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carlos cat - 7 years ago

look like they are kissing each other?

Rajdeep Paul - 7 years ago

Dont put it

Heaven Paulino - 7 years ago

are they fighting or ❤ what?

Dragon empress - 7 years ago

Such cute fighting kisses. It'd be weird to see people fight like this

Zompocalis115 Gaming - 7 years ago

There just fighting for domanence

Joshua Weatherly - 7 years ago

I had a 15 year old Oscar in a 85 gallon with a couple of blood parrots and the Oscar could have easily eaten them whole but the worst that would happen is the Oscar would change color and put on a display. Sometimes you can put fish together that normally won't get along. It's rare but it happens

DaDonBossMan - 7 years ago

When it comes to parrots fighting with or their cichlids it seems unfair cause they have no lip to bite in a fight

Emma Beard2 - 7 years ago

i litterly hace like ecery simgle fish in my tank that is in yours

golden birds candelas - 7 years ago

hey I have a parrot fish like that is the same

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TheDarkWarLord 206 - 7 years ago

Blood parrot is the weirdest fish I ever seen its not that cool as an Oscar.

Nathan Coughran - 7 years ago

I have 3 same fish in my tank blood parrot oscar abd jack dempsey they are all pretty chill

Denise D - 7 years ago

Love this video... the subtitles and narration.

Billy_BillyBoy - 7 years ago

Blood parrots are assholes. I have one at 6 inches that picks on my 10 inch red devil lmao

Partha Bhattacharya - 7 years ago

my Oscar and parrot grew tgthr as frnd BT after reaching adulthood they were enemy..I had to separate them

Wadood Dastagir - 7 years ago

I mean my oscar

Wadood Dastagir - 7 years ago

Ur parrot is no match for ur parrot

Aquatics Ninja - 7 years ago

those fish are pretty cool but they are no match for my Anchovies

John Yallah - 7 years ago

lol cute

Give me the Switch faggot - 7 years ago

Pretty jack Dempsey

R Lo - 7 years ago

That oscar can destroy that fish bigger mouth and teeth

Speedily GT - 7 years ago

R Lo Channa micropeltes can destroy the Oscar :/

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Prakash Salunke - 7 years ago

can joint gruami and oscar fish stay with same fish tank means each other

Bien Balajadia - 7 years ago

wow... and I was afraid to mix my blood parrot with the young oscar. well, maybe I should still be, but be afraid FOR the oscar. LoL

Johnny Morris - 7 years ago

the fights on you tube would be a whole lot hotter if humans fought this way.

DiamondWolf PlaysGames - 7 years ago

Great look like their kissing fish

Sandeep Sachdeva - 7 years ago

107 litter tank 4 oscar or 4 parrot can live together parrot and oscar are tank mate?

Maria Jose Lara - 7 years ago

My Oscar and my blood parrot are doing the exact same thing but the blood parrot's mouth is looking really sore, I don't know what to do :/

AJ - 8 years ago

Blood parrots are tough since they have amphilophus and vieja genes, both very aggressive cichlids. Oscars on the other hand are the biggest wimps. My blood parrot is a beast though despite having a deformed mouth, its 9" and it destroys my oscar despite the oscar being my biggest fish at 11". My blood parrot shows no respect to the oscar since it knows its a pushover. I have a 10" red devil and had a 10" fenestratus in the tank too but my parrot never dared to challenge those two.

SlickChick - 7 years ago

Parrots are part red devil...

musical unicorn - 8 years ago

They look like they're kissing

Ryan Miklusak - 8 years ago

my parrot always starts it with my Oscar

Mazboy Lol - 7 years ago

Ryan Miklusak mine toooo

AJ - 8 years ago

because cichlids can sense weakness, my parrot is the same, it doesn't mess with my other big cichlids except for my oscar because it knows it can bully around the oscar and the oscar will not do anything about it.

Isaac Wayne - 8 years ago

I'm not big on blood parrot cichlids because they look deformed to me and after I learned they were a hybrid I even thought them more of an awkward looking fish. But I love Oscars, I'm about to get an albino tiger oscar. Great looking oscar.

