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Hey everyone,
Just ignore whatever i have for a stock list as my signature b/c it's not accurate anymore. Anyway, my fish store (the only one in my town) recently received three beautiful adult blood parrots. One is about 7 inches and the other two are around 6.
Is it possible to purchase one of these bad boys and put them in my 33 gallon? Currently i just have two in there (about 3 inches) and an electric yellow. If i took the two back and kept the electric yellow (he's about four inches), is it feasible? Thanks!
(yes, i know this is not IDEAL)

it may be feasible but it's not really in the best interest of either fish. IMO, your best bet would be to get several more electric yellows. parrots really need a 4' tank because as you saw with the large ones at the lfs they can get pretty big.

Jason said it, take your parrot cichlids back to your lfs and get another 3 or maybe 4 electric yellows for that tank, making sure that you have plenty of rock formations for them to go and hide behind when aggressiveness occurs.

Another idea would be to get 2 more electric yellows (all of similar size to the one you currently have) and 2 Pseudotropheus Acei...of course there will have to be rock formations to keep the aggression down to a minimum...

Just a couple of my thoughts...happy choosing, heidi

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