Blood parrot color

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yup, parrots will change color based on mood, temp, hormones, or just whatever. The females tend to go pale or change color before laying eggs. Can last for days. Then they change back like nothing happened. One of my parrots Kong will go completely piebald then change back to orange!!

I always smile when people repeat the google information about whether parrots can bite or whatever. Short answer is yes, they can. They don't need teeth to liplock. But they seem to have hard lips that pinch. Whenever my parrots lock up the other fish ends up with a chewed/white mouth. I've had 4 parrots, three currently. My pink parrot Patch had a lot of midas in her and a mouthful of legit teeth to match. She shredded the face of my parrot Kong.

My current parrots: Boss, no teeth but is a lip ripper. He grips by the mouth and yanks.
Tango, a couple of teeth but isn't aggressive unless it's another parrot. Teeth too small for damage and he isn't a biter much.
Kong, mentioned above has one fang tooth up top she stabs with like a hole punch. Also a good lip locker.

All of them will ram fish in the side if fighting, that's a common parrot maneuver. And if they have a fixed mouth it doesn't prevent them from locking up.

Lol my current blood parrots (4) all always so happy and bubbly. I’ve kept BPs for close to 15 years inside but about five years ago I started taking my pond seriously and converted it into a Cichlid pond with heaters when necessary, so I moved all my bigger cichlids outside. They are so happy I have south & central americans so they all appreciate the water and everyone gets along. This is the second time in my history of keeping BP‘s that I have seen aggression like this, and the first time involved laying eggs as well. I’ve never seen their teeth, I believe they are usually deeper in their throat.. idk.. and mine don’t ram.. they do the thing where they flare out their gills to look bigger and huff and puff and dart forward in hopes to scare them away.. and then if that doesn’t work they get closer until they lock up.

since my pond is so long 7’ W x 2-3.5’ H (varies) x 15 ’L, they have so much room to swim, breaks in sight, and many rocks and caves.. this is the first real aggression I’ve seen with any of my fish. Even with the RD and pyscho FH, there are rarely fights.. they say the more room they have the less aggressive they are, and that is absolutely true. This week has been nuts and it’s because the BP‘s are trying to breed and picking fights with all the other big fish so everyone is on edge. Thanks for your reply. I love talking about my fish

thanks again for the info, I had no idea they were actually that tough and able to hold their own. All the information online says that they could get seriously hurt by bigger cichlids, but all the reputable cichlid YouTubers keep monster cichlids with blood parrots. I compare them to dogs because they always look so goofy and happy . I have convicts and polar parrots at one end at the planted bottom that STAY fighting, but that’s just them.. either breeding or fighting you know how that goes lol.