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2007-01-08 09:07:25 · 8 answers · asked by camarozsonia 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Absolutely not.
1. Goldfish produce a ton of waste and ammonia that not many other fish can handle.
2. Goldfish are cold water fish. Parrot fish are cichlids that live in tropical waters. Either your goldfish would die of being to warm or your parrot would die of being too cold.
3. Both need special food and it would be difficult to feed them at the same time. Goldfish need goldfish flakes/pellets, cichlids need cichlid pellets.
4. Even though parrot fish aren't the most aggressive type of cichlid, all cichlids are sort of agressive and your parrot may pick on your goldfish.
FYI:
Jelly beans are the same fish as parrot fish except they are injected with dyes at the pet store. Avoid these fish and other dyed fish at all costs because they normally have half the lifespan of a normal fish and you should not support this brutal practice.
2007-01-08 10:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by Chafed 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer is no. Jelly beans are members of the cichlid family, and are tropical. This means they require warmer water than the upper range of what your goldfish can tolerate. Laying that aside, even if they were capable of handling the same temperatures, the cichlids are aggressive and will either stress the goldfish to the point of death, or just kill it outright. Plus the goldfish's droppings are very high in ammonia, which would be bad for any tropical fish. Thus, any way you look at it, the answer's unfortunately no.
Take the goldfish and put him in a normal goldfish bowl or small tank by himself, and use a heated/filtered tank for your jelly beans/parrot fish.
Hope this info helped.
2007-01-08 17:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by answerman63 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No first of all every one will tell you this but goldfish will produce alot of ammonia more then any other fish, which will kills those other fish. Second tropical fish and cold water carry diffrent sicknesses, making them more vulrable to more sicknesses. 3rd of all is their tempature ranges goldfish from 58- 72 and tropical from 78-85. But i have had tropical and coldwater fish live together but parrot fish and jelly beans are to sensitive to live with the goldfish. Try minnows and other fish simmiler to them, but i am not advising it!
2007-01-08 17:14:43 · answer #3 · answered by Jack Herbert 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would not suggest it at all because first off jb parrots are cichlids and are aggressive and also because goldfishes put off amonia so in other words only put goldfish with goldfishes also it depends on the size of the tank
2007-01-08 17:18:24 · answer #4 · answered by matt789 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
parrot fish are a little aggressive too.
2007-01-08 18:22:57 · answer #5 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because they would nip at each other in the same tank so don't mix them put them in separate tanks.
2007-01-08 17:21:29 · answer #6 · answered by angelsloveslight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-09 22:37:46 · answer #7 · answered by me too 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they should do ok, but you should watch them for a while to make sure they are getting along
2007-01-08 17:15:15 · answer #8 · answered by blondie 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