My Parrot Cichlid.

[batang_mcdo]

Just got myself a parrot cichlid from a friend .
Noticed it has longer fins than other parrot ciclid pictures i see ?

Any comments? He's in a 300 Gallon tank with some severums and an arowana.

Should i get 2-3 more parrots? or will this be trouble?
btw any way to sex them at 5 inches?

btw i noticed mine is different from picture below

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/AngelAmpil/Fish Pics/New World Cichlids/Hpsittacus02.jpg

Are they the same kind?

 

[batang_mcdo]

Btw noticed mine is different from the pics below, Could it be another variety?

 

[batang_mcdo]

Just bought 3 more. I chose a small one and the other 2 additional ones are same size as the first one.

 

[mamapuff]

Honestly, that (to me) doesn't look a thing like a parrot. It looks closer to a severum. I have 10 parrots, and none look anything close to that.

 

[Eric A]

No that is deffo a Parrot cichlid. Maybe it's fins are longer because it's a male?

 

[Bosco1025]

Honestly, that (to me) doesn't look a thing like a parrot. It looks closer to a severum. I have 10 parrots, and none look anything close to that.

blood parrot is not a parrot, its a mutant

 

[batang_mcdo]

those are parrots with rotkiels and severums
not blood parrots but true parrots.

 

[bunty82]

They must look like a parrot to be called as parrot.
In my opnion they are some hybrid severum.

 

[peathenster]

Well I guess somebody has to do it.... Hoplarchus psittacus

Honestly, that (to me) doesn't look a thing like a parrot. It looks closer to a severum. I have 10 parrots, and none look anything close to that.

Then you don't have "parrot cichlid". You have hybrids.

They must look like a parrot to be called as parrot.
In my opnion they are some hybrid severum.

Hoplarchus and Heros are relatively closely related genera, so you are not completely wrong.

 

[darth pike]

They must look like a parrot to be called as parrot.
In my opnion they are some hybrid severum.

Large Hoplarchus psittacus do look like parrots (the bird), their snout gets a curved look to it. They have had the common name for decades, long before those fake blood parrots were even created.