TomO Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I’m thinking of getting a couple of parrot fish for my 75 gallon. The tank is well planted, my question is will they eat my plants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 @H.K.Lutermanhas experience with parrot fish maybe he can help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Sorry I have never kept them. With the deformities to its mouth I would think it would be hard for at least smaller species to eat or to uproot plants. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryC Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) I've seen my parrots poop out green stool with my very own eyes, and also nibble at plants so I know for certain that at least mine eat plants sometimes! And this is with me feeding them generously 3 times a day (juveniles), so they're not eating out of hunger lol. I've seen mine nibble on: Vallisneria, Hygrophila Corymbosa, duckweed and frogbit Edited March 14, 2021 by HenryC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I've had a blood parrot for a little over a month now. He's still a juvenile, still losing his black spots. But I keep him in a fully planted tank, and so far he's left the plants alone. He does like to "garden" as I call it, where he pushes leaves around to try to rearrange them (especially the bolbitis by the pot), but I've never seen him actually chew on any. He does dig a bit, but not very deeply (yet). However all the plants in there are very well established, so they'd probably be harder to uproot anyways - the ones in the sand at least. The rest are rhizome plants glued to rocks. I did read that if you do notice your parrot eating plants, you can give them Repashy Soilent Green to supplement their diet and stave off cravings. He's in a 75 with 2 senegal bichirs and a ctenopoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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