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Why is it that there is no profile on these fish? Just curious...we have 4 and they are absolutely neat fish to have!! Especially when you try to re arrange the tank.. they are all protective and nibble... reather suck on your arm hairs! its crazy stuff! beautiful fish, even though they are hybrids!

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

you pretty much hit it, since thy are hybreds that acan be a reason they are not on the profiles(or someone hasn't done it yet) i to have many parrots around 8, but unfort. the last month something has happened and i am losing parrots and only have 3 left. but they were old guys.

someone needs to do a profile, these fish do exist and in the unfortunate even that some are dyed, they are still a fish, and people are going to buy them. that is why i think that there needs to be a profile on them, so someone has some info to help others along!

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

You have 4, and are apparently ardent about it. Why not do up a profile and submit it yourself?

If somebody does do a profile perhaps they could add a part about not buying the painted ones.

im not a preemie so i cant do the profiles, and just because i have 4 doesnt mean i know everything!!]] and yse, make sure no one buys the colored ones!!!]:|]:|

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

All members can write profiles, whether they are premium members or not.

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Tanya, you do have 4 and that gives you some knowledge of the fishwhich is a great jumping off point...your next step is to start researching, and researching, and researching...do a search on the internet and see what all comes up, and take your notes...find a new site, read take more notes...it takes quite awhile to get the information...but it is soooooooooo well worth it...

BUT!!! Do not just hit one site take their information and call it your ownThat is not the way to learn about the fish, you really need to find all you can, and you definately don't want to plagarize

heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

pshhhh ill write a profile.........i have some parrots too

I there i have written a profile on blood red parrots not long ago take a look here The 2 parrots in the picture are mine 2.

P.S. Its says the author was Stuart but it was me who wrote it he owns the site and asked me to do the profile for him and he then posted it up. Enjoy and i hope it is of some help to you.

Last edited by tessa38uk at 26-Jun-2005 03:43

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tessa, i noticed that you say on your post that you would not have bought these fish had you known about their congenital defects, so please dont take this as a criticism but why encourage other people to buy them???
while its not the fishes fault they are like this, and i do encourage people who have them to look after them properly i would beg people not to buy anymore! if you truly love fish then you wouldnt want them to live an uncomfortable life, also you have been lucky with your parrots as many die within a few months of being bought due to the defects created in them.many are also extremely aggressive due to their `parentage`. also many are injected with dye , this has to be stamped out from our hobby and the only way to do this is not to buy them. the other problem with buying parrot fish is that it encourages even more defected fish to be bred for the market, they have already bred a parrot fish with no caudal - calling them love hearts - not only do they have the original defects found in parrots but they also find it near impossible to move due to the total lack of caudal fin and tail base - what next??????? please also try to avoid shops which sell these fish and injected fish or even better tell the shop owner you will stop going there if they dont stop stocking them.

Hi nc yes this is true if I had read all the info and posts like yours on these fish before I bought I would never have gone near them but I did not and I am glad I did not because although they do have these deformities I have had 2 sets now and I have found that both sets have not been in any way hindered by these defects. They are not in any way in any pain or they would just not be as happy as they are or even try to breed. If these fish were in any sort of pain they would like any other fish just hide their self away and die but no they are very active fish and can swim as well as the next fish. I even plan to get another pair. They are a wonderful fish and in the right hands and treated in the right way these fish can live a very full and fruitful life. Yes there is alot of parrot fish that have been died and these would most likely die with in a very sort while. What you have to do before buying one of these fish is make sure the shop you are buying it from belongs to the PFK DYED FISH CAMPAIGN that way you no you will never buy a dyed fish. It might be wrong to mess around with nature in the way people have done here (and I agree that it is wrong) but the fact is nobody no matter how hard they try even by boycotting will never stop it so the best thing you can do is give as much information as you can on the fish and to help those understand more who will still buy these fish no matter what. I have to say that in my option there is nothing wrong with these fish what so ever and unless you have owned one you will never no this (that's what I mean by if I had read all the information first I would never have owned one) but since I have owned more than one I now no although it has all these deformities they do not affect the fish in the slightest. All we can do is give people the facts and it is then up to that person if they wish to still purchase that fish and if they still choose to at least they have the facts there for them.

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Tanya81 is a great example

someone needs to do a profile, these fish do exist and in the unfortunate even that some are dyed, they are still a fish, and people are going to buy them. that is why i think that there needs to be a profile on them, so someone has some info to help others along!

http://www.greenspersonalprinting.com/

well said tessa i agree with you in your explanation!/:'

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

Thank you Tanya81. It would be interesting to no other peoples experiences with these fish. I myself as I say no of all the deformities in these fish but in my experience with them I have found that the fish is not in anyway hindered by them. They seem to me to be a very happy active fish and as able as the average normal breed fish. Is this your experience with them? Do they seem to be hindered in any way that you can tell? Do they seem to be in any sort of pain from what you can tell? Are they aggressive in your option? I have never found them aggressive only to my self and that's because they don't want me moving there pot that they lay their eggs in. Lets have some other peoples experiences! Come on people if you own a parrot fish or ever have let us no what your experiences were Good or bad. It can only help us understand more about this fish.

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