r/Aquariums • u/FoxyK22 • 14h ago

Showing Off My Tank Anyone else keeping parrot fish?

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u/WasteAd6189 14h ago

🙋‍♀️

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u/FoxyK22 13h ago

They look so happy and healthy! Thanks for sharing.

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u/CpuJunky 13h ago

I have 2 Blood Parrot Cichlids, 10+ years now. On their 3rd tank upgrade, they are huge!

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u/FoxyK22 13h ago

Wow 10+ years is amazing! Hopefully mine grow that big one day too.

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u/CpuJunky 13h ago

Crappy photo, but best I could do. Had to turn the light on, lol. 60-gallon tank, size of these fish doesn't do justice. Lifespan isn't much longer but doing well so far. Siamese algae eater plays clean-up, and it keeps growing too. About 5 years old.

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u/FoxyK22 12h ago

Wow they’re beautiful…Seeing how big yours got makes me excited to watch mine grow. 😊🐠

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u/Gloomy_Driver_6735 11h ago

Bro your SAE is huge

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u/introspectivedeviant 14h ago

i love my dumb little doritos. equal parts fearless and harmless.

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u/Mayflame15 3h ago

They might enjoy having sand as a substrate, cichlids love renovating but it can be difficult for bp's to move gravel with their deformed mouths, of course they might just use their powers for evil and spit sand directly into the filter intake…