About blood parrot cichlid
- Thread starter yeohwl91
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yeohwl91;4900376; said:
They might get a little more aggressive when they are mature but they seem to be less aggressive in groups of 4 or more. They tend to deal with each other and other fish better if they grow up together. They get along with most CA/SA cichlids given the right tank space but caution should be taken when housed with overly aggressive cichlids like Red Devils, Flowerhorn, Dovii, etc.
As for sexing them, you cannot just look at them and tell. You either need to vent them (more accurate) or see how they react with sexed fish (less accurate). Both of which are really hard to when they are young. Its easy to vent them when they are 4" or larger, anything smaller than that and its hit or miss. For me I can drop them in with a male parrot and see how its reacts in order to sex them, have not been wrong yet.
You might see or hear that pointed fins can tell the sex but thats untrue. Other have said that the males get pink in the cheeks when in spawning mode but I have yet to verify this.