Nate Lincoln - 7 years ago

SlickChick and people! ;)

SlickChick - 7 years ago

And yet people breed all kinds of fish that make ugly crossings and YouTubers tell them the fish look great. The improved parrot strains are not deformed, only the poor quality ones. Like a lot of fish.

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Shubham Pareek - 8 years ago

#Help i already had 1 oscar fish and he was alone in the tank since 2 months then yesterday i got parrot fish... These both acted in this way and the aquarium guy said it will be alright till morning.. But now oscar is in bad condition and got bad fins(aint getting exact word to define) what should i do??

Shubham Pareek - 7 years ago

sorry mate. actually i went to the pet store and asked everything. then he told me to wait 1 night and everything will be allright and he said its common. i also read things on google and then saw this video. so waited until morning. i even woke up at 2 am to check whether everything is ok and things were going acc to me at that point no more fight just sitting together. i understand what you say mate. well i feel sorry but i did what i could. (i actually took the fish back to pet store and then he asked me to wait till morning)

Ramadorn - 7 years ago

I dunno maybe separating the fish when you see them starting to fight? Use common sense? Maybe do some research before putting fish in a tank together.

breakspirit - 8 years ago

I've never tried to save an injured fish, but there's tons of info if you google "save injured fish"

Shubham Pareek - 8 years ago

+breakspirit already did that... Now what can do to save oacar? Is their any way to save him? Plz help.. Any help would be appreciated buddy

breakspirit - 8 years ago

It's impossible to say what will happen. Some fish simply won't get along and will kill each other, while others will settle down in time. Mine ended up settling down, but they never fought hard enough to injure each other. If your oscar is injured, I'd definitely separate those fish.

Burning Bordz - 8 years ago

they still alive on this year?? :)

SlickChick - 7 years ago

Parrots can live to be 13...there's a guy named Ken on a Blood Parrot site considered to be an expert he has lots of old parrots.

Honey Badger - 8 years ago

+Burning Bordz yeah because blood parrots are hybrid

Burning Bordz - 8 years ago

+breakspirit i have 1 oscar as well just a couple of months on me and 4 blood parrots

breakspirit - 8 years ago

Yeah, mine's over 6 years old now and healthy as a horse.

Burning Bordz - 8 years ago

+breakspirit it's good to know the oscar have long life compare to parrot's :)

breakspirit - 8 years ago

The oscar is still alive right now. The blood parrot died a year or two ago, possibly of old age. They had long-since stopped fighting at that time and they lived together peacefully for years.

BoneKotaaaaa - 8 years ago

can't keep serious whenever i look at the blood parrots face XD

lozgod - 8 years ago

That's animal cruelty. I hope you die in a fire along with everyone you love. J/k. I hate nutjob animal lovers. I've never not had a Jack Dempsey in a tank with Oscars. They make great tank mates. Cool fish.

Tituobaklat - 7 years ago

lozgod lol sounded like your typical extreme person haha you got 'em down.

Dragon empress - 7 years ago

lozgod oh thank God it's a joke.

daedraprince - 8 years ago

i have a video of two blood parrots battling for dominance over a terra cotta pot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muZvezH7rTQ&feature=youtu.be

Carlos Eduardobikevlogs - 8 years ago

smoke the weed

wxt64 - 8 years ago

They are kissing xD

brian patrick - 8 years ago

it's not funny

kotori minami - 8 years ago

7w7

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

so i have a question for anyone good with fish i. have small parrot fish and bout to get oscar question is should i but please help me out and i really want the oscar so let me no asap

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

+53mango my blood parrot has a white belly so is that good and does that mean female but oscar is all black

53mango - 8 years ago

under belly spout for laying eggs on the female , size matters as well make sure they are about the same size

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

+53mango thank you how do you tell them apart

53mango - 8 years ago

+keith cooke as long as you don't get the same sex they will be fine

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

+breakspirit thank you and how old are they both

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+keith cooke Mine got along for the most part, but it totally depends on the temperament of the individual fish, so there's really no way to give an absolute answer. In general, try not to put aggressive adult fish together.

