Anyone out there with (or had) a (marine) parrotfish?

[muck]

Would love to see some pics if you have any jbell370?

[fishoholic]

I had one for a short period of time.

Most of my rock in my 230g fowlr tank has hair algae on it so I figured I had a perfect environment for it to do well. Unfortunately I didn't realize what a shy/timid fish it was and my grouper and lunare (which were all added at the same time) killed the juvi (3 inch) bi-colour parrotfish I had.

[gzsick]

If i were you, i'd get a princess parrotfish, it only gets a max of 14 inches, is fairly disease resistant, and still quite a looker. The stuff about them moving around a whole lot is true but they're not too territorial. Of all the one's i know, queen, bi color, stoplight, qouy's, rainbow, blue and other parrotfish, princess parrots are the best. Also look in2 a surge wrasse, and yes it's actually a parrot not a wrasse. If u need a hook up to get one, lemme know.

[kien]

Oh here is my parrot fish. Have had him/her almost a year now. Eats everything and is quite mellow

[es355lucille]

WOW thats a beaut! What kind Kien? How large does this type get?

Originally Posted by kien

Oh here is my parrot fish. Have had him/her almost a year now. Eats everything and is quite mellow

[kien]

The LFS that I found her at didn't have her labelled but I believe she is a princess parrotfish. In the wild I believe they can get up to a foot or more. I haven't read about too many people owning them so I'm not really sure what they'll reach in captivity. She seems to leave inverts alone but does munch on the occasional coral. In the wild many (if not most) parrot fish seem to enjoy munching on corals. They will then poop out sand .

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by kien

The LFS that I found her at didn't have her labelled but I believe she is a princess parrotfish. In the wild I believe they can get up to a foot or more. I haven't read about too many people owning them so I'm not really sure what they'll reach in captivity. She seems to leave inverts alone but does munch on the occasional coral. In the wild many (if not most) parrot fish seem to enjoy munching on corals. They will then poop out sand .

Enjoy would be an understatement.