MASSAGING MY BLOOD PARROT CICHLID - The Fish Loves It!

[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.