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

by the way both gonna be same size fish

sonyafly - 8 years ago

I've had Oscars, I've had Jack Dempsey, I've had Pacu, but my King Kong Parrot Fish is the biggest jerk! Even harassed the Pleco to the point of me almost separating them at night. The Pleco passed so the KK Parrot is alone in the tank and I can't get him any buddies because of how brutal he is. I saved 3 huge oscars from him by "adopting" him from a fish store. He had all 3 in the corner. Bastard. But he is a fun fish.

LJS - 8 years ago

my piranhas would mess him up I'm selling them tho for a butti tilapia RBPs r boring af when they get hand sized

Hung Tran - 8 years ago

it looks like there kissing

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

+True_Raptor_Jesus no duh but it is a joke it does look like they are kissing

BishBoy - 8 years ago

that's how fish fight, how else would they

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

ikr

Dominique Freeman - 8 years ago

it doesnt seem mean it is more like u aand i am same size or i wanna play

Dominique Freeman - 8 years ago

ok so my son told me that my orange parrot fish and the blue cichlid i forgot the name but from the lake malawi were kissing and my parrot fish is now a bit banged up and he obviously kicked out of his ship i guess they got to ruff but hasnt happen since or the fish rann into something his mouth had a small boo i have been watching him close and he seems to be healing and i never thought that you could teach a fish but now they wont fight they will kinda and see me and will stop like nothing happen it is so funny i am new at these fish my dad had all sorts of fish growing up and he went into the salt water after he did all the fresh water really i mean he even found a piranha in the little lake and i can tbelive that but wer then got another so we called it in and got a permit to have homer and bart as long as we did until the day they died really weird they are not vicious killing machines theyare not at all or not mine our oscars use to tear it up sowe had to remove them my dad also is stupid and smart at the same time he had cuts and scraps on his hands from working on cars and shit and he would have them smell him thy never bit him because he did this with food and when he cleaned it out and they got used to him i just wonder how they gt tht rap abnout them any way thanks fo rthis im stull learning on them sorry sloppy i have a german shepherd who wont stop trying to get loves and to play thantks agin

Robert Amaya - 8 years ago

I had a blood parrot and it was blind from hit left eye but he could bite

daedraprince - 8 years ago

its like the batman vs the joker

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

lol

Flo Green - 8 years ago

Which one gets bigger ? I know they both get huge .

Flo Green - 8 years ago

+breakspirit OK, I thought he was a parrot fish ? Sorry if I'm wrong.

Flo Green - 8 years ago

+breakspirit OK, I thought he was a parrot fish ? Sorry if I'm wrong.

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+flo green The Oscar is much larger than the blood parrot ever got.

Faiz Firdaus - 8 years ago

good.. i have 3 oscars.. they enjoy each other.. and they can recognize me. everytime i come close they wait for me even they full already

Neng Vue - 8 years ago

now I have two Oscars with deformed mouth

Neng Vue - 8 years ago

I had two big Oscar's but they died. They were about 12 in.

Flamingskullgaming - 8 years ago

+Neng Vue When did they die

TWANIA Dottson - 8 years ago

interesting lol

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WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

My Oscar would kill every fish in this tank.

Nicholas Davis - 8 years ago

How do you think they grip their food?

Nicholas Davis - 8 years ago

+53mango Even large ones.

53mango - 8 years ago

+Nicholas Davis young ones, yes

Nicholas Davis - 8 years ago

+53mango Oscars have teeth in the front also for gripping.

WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

+53mango I agree about the different methods of attack. From what I've observed, an oscar is more about blunt force trauma and sheer brute force power. I've seen this thing spray water across my bedroom from a fully covered tank somehow (and on to my F@#&ing 55" 3D TV) and once he attacked my arm while I moved a rock that he apparently didn't want moved and drew blood. Granted, I wasn't gushing blood as I would with something like a wolf fish, but after I stopped being pissed off I was actually pretty impressed that he/she could do that with the placement of his/her teeth!

53mango - 8 years ago

+WhoCares2509 red devils teeth are in the front of their mouths , compared to the Oscars that are in the back portion. everything about the Oscar is a show of strength , if the red devil doesn't buy it he is in big trouble , cause the red devils attack is relentless

WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

+Aquatic Variation Sorry to hear about your fish. It seems that, just like people, some fish are just a$$#oles. Mine is about a foot now, aggressive and strong. Sometimes when he wants to be fed he attacks the glass to the point that I worry about the glass breaking. Somehow I have a hard time believing a red devil would destroy him. It's like a hammer fighting a sledge.

