Blood red parrot cichlid picking on Oscar.. :\

[NeonFlux]

Damn.. I've got this 9 inch blood red parrot that's about 10 years old now, and CRAP! He's picking on my 10 inch oscar cichlid that's 1 year and 6 months old.. I didn't know BPR's were that vicious, persistent, and relentless. Holy crap, I mean the constant ramming up to my oscar.. They are so social with me, I've always enjoyed the BRP's prsence, but dang, he's aggressive against the oscar. So yeah today he decided to bother the #$&@ outta my oscar randomly.. like what the hell man. Friggin' cichlids.. :\ Other days they were neutral, and cool at times but now it's just ugly these couple of days. I just did a water change.. I wonder if that affected the BRP? My oscar's gotten some of his fins torn a bit.. :\ ..SUCKS.

What should I do?!

 

[convict360]

Damn.. I've got this 9 inch blood red parrot that's about 10 years old now, and CRAP! He's picking on my 10 inch oscar cichlid that's 1 year and 6 months old.. I didn't know BPR's were that vicious, persistent, and relentless. Holy crap, I mean the constant ramming up to my oscar.. They are so social with me, I've always enjoyed the BRP's prsence, but dang, he's aggressive against the oscar. So yeah today he decided to bother the #$&@ outta my oscar randomly.. like what the hell man. Friggin' cichlids.. :\ Other days they were neutral, and cool at times but now it's just ugly these couple of days. I just did a water change.. I wonder if that affected the BRP? My oscar's gotten some of his fins torn a bit.. :\ ..SUCKS.

What should I do?!

Tank size?

Either upgrade, or reset territories; or separate.

 

[Skalper666]

Yeah parrot fish can be annoying. It's like a red devil.. with a deformed mouth. Can't do any serious damage... usually.

 

[convict360]

Got pics of the parrot? The old huge ones are awesome. Mine is about 2 years old, only 4/5 inches or so!