2006-07-25 14:30:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
do you mean a blood parrot cichlid?? if so, then he can get quite big, about 8-10 inches. i have one myself, a baby, and he is about 2.5 inches. mine eats bllodworms and brine shrimp, and i heard they LOVE peas and live earthworms.
2006-07-26 14:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by rich 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parrotfish can vary in sizes from the smallest being 20 cm such as a green parrotfish and the largest being 1.5 meters.They will eat a wide variaty of organisms that live on coral reefs.
2006-07-26 14:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anita B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen and heard them chomping on the reefs when I was snorkelling. I saw one that probably weighed 100 pounds or more once. They generally eat the algae on the reef, and it helps the reef.
The Monterrey Bay Aquarium says: " A recent census called Reef Check—conducted by scientists and about 5,000 volunteer scuba divers and local fishermen—included a five-year survey of about 300 of the world’s coral reefs. The results showed that the number of coral reef animals has seriously declined. For example, spiny lobsters and bumphead parrotfish have disappeared from the reefs they normally inhabit; the Nassau grouper has virtually disappeared—in part due to overfishing; and sea cucumbers are missing from half of the surveyed reefs. But there’s good news, too: populations of key species are increasing in marine sanctuaries where fishing is limited."
2006-07-25 21:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your parrotfish is very big, try feeding them with small guppy.
2006-07-26 04:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive seen parrot fish in the ocean as big as small tunafish. They can get as big as the tank you keep them in, as i understand it, parrot fish in a salt water tank eat coral. LIVE coral. At least that is their main diet in the ocean. I hve never seen one eat a blood worm. But if it has been kept in captivity all its life, then who knows? I dont.
Is it a marine tank? or is it a paradise fish, (freshwater)?
2006-07-25 21:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by Birdkeeper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrotfish
2006-07-25 21:50:49 · answer #6 · answered by CAHaden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parrot fish can get as big as their environment allows. They will eat pellets.
2006-07-26 02:52:42 · answer #7 · answered by Loc P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U can ask the vet.
2006-07-25 21:39:18 · answer #8 · answered by Ash Nickel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