psilentchild
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I was looking at getting one.
Any info on Green Parrotfish?
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E.D.E
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I have a princess parrotfish in my 180 fowlr. If you can get a parrotfish to eat, they will be amazingly hardy. Mine survived an ich scourge (prolly due to the mucus the exude at night), and very high spikes in my levels. If you'd be getting the fish from, say, quality marine, then go for it. However, make sure the parrot would be in a tank with peaceful fish as they AREN'T COMPETITIVE. Parrots do get fairly large as well, so take that into consideration. Make sure they get fed a lot too as they're constantly grazing in the wild. Mine'll eat mysis, spirulina pellets, NLS pellets, seaweed (nori), and the occasional silverside/clam. Hope this helps!:spin2:
You can look at my parrot on my profile btw.
You can look at my parrot on my profile btw.
psilentchild
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I was looking at the one from nyaquatics
E.D.E
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Yeah, it should be fine. NYA is reputable enough to trust. All parrots of the scarus genus pretty much have the same requirements, as long as you take individual size into consideration. What's it going in with?
psilentchild
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It's going in 430 with a vlaminngi tang, annularis angel, lunar wrasse, bicolor angel, flame angel, coral beauty, magnifence foxface, yellow tang and a clown fish. I heard that parrot fish eat live rock, is this true for all parrot fish or just some ?
E.D.E
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Oh geez, it might have some trouble getting food in there. It should be fine, just watch to see if it gets enough food. Mine will scrape the live rock. Parrots don't eat the rock itself, rather, the algae that can be encrusted on it. You'll have a gorgeous fish on your hands that's disease resistant and hardy eventually! I wanna see pics when you get it!
psilentchild
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Is the mucus a big problem? I talking about as far as keeping the tank clean.
deepblue68
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nice parrot!
E.D.E
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Bi color parrots, although probably the most gorgeous as adults, don't do as well due to their constant need for food and huge size (3 feet). It's unfortunate though, they're amazing.:smurf:
Monkeyfish
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I'm pretty sure that "Green Parrotfish" = "Princess Parrotfish"
E.D.E
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Nope, they're two different species.
Monkeyfish
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Pictures I've seen look the same, but I wouldn't consider myself even close to an expert. What is the species name for Green Parrotfish?
E.D.E
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The parrotfish that's at NYA seems to look like Quoy's Parrotfish, which is known as Scarus quoyi. Considering that both the princess and green parrotfish are both of the genus Scarus, their care is more than likely very similar.
psilentchild
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I was thinking about adding a six bar angel to the mix. Would this be a good fish to add to the mix or should I just get the parrotfish?
My understanding is that most parrotfish species are not suitable for home aquaria, even large aquariums. As far as I know, the princess parrotfish is the only exception, and is still not suitable for most tanks.
I don't know the species name of the ny aquatic fish, but I have seen very large, very active emerald green parrotfish while snorkeling in Mexico. No way would those fish be comfortable in a home aquarium. They were several feet long, and moved like bullets!
From the Shedd Aquarium, fact sheet about parrotfish:
http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=76
Note it says: "Parrotfish are difficult to keep in aquariums since they need to constantly graze on dead coral rock in order to keep their teeth from growing too long. Home aquariums often do not grow enough algae to support parrotfish. Without the chance to scrape off algae, the beak of the parrotfish will continue to grow."
More on parrotfish for home aquaria:
http://www.petplace.com/fish/choosing-a-parrotfish/page1.aspx
I don't know the species name of the ny aquatic fish, but I have seen very large, very active emerald green parrotfish while snorkeling in Mexico. No way would those fish be comfortable in a home aquarium. They were several feet long, and moved like bullets!
From the Shedd Aquarium, fact sheet about parrotfish:
http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.asp?id=76
Note it says: "Parrotfish are difficult to keep in aquariums since they need to constantly graze on dead coral rock in order to keep their teeth from growing too long. Home aquariums often do not grow enough algae to support parrotfish. Without the chance to scrape off algae, the beak of the parrotfish will continue to grow."
More on parrotfish for home aquaria:
http://www.petplace.com/fish/choosing-a-parrotfish/page1.aspx
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psilentchild
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Thanks Lisa you have always gave me good advice.