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

+Aquatic Variation That's sad but all of them he killed is LOL

Aquatic Variation - 8 years ago

My Oscar has his own 300 Gallon cause he killed my jardini, my red devil, my Texas Cichlid, And my Flowerhorn

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

why dose everyone want to kill each other's fish lol blood parrot fish is the best fish to me also

Vladimir Obama - 8 years ago

Dude chill i own 17 African green piranhas one of them could swallow u and ur Oscar and ur house

Brenton Carter - 8 years ago

+WhoCares2509 Dude arowanna eat rabbits lol.

53mango - 8 years ago

+WhoCares2509 I have a 12 inch Oscar and had to get it a tank of its own or the Red devil would have torn him to shreds and its female partner was even worse . The larger your Oscar gets the more vulnerable he becomes

WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

+south coast aquatics Not too sure about that... I'm wondering if the sheer aggression of an oscar would be enough to overpower an arowanna. They can be quite powerful when full grown. I've never actually seen an aggressive arowanna, but I could be wrong. My other fish would be no competition, of course.

S.C.A Cichlids - 8 years ago

+WhoCares2509 and my arowanna would eat all your fish lol

WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

+breakspirit That'll probably change at some point. Mine was "chill" for a while too, but I ended up having to put him in his own tank. These fish usually do not play well with others. It's their nature. I decided to move him because of an emergence of aggressive behavior. The last straw was witnessing an absolutely brutal attack on a silver dollar.

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+WhoCares2509 Mine only ever fought for a short time and has been totally chill for the last few years.

Holly Brianna - 8 years ago

I have a tank with 3 older blood parrots (maybe just a little over a year old) and an oscar the same age , i want to know the name of the other fish in your tank , is it safe to add them to the collection ?

jack dempsey - 8 years ago

+Holly Brianna , severums and parrots do not get on in my experience. a jack Dempsey would be a better choice. they will not tolerate being bullied.

Holly Brianna - 8 years ago

+breakspirit thanks !

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+Holly Brianna I think you're talking about the severum. They're peaceful fish and are generally safe to add, as long as the other fish don't pick on them.

SlickChick - 8 years ago

LOL, parrot reminds me of the bratty kid that messes with people for the fun of it.

53mango - 8 years ago

+SlickChik ever been bitten by your fish , if they are defending their eggs look out . they can take hunks out of you

Vuanita Haslam - 8 years ago

it's no act with Leroy he doesn't back down from no fish any size

Sneaka Cat - 8 years ago

How long did it take for your blood parrot to get that big?

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

Oh ok thanks

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+keith cooke No they had no idea about her age. I don't know what white spot you're talking about, but she never had any health problems from anything like that.

HDKeithCookVO3D 231 - 8 years ago

+breakspirit did they tell you how old or how old you think he or she is and what dose the white spot under gill mean please let me know

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+Sneaka Cat She was fully grown when I got her. The Oscar is now much larger than the blood parrot ever got.

Nico - 8 years ago

The music makes this so intense lol

Phyo Kyaw - 9 years ago

Seen like killing each other

Tiny Bean - 8 years ago

not killing kissing

CosmicPvP - 9 years ago

My pets are blood parrot fish

AQUA NUT - 9 years ago

+CosmicPvP cool love those guys check out my channel

Bob Jennings - 9 years ago

Now I will put a baby Oscar with my baby parrot fishes too! They may be like a cat and a dog raised together. AND they told me at the fish store not to do it! Glad I found this video.

Zaq G - 9 years ago

I see this video was 3 years ago. Now that your Oscar is fully grown how is it with the Blood Red. Same with The JD

Richard Lewis - 9 years ago

I would like to fight the guy who made this video. I know he wouldn't like it

daedraprince - 8 years ago

these are the exact comments i expected to see on youtube videos like this

bigc bigc - 8 years ago

Yeah and I can fuck hers

Richard Lewis - 8 years ago

Colin Murray, My wife can kick your ass

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+Colin Murray That insult is strangely hilarious to me.

bigc bigc - 8 years ago

+Richard Lewis you couldnt hit water if u fell out a boat you mongo

Richard Lewis - 9 years ago

But, I can kick your ass

ea333525 - 9 years ago

+Richard Lewis You couldn't fight your way out of a wet paper bag.

