Red Parrot Fish Tank Mates

Most people will say blood parrots are aggressive fish and as much as that might be true you can still house other fish with them.

Red parrot fish tank mates.

At the same time the blood red parrot is passive enough to not stress an oscar and will give it space in the fish tank. Thanks for your help. Many aquarists like to keep a small group of these fish together. Often considered poor tank mates for most fish oscars can actually make decent tankmates for blood parrot cichlids.

The blood parrot is compatible as they are another cichlid like the oscar and can hold their own. These fish are rather active and need ample room to swim. For every additional blood parrot cichlid you add increase the volume of the tank by about 10 gallons. It s a 55 gallon aquarium.

What other tank mates can i put with my red blood parrot fish. I have two blood parrot fish but want to get some other fish to keep with my parrots. Blood parrot cichlid tank mates. Blood parrot tank mates photo by ellenm1.

By looking at their records of compatibility of fishes we found they can be kept with dwarf gourami angelfish kribensis tiger barb emperor tetras and firemouth cichlid. Of course larger tanks are always welcome. It would be cool to have a community tank full of other fish. The minimum tank size for one blood parrot cichlid is 30 gallons.