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After looking through a lot of pictures I'd agree both are probably males... which is fine but I'm not going to tell my daughter. We made a spot to leave the cage... I also figured that would be best. I plan to work with them everyday to hand tame them... then I'll let my daughter start...

That's interesting info... I've been reading still to find out all about them. One more question... will moving their cage around bother them?? We have been putting the cage up high at night and on the floor during the day hoping they would get used to us being around. Now I'm thinking it...

btw, thanks for the help!!

They are both young and both are very quite. I guess it really doesn’t matter... we are not planning to breed at all but it's killing me not knowing for sure... the breeder said the green was male and the blue was female but I was not convinced by his answers… time will tell I guess.

Any ideas on male vs female?? I'm still a bit confused.

Thanks everyone for the input. I read about the color of their ceres... but I also read that they change color as they mature?? Anyway HERE THEY ARE... I never realized how beautiful these birds were. Sorry for the bars in the way… we were told to wait a couple days before we start handling...

That is helpful. We are headed down to pick a couple up so I'll see what they say also. Thanks,

:cheer: Have you ever used them before?? They may seem a little confusing at first but it will become routine in no time.

I have been reading up on how to care for Parakeets (we’ve had a cockatoo before) now my youngest daughter wants a couple parakeets but I’m finding conflicting information on how to --- the babies… any ideas??

BTW, alkalinity should be kept between 8dkh to 11dkh and calcium between 420ppm to 440ppm respectively. Alkalinity & Calcium Chart

I think it's best to add both alkalinity & calcium everyday to keep the fluctuations to a minimum, with kalk or b-ioinic or whatever you're using. Both the kalk mix and the two part additives will add alkalinity & calcium so you can keep them balanced. Kalk can be purchased at most LFSs or you...

Are they almost transparent, if not what color are they?? They almost look transparent in the picture to me...

What is your alkalinity level?? Kalkwasser is a very effective and inexpensive way to maintain both calcium & alkalinity. The two part additives like the B-Ionic ca/alk are also very effective. If you are dosing Iodine you should really get a Iodine Test Kit to make sure you do not add to much.

Home Depot sells a Lights of America fixture that comes with a 65w 6500k bulb... they work good for a 10g refuge.

When I had my sps tank I would feed them Cyclopeeze once or twice a week after the lights turned off. I figured whatever the corals did not eat would just become food for the shrimp, pods & such. FWIW, my understanding is they will not eat Phytoplankton... they are carnivores.

There are thousands of species of crabs... it's sometimes very difficult to ID crabs unless they are common.

I have always thought they did?? I could be wrong...

The pod population may have greatly decreased but they're still their I'm sure.

I think so... IMO anything that eats the critters in the sand are bad for the sand bed. This includes sand sifting gobies, cucumbers, sand sifting stars, etc.

With the existing population described, I don't see how a predator would ever be able to get them under control. I would siphon as many out as you can during water changes in preparation of using the flatworm exit.