AQUA NUT - 9 years ago

Do you want to see Blood Parrot vs hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dFSSLrcYoE

AQUA NUT - 9 years ago

Hahaha yeah the first few times it caught me off guard. I had the same reaction. after a few bites though i realized he could do that all day and not hurt me. This guy was a rescue he is missing his eye lens in one eye. He has a hard time to see me. that's why he really likes to hide. But thanks for watching

breakspirit - 9 years ago

+AQUA NUT Mine used to do the same thing, but he was a lot faster and sneakier. It would always scare me so bad, I'd fling my hand out of the aquarium and spray water across the room.

marc 1234 - 9 years ago

lol great video...poke' battle with fish love it

Aquarium Dude - 9 years ago

I am planning on getting a parrot fish... but I am doing a little research to see... if it can stand up for itself,,, But check out my cichlids and I will make a video on my parrot cichlid when i get it...
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Marzia Mar - 9 years ago

Che amore!!!!

ashley dubrey - 9 years ago

Actually... they clearly DO hurt eachother. Look at the fins.

FishGuyGobies - 7 years ago

ashley dubrey I understand your concern... but speaking from an experienced American cichlid owner, this is nothing. I've seen some fish do sever damage to each other, from biting the eyes out to ripping gill covers off. Every cichlid tanks inhabitants are bound to have a few rips and Tears every once in a while from the occasional terretorial or hierarchical brawl.

Dragon empress - 7 years ago

breakspirit they're very nice fish

breakspirit - 8 years ago

+ashley dubrey Well I admit that I don't know if the blood parrot was born with her fin that way. I only know that she had that fin when I bought her. She was an adult when I purchased her and I don't know her history before then.
+WhoCares2509 This video was taken more than 3 years ago. The Oscar only ever fought the other fish for a very short time and was pretty relaxed the rest of the time. That's why I made this video, it was so unusual and I thought it was weird. Those fish have continued to live together in peace for years after this video. Thank you guys for your concern about my fish.

ashley dubrey - 8 years ago

+WhoCares2509 thank you for backing me up. I didnt bother to reply considering i made a valid point and the response i got was "get a life". But yes im well aware that fish are not born with damaged fins like that. This isnt finding nemo.

WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

+jake mutt Ashley's concerns are legit and you are obviously not experienced in keeping large fish in aquariums. +Breakspirit, I'm not sure how you could actually own fish and not see the damage that others can see just by watching a couple of minutes of video. The split in the Oscar's left fin is obvious at 1:45 and by the way, fish are not "born with" split fins. So what that means is that either the fish damaged each other (highly likely when you put an oscar, a jack dempsy, etc. in one tank) or they have contracted a disease because their immune system has been compromised thanks to constant stress due to the attacks and territorial disputes that have been going on 24/7. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

jake mutt - 9 years ago

Ashley get a life.

breakspirit - 9 years ago

+ashley dubrey
The blood parrot was born with her fin that way. No other fins were injured. Thanks for watching.

TheAZchambers - 9 years ago

Blood parrot has to be the least intimidating fish lol

AQUA NUT - 9 years ago

+TheAZchambers They can hold their own

Julie Tsy - 9 years ago

this is not a blood parrot: http://www.myaquariumclub.com/is-your-parrot-fish-losing-its-color-7513.html

breakspirit - 9 years ago

+Julie Tsy I don't understand your comment. My fish looks exactly like the ideal blood parrot specimen. Her color was deeper some days. This video happened to be shot when she was more pale looking, but her orange came back strong soon after. She also has the permanently open mouth that is typical of the breed, which you can see in the video.

