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Blood Parrot
By: imapezwad Date: October 26, 2014, 4:29 pm
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Hello! New to the forum-- and I have been a growing LADY fish
hobbyist for about 13 years now! Yes John, another lady! (Also,
you mentioned on a podcast that you did not know any
firefighters and I am a wildland firefighter out of California
that works for the US Forest Service)...so now you know one ;)
My question and concern -- I have grown with my blood parrot
since 2004. He is in a 75 Gal tank with a syno decorus (7yo) and
syno eupterus (7 yo) and a female green terror (2 yo) with a
fluval 405 canister filter. Everything is going wonderfully but
I get bad dreams from time to time that my pet, my friend,
Chester my Blood Parrot who has been my companion for over 10
years has died!!! He has shown no signs of slowly down or
illness but I can not help but wonder, what is the average life
of this fish in an ideal environment? Thank you and to the
forum members for input. And keep up the podcosts, I love
them!!!
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Re: Blood Parrot
By: hapguy63 Date: October 30, 2014, 3:55 pm
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how long a fish lives depends on so many factors. I have heard
stories of Koi living for over 100 years. Me personally I have
a couple of ancient fish. I have 2 Raphael catfish that are
around 25 years old and an 18" Tilapia buttikoferi that is
around 20 years old. Your Average community fish have a much
shorter life span. My other fish (primarily African cichlids)
seem to have a 3 to 5 year life span.
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Re: Blood Parrot
By: Cichlider Date: October 30, 2014, 4:35 pm
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[quote author=hapguy63 link=topic=271.msg1632#msg1632
date=1414702524]
how long a fish lives depends on so many factors. I have heard
stories of Koi living for over 100 years. Me personally I have
a couple of ancient fish. I have 2 Raphael catfish that are
around 25 years old and an 18" Tilapia buttikoferi that is
around 20 years old. Your Average community fish have a much
shorter life span. My other fish (primarily African cichlids)
seem to have a 3 to 5 year life span.
[/quote]
Hapguy63 is right. The life span of a fish depends on many
factors, one of the biggest being water quality. Although I have
only had my B. Parrot for around a year, some articles I have
read state they can live anywhere from 5-15 years.
HTML http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/fishfreshwateraquarium/bloodparrot.htm<br
/>("Up to ten years. Possibly more with larger tank and
consistently exquisite water conditions.")
HTML http://animals.pawnation.com/long-blood-red-parrot-cichlids-live-10018.html<br
/>("The blood red parrot cichlid can live from five to 15 years
in
an aquarium setting, but life span varies widely depending on
water conditions.")
HTML http://www.fishlore.com/aquariummagazine/feb09/br-parrot-cichlid.htm<br
/>("Lifespan : about 10 years").
Hope this helps!
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Re: Blood Parrot
By: imapezwad Date: October 30, 2014, 10:13 pm
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Thanks guys! 5-15 years -- sounds like I am doing something
right! ;) Those striped Raphael are really kool cats. When I
was working in the pet store 15 or so years ago I liked picking
them up out of water and having them feel like they zap me with
their crazy vibration thing they do! I can not imagine what two
25 year old ones would feel like HapGuy63! Thank you for the
informative links Cichlider. Much obliged. :)
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