11/20/2023 0 Comments Blue parrot fishHopefully they will lay in the cave vs the driftwood so I can just remove the eggs in the cave and hopefully have more survivors. I plan to add a type of cave(unknown type at moment). I feel like the number of eggs to free swimmers is definitely not equal. Update- i pulled the fry, there is about 12 free swimmers. Today is my scheduled water change, it makes me nervous because I don't want to stress them out and the female end up eating them so I'm debating that aspect but it needs to be done. The cherry barbs have not appeared to mess with them that I can tell. From what I've read and seen on the web they make great parents due to them being crossed with convict cichlids, I will be unable to tell how many I really have until they are older and I can see them better. The hole goes 3 inches in front of drift wood, under it, and out the other side. They are super small and clear, I can just make out the wiggle motion of them in my substrate. Im unable to count how many are in the hole, ive seen at least 10. My tank has algae the fry can graze on til they are old enough to take food, algae holds micro particles we can't see. Cichlids tend to grab flakes and spit them back out for the fry when they are old enough. More wigglers are in the hole the female dug when my lights came on at 12pm. Im also on a high tech tank journey and thats a monster of its own but its coming together. ![]() Ignore my algae, as its under control now and going away. I will say max size is unknown at the moment due to googles main post stating they get 8" but owners state about 3" is max. Currently they are maybe 2 inches, the male is bigger than the female. They do not show any signs of aggression to the other fish, 2 angels, some cherry barbs, rasbora hets. They were in a qt tank that was 72 and fine, they needed more room so they are in my 40 breeder. The male occasionally swaps with her so she can eat. They have shown no signs of aggression until today when I noticed the eggs, the female just chases away the other fish, nothing extreme, just 6" and right back to the eggs. They are an interesting, intelligent fish. ![]() So this will just be an opinion and through experience of this process. Just posting here as there is not much information at all on these fish and the information out there is very mixed (whats right and wrong etc). Ive read they make great parents due to their mix with cichlid. I'm super excited and can't wait to have fry. I told the girlfriend and with her eagle eyes she spotted the eggs through small hole of the plants on the driftwood. I had observed my 2 angelfish in a spot they normally don't hang out in. I observed my polar blue female come out from my driftwood grab some flakes and return to her little hidden area. I fed them due to skipping yesterday,I had skipped feeding because I added a new light and trying to adjust for brightness to avoid another massive algae outbreak. Today I got off work, got home, checked on my fish.
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