Boycott The Stores

Red Parrot - The King of Monstrosity
By Laurentiu Craciunas

They are sold under the name of Red Parrot or Bloody Parrots, but these fish must not be confounded with parrot Cichlids (Hoplarchus Psittacus) or with marine Parrot fish (Callyodon fasciatus). The real Parrot, Hoplarchus psittacus is an American Cichlid which lives in the Amazon waters and has a green color. This is extremely pretentious specie and it has been successfully spawned only by few American breeders.

This article is not a description of this fastidious fish; it is about the baggy hybrid which can be found in pet shops. Maybe some of us are not long time experienced breeders, but certainly we are not blind.

Yellow, blue, red, fluorescent green, pink - it is amazing how sublime these parrots, native from Asia, are. We only have to breed them in orange and fluorescent water, given by a cool light, with ultra colored sand and plastic plants and the kitsch is perfect!

Anyway, let`s hope that at least for Christmas they will be taken out of the aquarium because we have a Christmas tree to decorate. Thought, it`s good that if we decrease the temperature a little, the fish will change their color. And this is not all - lately we can also find neon zebra, the first copyrighted fish called Glofish. This fish was "created" in order to take water tests. It changes the color depending on the water hardness: in hard water they are red and in soft water they are green. Be careful with sudden water changes: Glofish may be stressed trying to change the color fast and it can also die (chameleon effect).

But where can reach the stupidity of people? The worst thing for these little creatures is that there are plenty of people who buy them.