kirin or kilin parrot stress bars

[overdrive]

I recently (as in within the last week or two) bought a really great kirin parrot from pet zone. The fish is a greenish color, but I've noticed that it has subtle darker vertical bars. These resemble stress bars on flowerhorns, but they also look a lot like juvenile blood parrot markings. This fish is pretty young, I think around two inches.

Is there any way to tell the difference between the two?

 

[Ihsnshaik]

Show us some pictures. The bars show up when they're sleeping, sudden light change, stress is the big one and of course when they are breeding.

Here's my bonsai Flowerhorn a little different than yours since yours is more parrot.

Those bars are from breeding you can see her papilla swollen and dropped

 

[overdrive]

I'll try to get some, the little guy doesn't like the camera much!

 

[overdrive]

Keep in mind that this light seems to make my fish look super washed out. I really wish I knew what kind it was so I could avoid buying it.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

You just bought it and it's probably stressed that's normal. Keep lights off for a while

 

[overdrive]

You just bought it and it's probably stressed that's normal. Keep lights off for a while

Oh great, thanks for the help! There doesn't seem to be much fighting in the tank, so I wasn't sure about the reason. Hopefully he'll settle soon.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

Happens to a lot of fish especially parrots and it has tons of parrot in it lol

 

[overdrive]

Happens to a lot of fish especially parrots and it has tons of parrot in it lol

It does seem that way! It has a working mouth though which I think is pretty sweet even if it's not considered all that desirable. Hopefully it doesn't manifest enough aggression for that to be an issue. Though I think most of its tankmates could handle it.

 

[Kittiee Katt]

It does seem that way! It has a working mouth though which I think is pretty sweet even if it's not considered all that desirable. Hopefully it doesn't manifest enough aggression for that to be an issue. Though I think most of its tankmates could handle it.

What are his/her tank mates?

 

[Ihsnshaik]

It does seem that way! It has a working mouth though which I think is pretty sweet even if it's not considered all that desirable. Hopefully it doesn't manifest enough aggression for that to be an issue. Though I think most of its tankmates could handle it.

It has the beak of a face it's different than a bonsai Flowerhorn. They look very similar though but mouth is dead give away