Documentation of My 1st Piranha fry experience! - pics/vids/comments

[Fishysweet]

Yeah you should really keep him

 

[Jakob]

Interesting thread, great job!

 

[d3r]

Thanks! sadly gigantor just left. the guy paid me $30 for him when i told him i was thinking about keeping him. i couldn't say no to that. (The rest went for $3ea)

i still have like 30left...apparently I'm terrible at guesstimating fish quantities LOL

 

[Fishysweet]

 

[FishPhilippines]

how old do you suppose your piranhas were? when they first bred? and at what size?

 

[Chidori Noodlez]

Man.... Awesome thread!!! My P's are working on their 2nd spawn have a shoal of 5...
First spawn lost due to heater shorted out and fried the fry so after reading your thread I'm feeling pretty confident on raising a 2nd batch. Like you they just spawned one night after a 40-50% WC...

Thanks for all the good info definitely will fav this thread... Good Stuff!!!


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[FishPhilippines]

Man.... Awesome thread!!! My P's are working on their 2nd spawn have a shoal of 5...
First spawn lost due to heater shorted out and fried the fry so after reading your thread I'm feeling pretty confident on raising a 2nd batch. Like you they just spawned one night after a 40-50% WC...

Thanks for all the good info definitely will fav this thread... Good Stuff!!!


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How old are yours and what size are they? Good luck on your second attempt! Im still thinking whether mine could breed or not, i have 6 in 90gal tank, ive had them for 6months, the largest one 7" smallest 5". I got them at 3" in size, so i cant really tell if they reached a year old yet.

 

[Chidori Noodlez]

They are a little over a year. I got 5 in a 90gallon. They range from 6-1/2" to 5"


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[FishPhilippines]

oh i see, well good luck! I hope mine are old enough

 

[d3r]

Man.... Awesome thread!!! My P's are working on their 2nd spawn have a shoal of 5...
First spawn lost due to heater shorted out and fried the fry so after reading your thread I'm feeling pretty confident on raising a 2nd batch. Like you they just spawned one night after a 40-50% WC...

Thanks for all the good info definitely will fav this thread... Good Stuff!!!

Thanks! N just PM me if you have any questions. I'm not an "expert" by any means but i now have the experience.

with red bellies their growth is directly related to water quality, tank size and diet.
But in general the average rbp will grow between 0.5 - 1" a MONTH (for the first 6 months) then slows to 0.5 - 1" a YEAR.
so you can make an educated guess on their age that way but its not 100% accurate.