Tracy Bond - 9 years ago

I have two albino Oscars and one Blood Parrot, bought all at the same time. They're around 6 months old now and the Oscars are out growing the Parrot. The Parrot is a bi+ch. It picks on the Oscars a lot even though they are bigger than it. I've not seen them do this mouth dance though. I keep wondering if we had another Parrot if it would chill out or make it worse. The hubby wants to get rid of the Parrot. We have another tank with a couple African Cichlids and I keep telling him, that's just how fish are, there's always one bossing around the others. Where could you unload a fish without killing it?

Tracy Bond - 9 years ago

By the time we saw what was going on, (we were away on holiday), the damage was done. Ciclids... There's always one...

Tracy Bond - 9 years ago

Now the parrot is the submissive one. One Oscars grew bigger, he beat the CRAP out of his sister who eventually died. The Parrot knows it's place in the tank and rarely leaves that side where there is cover from the big oscar.

breakspirit - 9 years ago

+Tracy Bond Some aquarium stores will take unwanted fish, but I've never tried it myself.

cole holder - 9 years ago

How did you put the oscar with the Jack Dempsey?i have an oscar and a blood parrot and I had a Jack Dempsey but he fought with my oscar and wouldn't stop.when I got them,they were fine but one day my Dempsey tried killing my oscar.made him go into some shock or something so I had to get rid of the Dempsey.do you have any problems out of your Dempsey?

breakspirit - 9 years ago

+cole holder I got them both as babies and they grew up together. That makes it more likely for fish to get along, but even then it isn't guaranteed. Some fish will just always want to fight, no matter what you do.

Chris Thomas - 9 years ago

Just bought a parrot and my oscar hates him at the moment.. Hoping they eventually get along

AQUA NUT - 9 years ago

+Chris Thomas How is the Parrot doing ?

jerry jackson - 9 years ago

My blood parrot is always starting fights and win against my oscar as well.....those parrot cichlids are very aggressive.

jake mutt - 9 years ago

Are all parrots assholes? My oscars seem fed up...

jerry jackson - 9 years ago

+breakspirit
Yeah that was one mean albino oscar and I never seen another one with an attitude that nasty since it died......currently I have two oscars, one is an albino tiger, the other looks almost solid black but if you look close enough you will see he's a little green as well........and also two parrot cichlids, one a blood parrot, the other just a regular parrot cichlid.....and the blood parrot cichlid currently rules the tank chasing the other parrot cichlid into a hole and he's not allowed to come out unless it's time for a quick meal then gets chased back into his hole......but if one of the oscars comes near his hole, he will shoot out and attack them........meanwhile the bigger 7" blood parrot cichlid will deliberately swim side by side with either oscars and nip at their fins provoking fights all day & night. I have learned that every fish has its own unique personality.

breakspirit - 9 years ago

+jerry jackson That sounds crazy. I've never seen an Oscar be that aggressive, but it goes to show that there will always be exceptions with any species.

jerry jackson - 9 years ago

I used to own this alleged albino oscar, he was about 5", from a walmart pet store & he was extremely aggressive, never seen one like it since. He would repeatedly charge any fish, and I do mean any fish he came across in the tank.......he would even charge the reclusive common plecostomus that can grow up to 20". No fish ever bothered a plecostomus except Brutus. I looked in my tank one morning and noticed one of my larger plecostomus sustained a large hole in its skin right below its eye & you could see the white meat inside of it. I could not figure out what happened at the time because the plecostomus were the larger, stronger fish in the tank so who could stand up to them right? A couple of days later it died. So, later I caught my albino oscar (Brutus) just constantly charging my other large plecostomus whic was also about 7" as well, he would constantly charge it for hours, but this other plecostomus would defend itself and survive the daily attacks. I Named this alleged albino oscar Brutus for being so brutal........I wanna give you a description of Brutus because I've never seen one like him since.......Brutus was solid white, white eyes, white everywhere, no orange markings at all, and always serious, never happy, I mean, when I turned on those aquarium lights, Brutus would just slowly swim to a corner of the tank and would not budge until It was feeding time. Other oscars I owned would be swimming up to me begging to be fed, but not Brutus, Brutus would be seen sometimes constantly charging at the walls of the tank as if he wanted to break the glass when he was not fighting other fish, he was always angry.....Was Brutus really an oscar? Or was he another species of cichlid? Has anybody ever seen an albino oscar without the orange markings? Pure solid white with a very nasty attitude?

