blood parrot

[Chrisplosion]

it was originally under CA/SA section then they moved it here, sorry not my fault.

Then I apologize, should not have been moved here.

 

[Chrisplosion]

To answer your original question, this is normal cichlid behavior. Cichlid might dig for any number of reason or sometimes no reason at all. But usually this is spawning behavior. If there are no other CA Cichlids in the tank the Parrot might just be trying to make itself feel more at home.

 

[Agliata45]

its just my BP and my JD in the tank, along with a pleco and clown loach.

 

[tiddlywinks]

i think the parrot is trying to get with the JD, i have a parrot and a JD and the JD just ignored it.

 

[Kaliedoscope]

***Blood parrots do this as spawning behaviour but I have also seen them do it as flat out dominance behaviour. Digging a pit in an area means you have territorial control of the area

 

[Kaliedoscope]

So they are not nessicarially trying to have babies. Besides, bp aren't pit spawners anyways, they lay their eggs on rocks. If theres a thick tube dropped though it wants to breed

 

[Chrisplosion]

So they are not nessicarially trying to have babies. Besides, bp aren't pit spawners anyways, they lay their eggs on rocks. If theres a thick tube dropped though it wants to breed

Pits are for the babies but they will spawn in pits, I have seen it.

 

[tiddlywinks]

Pits are for the babies but they will spawn in pits, I have seen it.

same

 

[FishFreak95]

Its probably just normal behavior. My midas cichlid is moving rocks most of the time making huge pits all the time.