Female Blood Parrot Being Bullied By Male

[A Moore]

My male and female parrot usually get along but sometimes the female has had enough. I used to have other cichlids in this tank but rehomed them so they have more space. That was a mistake because the female became even more targeted. Our awesome LFS suggested adding dither fish back in…we have had 9 Danios in the tank around 4 months or so. It hasn’t seemed to work. The male is terrorizing the female so much that she hides face down for hours behind or in the plant. He still bumps into her nudging her nonstop. 
I inherited the pair and have had them for two years. They have been together around 5 years. Are there any suggestions as to what else I could do for her?  I was thinking maybe I need to look into a divider for the tank and separate the two when she’s had enough. They are in a 60g tall.  
Thank you for any advice! 

Edited January 5, 2023 by A Moore

[DiscusLover]

On 1/5/2023 at 1:46 PM, A Moore said:

My male and female parrot usually get along but sometimes the female has had enough. I used to have other cichlids in this tank but rehomed them so they have more space. That was a mistake because the female became even more targeted. Our awesome LFS suggested adding dither fish back in…we have had 9 Danios in the tank around 4 months or so. It hasn’t seemed to work. The male is terrorizing the female so much that she hides face down for hours behind or in the plant. He still bumps into her nudging her nonstop. 
I inherited the pair and have had them for two years. They have been together around 5 years. Are there any suggestions as to what else I could do for her?  I was thinking maybe I need to look into a divider for the tank and separate the two when she’s had enough. They are in a 60g tall.  
Thank you for any advice! 

You might need to find a longer tank with more length, looking at those large size parrots tank is really cramped. Althought its a 60 tall it looks very cramped for both to be in there. 

[Colu]

I would recommend a Bigger tank a 75 gallon and  more wood and  plants to break up the lines of sight that size tank doesn't give the female enough room to get away from the males constant attention 

Edited January 6, 2023 by Colu

[A Moore]

Yeah, I was thinking I may get that reply. I inherited this tank from a woman who had 9 other fish -different kinds of cichlids- in there. As the parrots have grown I have re-homed. I’m going to have to convince my husband or find someone else to care for them maybe.  I have 2 smaller tanks as well. 😣