Cironi Shop - 9 years ago

Until he finds One more agressive than him ;)

Dark Gamer - 9 years ago

I bet that's how people used to kiss in the old days heh and they say the kids kiss weird these days

RoughShaft - 10 years ago

Well that's unfair, the blood parrot is a hybrid cichlid which can't close its mouth..

WhoCares2509 - 8 years ago

+RoughShaft Isn't a parrot fish just a type of severum that's been bred to accentuate a genetic deformity?

AquaHobby by xMuffinCore - 9 years ago

+Kieron Schafer because he dont know that he is deformed.. i think his mum or dad was a red devil reason why he starts fighting

RoughShaft - 9 years ago

That's true..

Kieran Schafer - 9 years ago

+RoughShaft Hey, he starts it.

Timbob Jr - 9 years ago

It has a beak though, right?

Chris Weeks - 10 years ago

I have two oscars two parrot fish and they rarely do this but it's always fun to watch.

Sarabanda Caronte - 10 years ago

no es buena idea tener parrot con oscar el parrot es un pez agresivo en general, o solo oscares o solo parrots !!

Chris Acosta - 10 years ago

Lol love birds

roseann manning - 10 years ago

that is so cool i had to take my blood red parrot out of my tank everyone was attacking poor guy except for my oscar and had to get rid of my jack dempsey kevin because he wanted to rip the oscar apart ur jack looks the same as mine did donated him to pet store

Aprianto Romadhoni - 10 years ago

Maybe they ganna get merried..

Vladimir Obama - 8 years ago

Yes ganna merried

Squirles G - 10 years ago

No one wants it with the Jack Dempsey haha..

Linh Nguyen - 10 years ago

For their size, Oscars are among the weakest of the 'aggressive' fish.

geezezy cruz - 10 years ago

Doesn't your fish ever get diseases from fighting? All the stress from anger can cause it to weaken their immune system how do you not have constant battle with diseases?

breakspirit - 10 years ago

In general you're right. However, I've never had a single fish get any kind of disease. As I said, they only fought like this for a short time.

Avanish Singh - 10 years ago

my baby Oscar got killed by blood parrot :( ...blood parrot are territorial and always aggressive to defend it...goanna put adult Oscar in my tank.

Jerry I Gave My Heart - 10 years ago

hey i have a oscar,severum and parrot if i keep them in one tank approx. 1 and half foot in length and 3 foot height will they harm each other
all are babies

Kevin Bernard - 10 years ago

I would not keep those fish in anything less than 125 gallons for their own good. Mine were all babies when I put them into my tank.

jakeandjames1000 - 10 years ago

My blood parrots are total assholes to my oscar.

mike - 10 years ago

Same here. My Oscar is really good at eating all the blood parrots food though, so maybe he deserves it.

Mazius - 10 years ago

Did they do that all time? I mean if they do it can become a trouble couse fish is stressed most time, and its def oscar im talking about, somehow people think oscars are more like killing mashines but from my own experience i can tell you its way different couse mine lives even with 4 sizes less fish and never hurt anybody so far, well he did eat neons once but those even look like food anyways, point is i see your oscar really pist to have such a tank mate as parrot.. Also what tank size you have it looks huge !!!

breakspirit - 10 years ago

They didn't do this too often and eventually stopped fighting completely. Neither was ever injured. The tank is 125 gallons. Thanks for watching.

PreciousPitty - 10 years ago

what kind of fish is that little light yellow one that keeps photo bombing?

PreciousPitty - 10 years ago

Thanks

breakspirit - 10 years ago

That's a gold severum.

Alireza Roustazadeh - 10 years ago

Well this parrot has a triangle shaped mouth.they just bump other fishes an are not anle to bite them. If it was like those parrots with closed mouth, then you should have been worried, cause they have the normal cichlid mouth and can bite easily

Alireza Roustazadeh - 10 years ago

How many cichlids do you have in the tank? I mean i recognized the dempsey and severom but there was this small cichlid i couldn't figure out what was it?

breakspirit - 10 years ago

+tarrikk vanalstine
That tank now has 3 geos and they're doing really well. Thanks for watching.

breakspirit - 10 years ago

Geophagus

Rass Ryan - 11 years ago

lol

Squirles G - 11 years ago

lol you're a tard

TBK Reptiles - 11 years ago

Parrots just look stupid when they try to act tough :P The hybrid mouth is what makes them look dumb. The Oscar looks like it would just destroy the parrot. Nope.

