Parrots How Many For A 4 Ft 260l Tank

[scotslasszoe]

Hi, My friendd who is not joined a forum site has decided to restock her tank. she likes the yellow parrots.and the firemouths, but is unsure how many she would be able to put in her vision 260 if any?

Thanks

Zoe

 

[fry_lover]

I've been fortnunate with my set-up, its basically all Parrots and some Bristlenose and a couple of Kribs. Its a Rio 300 so just a little bigger than the Vision 260. Its about 48" long, 20" deep and 22" high or thereabouts.

I actually have x7 Parrots in there, biggest is 6" and smallest is 3"

They get on great and i can't tell you how enjoyable a set up this is! I always thought they were pig ugly, but after i got one, i got more and like i said i got lucky, its been peaceful without problems for months. They are all the bright orange type.

I am sure if i keep them for their life-time which is the plan, i will upgrade the size of tank at some point.

You might get more luck in the hybrid section, thats where a lot of Parrot fans hang out lol, its a acquired taste, peeps can get a bit wound-up due to them being hybrids and all......

By "yellow" do you mean the traditional Blood Parrots that are orange? Or do you mean yellow as in "dyed"?

Not that it affects the amount in one tank. I dont like the fancy coloured ones.

A fishy buddy of mine who is against Parrots even quite likes my set-up, not that he would do it, but he has given credit to it and the way it looks.

Sorry going off topic, my son loves feeding them, some of them jump right out the water for prawns lol

Vancouver on here seems to know a fair bit about Parrots as does a guy called ~T~ and i am sure there are others.

Even if i blow my own trumpet, i am good on water changes, about 30% every 4-5 days pretty much without fail on my set-up's, most peeps would probably criticise x7 Parrots in one 300 litre, but its working for me and with general responsible maintenance i dont anticipate any problems, but its basically a "parrot" set up really, i got rid of some other fish in there to make it like a "themed" tank, full of bog-wood as well, the wood and tanins make the orange look ace (in my opinion)

 

[scotslasszoe]

Sounds really good. Would be nice to see a picture of your set up.

Are they not usually peaceful fish? so say she got 2 of them would she be better with 2 females or 1 male 1 female?

Zoe

 

[fry_lover]

well, not the best pics and taken a while ago, i have re-arranged the wood in the meantime and plan to get rid of the Juwel internal filter

Also moved the pots about!

oh, as for the aggression, i think like a lot of cichlids they have their own personalities, in my experience and others i know, i think its a biut like the Malawi "thing" where sometimes its best to have a bigger group to help spread out any aggro.

x2 Parrots could work, just trial and error, like getting x2 of any cichlids, if one is over dominant and one over passive, well, could get nasty

I dont think they are the easiest fish to sex? could be wrong, i have no idea of the sex of mine.

I reckon x2 parrots in a 260 litre, should be okay, the person who i got my first parrot off, had x2 parrots together in a Rio 300 for years, they were best buddy's, amazingly and sadly one of them died one day before i took delivery of the tank!