Red Parrot Fish Tank Mates

Many aquarists like to keep a small group of these fish together.

Red parrot fish tank mates.

At the same time the blood red parrot is passive enough to not stress an oscar and will give it space in the fish tank. It would be cool to have a community tank full of other fish. Often considered poor tank mates for most fish oscars can actually make decent tankmates for blood parrot cichlids. Blood parrot tank mates photo by ellenm1.

Thanks for your help. The blood parrot is compatible as they are another cichlid like the oscar and can hold their own. Blood parrot cichlid tank mates. I don t want them to fight but get along.

The minimum tank size for one blood parrot cichlid is 30 gallons. Most people will say blood parrots are aggressive fish and as much as that might be true you can still house other fish with them. I have two blood parrot fish but want to get some other fish to keep with my parrots. By looking at their records of compatibility of fishes we found they can be kept with dwarf gourami angelfish kribensis tiger barb emperor tetras and firemouth cichlid.

Blood parrot tank mates are definitely a possibility but you must choose the right fish to co exist with your blood parrot. Of course larger tanks are always welcome. It s a 55 gallon aquarium. What other tank mates can i put with my red blood parrot fish.