My blood parrot thinks it's a pitbull, is that normal behaviour?

[Cichlid king]

I've owned some very aggressive cichlid fish. I mean terribly aggressive, but the blood parrot I have is just appalling, behaviour wise. It destroys everything, from plants to decorations.

It's about 4 inches long, and looks like this:

 

[JML1997]

what are his tankmates?

 

[12 Volt Man]

its possessed.

 

[Cichlid king]

LOL, possessed?

 

[12 Volt Man]

LOL

in all seriousness, since they supposedly have 'red devil or midas' in them, sometimes they can be nasty.

I have had some over the years that were aggressive and many that ate plants.

its just luck of the draw.

if your parrot starts doing head spins, you know something is wrong.

 

[peewee]

mine has the same attitude. kicks my GT's a**!

 

[impala]

12 Volt Man is right on. I once had a 5" kkp that literally had his five kkp bros hiding in corners 24/7

Moved him to my arowana tank and he spent the first 48 hrs. chasing a 8" new guinea tiger non stop.

The crazy part was this ngt was the bully of the tank, and could'nt handle the smaller parrot.

 

[pi-eyed]

I had 6 BP together with tankmates for a while. Mine had a pack mentality. If one was being picked on the others would gang up on the one doing the picking. Sometimes beating him to death. I have one large BP now in a 180g with gars and polys and she holds her own for sure. I think they have a grudge against what man did to them..


----Chris

 

[SCGeordie]

Know just what you need

 

[fishticuffs]

get it a tire to chew on that works for my pitbull