I have had this b. parrot for 4 years, from fairly small to about 5-6 inches now. After doing some research last night, I think shes a cross between a red devil and maybe a b. parrot, but she doesn't look like any of them.
She currently lives alone in a 55 gallon tank.
About the teeth. Yesterday, when I was feeding her, I noticed some black specs in her mouth. Upon closer inspection, they're teeth. I have never noticed teeth before, but it appears she has a top and bottom row of little black pointy teeth. From what I can see, its 4 on the top and 4 on the bottom.
My questions are:
1. Has she reached some sort of milestone in life and now the teeth have appeared?
2. Has she always had the teeth but they've been under the gums?
3. Did changing her food change her mouth? I changed her food, from a flake to a pellet. (She killed all her tank mates, the flaked food was for the "real b. parrot" with a non-closing mouth)
4. Did she start showing the teeth to eat the pelleted food better?
I'm all over the place with this because it seems so weird to me, shes never had teeth before. She bit me a few months ago and didn't break the skin, and the "bite mark" didn't have any tooth marks in it.
Here are some pictures
Its hard to see her teeth, but those two little black specs are her front teeth! Like she has little bucktoothed fangs!
Any help is greatly appreciated! I want to learn more about her, shes the best fish I've ever had. If anyone has an ideas of what she is, that would be great too!
She currently lives alone in a 55 gallon tank.
About the teeth. Yesterday, when I was feeding her, I noticed some black specs in her mouth. Upon closer inspection, they're teeth. I have never noticed teeth before, but it appears she has a top and bottom row of little black pointy teeth. From what I can see, its 4 on the top and 4 on the bottom.
My questions are:
1. Has she reached some sort of milestone in life and now the teeth have appeared?
2. Has she always had the teeth but they've been under the gums?
3. Did changing her food change her mouth? I changed her food, from a flake to a pellet. (She killed all her tank mates, the flaked food was for the "real b. parrot" with a non-closing mouth)
4. Did she start showing the teeth to eat the pelleted food better?
I'm all over the place with this because it seems so weird to me, shes never had teeth before. She bit me a few months ago and didn't break the skin, and the "bite mark" didn't have any tooth marks in it.
Here are some pictures
Its hard to see her teeth, but those two little black specs are her front teeth! Like she has little bucktoothed fangs!
Any help is greatly appreciated! I want to learn more about her, shes the best fish I've ever had. If anyone has an ideas of what she is, that would be great too!
