aquarist48

Good morning. My Bloody Parrots (BP's)are just amazing. They handled the move from the 155g to the 265g amazingly well. NO traumas. They are loving their new 265g home. I did my first water change yesterday and I declare they just love it. They do not mind me being in the tank (my hand of course) whatsoever. They every so gently nibble on my hand while I'm cleaning the glass. Their little faces are the softest things I have ever felt. I have to politely ask them to move so I can clean but they don't listen as I've mentioned before. It took 30 minutes just to clean the glass.

I hope to be moving my juvenile BP's from the 26g to the 265g early this week. My tongs are to arrive on Tuesday. (I was so hoping to have them by now but that's ok). The new light bulbs arrived and they really show my fish off well. Nice, bright, vibrant orange
Thanks!
Ken

dee34

good morning sir im delighted everything went well with your move ,i have 4 bps myself and i love them . whenever i do a waterchange they get quite nervous but they do have great personalty . i see u have silver dollers with them do u think they would go well with an oscar 8 inches ?

Butterfly

Good Morning! So glad things are going well. Fish are so amazing.
Carol

aquarist48

Dee I think Shawnie has an Oscar or two in with her BP's but I'm not certain. I'm sure she'll see this and respond. Now I have kept Silver Dollars with Oscars in the past and everything was fine.
They are Carol for sure!
Ken

dee34

i have quite a bit of room in the tank so i might get 2 or 3 dollers but would have to be about 3 inches minium to avoid being eating ..

aquarist48

Personally I think they would be fine together Dee You are correct, get the Dollars large enough so they don't get eaten. Other than that I wouldn't expect any problems.
Ken

bolivianbaby

Woohoo! Happy fishies and happy fishie Daddy! I'm so glad everyone's cooperating with the move! I bet that water change was fun on that big ol' tank!

aquarist48

Hey BB! How are you? The water change was fun It actually took me an hour less changing the 265g compared to the 155g since I didn't have to jug water and heat it up and just drained it out the drain hole
Ken

Shawnie

im glad thats done for you all! but yo daddy!! wheres the pics?

aquarist48

Right now they are in my mind LOL!
Ken

Shawnie

tease!!

bolivianbaby

Leave it to a drain hole to save time

Shawnie

family site now
(good answer BB)

Lifesabeach

Those pics are so elusive! Digital cameras are really cheap to buy now!

bolivianbaby

Shawnie

aquarist48

We've had several digital cameras over the years and they bit the dust and we just didn't buy any more. has to bring me a new flat screen first so my fish can watch some TV too (I will post some pictures before too long)
Ken

peacemaker92

Great job, Ken! Glad your fishies are feeling as good as you Can't wait for the pictures!

Borisbbadd

Did I hear something about pictures..........

Lifesabeach

I'm not going to mention pics again Too many posts are wasted on requests for pics!
So Ken, have you thought about adding some bottom feeders? you'll have mainly middle dwellers in there, with plenty of room to spare........

aquarist48

Hello Life. I think my first additions to the new tank are going to be 4 more cory cats. (after adding my juvenile Bloody Parrots that I have now) That will give me a total of 5. My one lonely Common Cory that I've had for years won't know what to think. lol He actually buddies around with the Rainbow Shark. I think the one's I saw at the LFS were Peppered Cory's. Too cute! My options with PetCo are limited.

I'll be going to the same LFS and hour away, where I purchased the new tank. They have 'wonderful" fish there. Hopefully I'll find some Red Hook Silver Dollars and Striped Silver Dollars there. I know they've had them in the past.
Did you have a suggestion? Always glad to hear them.
Ken

Lifesabeach

I have been admiring beautiful common plecos or similar around 12 inches long. They certainly look impressive laying at the bottom of the tank like a decoration. They appear to be laying in wait for a live feed, yet so placid. Something I may consider down the track.

aquarist48

My Pleco is 7" at the moment and growing. I've never had good luck keeping more than one in a tank for some reason. So with him, my Rainbow shark and a total of 5 Cory's my bottom feeders should be covered. Silver Dollars for the middle and my Bloody Parrots for the top. (The Silver Dollars go to the top at times as well.)
Ken

Lifesabeach

What type of pleco is it and how large do they grow? As you may well know, I have two baby BN plecos, but they won't get very large. Would a Common Pleco be aggressive towards the BN's or other varieties for that matter?

aquarist48

Life mine is a common Pleco (up to 18")to the best of my knowledge and from looking at photos. I had one a few years ago called a Red Pleco and the Common Pleco picked on it a good bit. I ended up losing it. I never even found any remains.

Lifesabeach

Silly me! I didn't realize you had a common pleco. Have to check your pics again - have not noticed it before.

Red1313

Congrats on the move!
Like everyone else eagerly awaiting for you to get back on Santa's Nice list so you can get a digital camera and we'll finally get to see your masterpiece!

aquarist48

LOL Red I'm always on 's nice list!
Ken

kloseo

so happy for you ken, i saw your video of one of your tanks ...it was beautiful
I have 3 br parrots, and one will eat out of my hand... they are the best

aquarist48

Hello Kleso and thank you! Don't you just love the Bloody Parrots! I've loved them since the first time I ever saw them. Never dreamed I'd have 11 of them. lol
Thanks again!
Ken