MASSAGING MY BLOOD PARROT CICHLID - The Fish Loves It!

[Unknown Beatle]

I'm not the owner of the fish. Info from YouTube.

The best fish we have ever owned.
She actually waits for us to come home from work in the corner of the tank closest to our front door, where she can kinda see and hear us.
She will aggressively start splashing the water to get immediate attention and will Not stop till we put our hands in the tank.
She is so intelligent, I would of never expected that from this fish when we bought her, WoW!!! what a gift we got..
I would really like to know if anybody else is doing the same with their Parrot....???

[midnight]

1. I have two gold fish that watch me enter the room and start begging for food. I never realised how

communicative my two fish were. But this video is to funny. I love it.

[MrMickeysMom]

2. That is so friggin cool, Unknown...

Why not communicate with the fishes of the earth? We could only learn!

[pugetres]

3. This brought back a memory

of the wonderfully friendly cichlid that my late mother had in the early 70's. That fish was always wanting to be rubbed and would greet us when we walked into the dining room where my mom had 11 tanks set up. My mother loved that fish and he was the only one that received live shrimp (or other little fishes that couldn't play nice in community tanks!) for his meals.

Ultimately, Mouthy passed away of smoke inhalation when our home caught fire and the pump delivered smoke into his tank. The firefighters managed to get his tank out of the house and one younger man kept sticking his hand in the tank to set Mouthy upright whenever he would start to float on his side.

Mouthy was always a favorite when we talked as a family about the best pets we'd had over the years.

[Unknown Beatle]

4. That's a wonderful story.

I'm beginning to believe that some fish, like cichlids, can show emotion.

I'm so sorry about mouthy, sounds like a great pet to have.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. ...

[lapfog_1]

6. Oscar fish (another from the Cichlid family)

are well known for wanting their bellies rubbed.

They will turn over on their backs and come to the surface for the attention.

I think its related to natural behaviors to remove parasites (usually by certain other fish).

[ladjf]

7. Fish have a protective slime that helps defend against various types of fungus.

I'm not an ichthyologist but I have raised aquarium fish for many years. I'd advise you do do some research on your habit of regularly touching the fish. Or, at least do it less regularly. Careful about soup or any other types of chemicals on your hands that might harm the fish.