I just got a blood parrot for my 40 gal, he's by himself and if you looked at my last posts he nearly died from stress. It's not NTS, as he's by himself and I've been adding BB, and he was showing huge signs of stress within the hour of introducing him into the tank. The next day I bought him a flower pot, and I seriously think it's why he's still alive, and thriving at that. The only problem is that he's very very afraid. I had a funny encounter today, though. I put some cichlid pellets at the entrance of his flower pot (he was deep inside it) and took a nap on my bed. When I woke up, I saw him poking his head out of the pot and looking right at me. The food was all gone. As soon as I moved to stretch he immediately ran straight towards his pot. But since around yesterday night whenever I wasn't looking, I see him swimming and exploring the tank everywhere, until he sees me, in which case he immediately either retreats into his pot or plays "stressed" near his second favorite spot by the heater. So at least I got him to eat, but I'm wondering if it will always be this hard for him to even be comfortable for him to be around me, and if it's possible, what I could do to "train" him. Thanks
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