Oscar Varela - 11 years ago

The only fish a Oscar CAN fight and not get killed against lol

breakspirit - 11 years ago

Yeah, I gave it a quick rinse in a bucket before adding it to the tank. There's nothing in it to hurt the fish, but I didn't want the small dusty bits in there.

Melissa Reyes - 11 years ago

I had to move everything out of our tank as well.I herd about useing that sand .Did you need to wash it or anything first ?

breakspirit - 11 years ago

The tank has no trees and the plants have all since been removed. The sand is pool filter sand, which I got at a pool supply store. It works and looks great. Thanks for watching.

Melissa Reyes - 11 years ago

What sand and trees did you use in your tank??

MrShaneomac1 - 11 years ago

my Dempsey or oscar make yours look baaaad watch my tiger vs. oscar and you'll see aquatic pit bull vs wolf.

MrShaneomac1 - 11 years ago

I gota Dempsey just like that but he even gets the best of my oscky

MrShaneomac1 - 11 years ago

my oscar would eat that cichlid.

100. comment for Oscar Vs. Blood Parrot - freshwater fish

breakspirit - 11 years ago

I would say that that depends heavily on the temperament of the individual fish. I think that if they're young enough, you shouldn't have issues.

Kandle - 11 years ago

Good to see that. One question, I am planning on getting a King Betta for a 55 gallon tank and wondering if I can put him with the Blood Parrot.

breakspirit - 11 years ago

Sounds exactly like mine. She has calmed down a lot in the last year, though. At first, she was constantly messing with her tank mates. Now they're all friendly.

Kandle - 11 years ago

Ah, I see. My Blood Parrot keeps chasing every fish she sees. It's a female 'cause she laid her eggs ever so randomly. She's only 4-5 inches atm. She is also my first Blood Parrot. :) But when I go to feed her, she jumps at my hand. LOL.

breakspirit - 11 years ago

Yeah they are. The Oscar isn't full grown yet.

Kandle - 11 years ago

Are they the biggest fish in that tank?

ilovefish141 - 11 years ago

they dont usually look like that, mines REALLY cute!

ilovefish141 - 11 years ago

when fish kiss its normaly their way of arm wrestleing

AZI3623 - 11 years ago

Oscar fish is worst than parrot, jst look at the parrot he is beautiful but the Oscar it is just like a garbage can

coleofishing - 11 years ago

some male blood parrots can be extremely aggressive.

breakspirit - 11 years ago

Yeah, she's a really goofy looking fish.

sen Van Houten - 11 years ago

i cant take the blood parrot seriously, i meen cmon, its a fat pink round fish with big eyes, they look like hello kitty pokemons

trevon Flager - 11 years ago

i got a blood parrot child he is bad

breakspirit - 11 years ago

It totally depends on the fish. Mine never got injured, but some do.

tipsyannawty - 11 years ago

mine do this too I'm always worried they ganna hurt eachother is it ok?

adnan arshad - 11 years ago

Kiss

breakspirit - 11 years ago

Yeah he just wants to be friends =)

Project Fish - 11 years ago

oscars normally beat parrots in a fight...urs is NOT good at fghting lol

breakspirit - 11 years ago

Yeah I made sure that they grew up together, which makes them get along well.

breakspirit - 11 years ago

This tank is 125 gallons

xX_PR0DIGY_Xx - 11 years ago

How big is ur tank

King Lich - 12 years ago

Cute and nice looking fishes but i think thats a king kong parrot cause a blood parrot is more round, can't close they're mouth and isn't as agressive. I have a king kong parrot too the same size as my oscar and he chases him around.

breakspirit - 12 years ago

Right now the Oscar is about 2 and a half years old. The blood parrot was fully grown when I got her, so I don't know her age.

flippercon84 - 12 years ago

The jack is the next one. Nice video man

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