help id parrot fish (photos)

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shenlonco

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Hi can somebody please help me I purchased these as blood red parrots but to me they don't look normal I heard of king kong parrots and they kind of look like them after seeing internet photos anyone know what they are? I am kind of worried if they are king kong parrots as i heard they are mean as heck and get big also and i fear for my other fish!
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look pretty typical to me

parrots are hybrids, im not sure there are variants of hybrids cause that would make them a different hybrid

or something
 
blood parrots. And they all have same aggression level whether kkp or bloodp
 
The names of these guys change from store to store. To me they look pretty normal. I am a blood parrot lover and have 3 myself. All of them are a little different in body shape, fin shape and head shape but they all seem to just be normal BPs.

You may be able to distinguish them at a bigger size, but with a few like that I don't think you should have an aggression issue.
 
With experience and keen judgement, I can tell by size and shape together. And kkps have taller bodies at these size. these are bloods. It's hard to see differences if you never kept both and if you cant see differences in the two when you have them, then it's gonna be a problem for you to tell them apart.

But it is hard to tell. For example. This here is a bp. Anyone would think that it's a kkp. But my kkps are different from it. My kkps have taller bodies.

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Hi Thanks the only thing is the mouths on mine look normal the bottom lip don't sag down like a V shape? and now the guy i got them from has said he sold them to me as red blood parrots but he made a mistake and they are king kong parrots?
I don't know what they are!:nilly:
 
they r under fed and very skinny. You need to pump them up. But what are their size? But look like bloods. Here's a kkp.

You see my 1st (bp) there? It can be possible he might happen to be a kkp. Anything can happen beyond our knowledge. Still I know it's a bp because I bought it in a tank ful of ugly bps of the same brood. He's the only one that stood out. I actually thought it was kkp.

But then I bought more kkps and was able to see they are different. the kkps have taller bodies.

I have seen many giant parrots up to 12-13" with smiling mouths so that busted that myth already long ago.

And that big orange one in your picture is straight out a blood parrot. If your's, the head, turn out like that later then you know for sure it's blood parrot. I hate those. Sorry.

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the one u have is sweet heart parrots
Sweet heart parrots is the one u have
Blood parrots is like red parrots wait their the same lols ops
King Kong parrots have hump on their head when they grow larger.
 
ilovearowana;4030843; said:
the one u have is sweet heart parrots
Sweet heart parrots is the one u have
Blood parrots is like red parrots wait their the same lols ops
King Kong parrots have hump on their head when they grow larger.
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:confused:Sweet hart parrots what the heck are thos?
 
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