becomes iridescent.