blood parrot question

nate da fishman

nate da fishman

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is it normal for a blood parrot to get a dark smuge on its nose like the size of a ball point pen tip, nitrite-0 ammonia-0 nitrates-5

75 gallon
1 blood parrot
going to add more fish soon
and any suggestions would be nice

29 gallon
1 daffodil cichlid his wife jumped out like an idiot over night
5 danios
2 leopard
3 zebra
any sggestions would also be nice



nate
 
i just notices it today and i know it wasnt there before and its only like 3 months or so
 
sometimes it is the color pigment. mine had spots on it's nose and then they faded in about a month after i got them.

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thanks for the info i got a little worried and yours looking awsome and mine about 3 inches maybe a little bigger and a orange/pink color


nate
 
thats looks awsome




nate
 
Black spots on blood parrots can be pigmentation & if that's the case the black spot will be permanent. But black spots are also a sign of stress. The stress can be caused by adjusting to a new home, problems with tank mates, or poor water quality (ammonia or nitrites.) If you find the problem & correct it the black spot will disappear in a day or two.

I have 2 blood parrots in a community tank with an angel, dwarf gourami, upside-down catfish, bolivian ram & a school of harlequin rasboras. My parrots are a bit aggressive so I have to watch what kind of fish I add to the tank.

For more info on them & other suitable tank mates check out parrotcichlid.com

Beautiful tank Bert!!!
 
I have a parrot who sometimes gets black spots or streaks on her fins right around the time she lays her eggs.

She lays eggs every month and about 4 days before that she gets the black spots and/or streaks. This is usually how i know she is going to lay eggs in a couple of days.
 
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