Got an orange and white parrot! (after looking for 2 years)

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Natalie

Jack Dempsey
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I can't believe my luck. I just moved from AL to FL, and found a fish-only store close to where I live. They had a larger selection of both FW and SW fish than I've ever seen in person. (The perks of being in the same state as the ornamental fish industry!!)

Anyways, they had a great selection of BPs and as I was looking, the manager said if I ever wanted something they didn't have, he could handpick it at one of the suppliers. I requested orange and white BPs (thinking in my mind, "Yeah, right! I haven't been able to find them yet...") He took my name and number. A few days later, I got the call! They'd picked out three of them to choose from!

So there were three available, and I picked by far the best looking one. He/she is about 3.5" TL and a feisty little sucker. All I have right now is a 40g breeder tank with my show male calico con and some barbs. I put the bag in the tank but I can already tell I'll be searching for another tank this afternoon, haha. They're trying to kill each other through the bag. I really enjoy my cichlids but I like for them to keep intact fins (and the trailers on my con's tail are to die for), so I don't want anyone hurt. I was able to snap some mediocre pics anyways...

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They look friendly but they're so not!
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Hmm that's cool! SO was it more expensive than the normal orange parrot? I was thinking you were talking about the tattooed ones at first. I was like" oh great..." lol
 
Haha, no, no dyeing here. I am NOT a fan of that.

Price was $15 which I thought was great considering you'll find normal orange ones into the mid-twenties sometimes!
 
FishingOut;4249953; said:
Not a fain of Bp, but i wouldnt risk the fins on that Marbled con either. He looks great.
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Thanks, he's my first cichlid. I've had him about 3 years and he'll be with me forever!
 
smpage;4250035; said:
Looks great! Your con looks like he's a big fan too haha.
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Yeah not so much, haha. He immediately came out of his cave, turned purple, and did the shimmy dance all the way across the tank to the bag.
 
Very nice. I'll post some updates of mine. I would do a tank of O and W's if I could find them.
 
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