I used to have two red blood parrots, but i started out with one, and when we bought its mouth was crooked. Then we bought another one with the same problem, unfortunately though it was too small for our aggressive tank and is passed away. One day my mom comes home with and even bigger parrot than the one we had remaining. It however was perfectly fine. I just went and put feeder goldfish in and realized that now it too is developing a crooked mouth. Is this common, a mutation, or possibly a disease?
Red Blood Parrot - Mouth
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You do realize that Red Blood Parrot is hybrid, right?
How they come about pretty much answer your question why they have crooked mouth.
How they come about pretty much answer your question why they have crooked mouth.
I have 5 in my 33L gallon. Each one is a different color, making the tank quite unique to those who have seen it. And yea, they are a crossbreed and just as a note...you cannot breed them.
Are those Jellybeans?
And if so, how long have you had them?
Because their color will fade and they will go to their natural color. Both of my daughters are not an orange/red color.
One was super red and the other was purple when we bought them. Though I don't personally like the fish, they are pretty neat.
And yes, they can breed. The comment that they are sterile is untrue.
Sorry about the fertile/infertile comment. It was just what I was told a while back. As for the color, yes, I know it fades. But, I will tell you this. Their color only fades because of a few reasons. Who and where it comes from is one, what type of food they are fed is the second, and water quality is third. My tanks stay clean because I care about my fish, but I just do the normal maitenance so basically just keep the water clean. I have began to notice that where these fish come from can have affect on their colors. Some stores parrot's change very fast and some don't. It invovles the hatcheries and farms, but I can't explain what causes it. Lastly, I noticed that food has an affect. Now, you guys know there are certain foods that will bring out the fish's true color. I try not to use that stuff with the parrots. I feed them frozen meat and sometimes live foods. The FIRST jelly-bean parrots I purchased have faded somewhat, but now that I have figured this little game out...the rest of my jelly-beans are retaining those beautiful, bright colors quite well. I hope these few pointers can help anyone interested in these fish in the future...
Jellybean blood parrots are dyed. They aren't born that way. Their real color when they were bore was gray, brownish gray, black stripes with gray or almost all black. None of them were bore in colors. And they don't change to blue, green, pink, purple, or whatever weird colors you see in the store. They will change to Orange, Red, dark yellow, or light pinkish color (some believed these were crossed between pink convict and severum).
People who told you that their dyed color will not go away by doing this and this...not true. I have had many blood parrots, dyed, natural born color, and bright orange. They all changed color when they reached certain age and size.
I don't know any hatchery will do things differently when they "dyed" the BPs.
People who told you that their dyed color will not go away by doing this and this...not true. I have had many blood parrots, dyed, natural born color, and bright orange. They all changed color when they reached certain age and size.
I don't know any hatchery will do things differently when they "dyed" the BPs.
Yes, their color will fade eventually! But, it helps to find ways to slow the fade down! And with my experience, what I mentioned works.