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 Blood Parrot's stomach black?

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jeden
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PostSubject: Blood Parrot's stomach black?   Blood Parrot's stomach black? Icon_minitime7/13/2010, 2:08 pm

Hello,

I am new to this message board, and I joined because I am worried for my boyfriend's fish. He went out of the country so I've been coming over to feed them. There are 4 blood parrot cichlids, and 2 of the fish that suck on the walls of the tank (sorry, I'm not sure what they're called)

When I came over one of the parrot fish had black coloring along the bottom of the mouth/stomach. My boyfriend tells me the coloring started before he left, but since the fish was behaving normally he didn't think it was anything bad.

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Is this some sort of disease?

None of the other fish in the tank are turning black, and the fish turning black is still eating and swimming around.

I don't know too much about fish, but if this is hurting the fish please tell me what I can do. They're all beautifully bright orange, and it's sad to see the black coloring all over this poor guy :(
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PostSubject: Re: Blood Parrot's stomach black?   Blood Parrot's stomach black? Icon_minitime7/13/2010, 2:15 pm

i want to start by welcoming you to the BOX.

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The black on the fish maybe from recovery of a recent exposure to ammonia and/or nitrite. i would suggest that you increase your filtration and do more regular water changes.

what size tank are they in?
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PostSubject: Re: Blood Parrot's stomach black?   Blood Parrot's stomach black? Icon_minitime7/13/2010, 2:45 pm

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:
i want to start by welcoming you to the BOX.

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The black on the fish maybe from recovery of a recent exposure to ammonia and/or nitrite. i would suggest that you increase your filtration and do more regular water changes.

what size tank are they in?

Hello!
And thank you for responding! I will change the water tonight, do you think I should buy some medicine for the fish?

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Not sure what the size is, so I took a picture of the tank. It's very large.
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PostSubject: Re: Blood Parrot's stomach black?   Blood Parrot's stomach black? Icon_minitime7/13/2010, 3:26 pm

pics of tanks are tricky without a reference. do a water change and increase to filtration.
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PostSubject: Re: Blood Parrot's stomach black?   Blood Parrot's stomach black? Icon_minitime7/13/2010, 3:28 pm

Welcome to the box!!
Thats a very nice tank!!

usafishbox welcome yes
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PostSubject: Re: Blood Parrot's stomach black?   Blood Parrot's stomach black? Icon_minitime7/13/2010, 3:56 pm

welcome
I don't know too much about parrots but that color looks too uniform to be a health issue, I think is just a color change going on. But I fully agree with doing more water changes. My theory is; if in doubt do a water change Blood Parrot's stomach black? 393849
What are you feeding them?
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