Hacve a branmtii piranha and just got 4 2" baby red bellies and need to know some good advice for tahing care of babies!
2i" red bellny pirahna's how to take care of?
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How big of a tank do you have? 55g or bigger I hope.
Serrasalmus nattereri, or the Red-Bellied Piranha requires a generally live-food diet. As fry they require baby brine shrimp, and as they get larger (.5" to 2.5" in size) they should be fed a mixture of flake food, live foods (brine shrimp and various worms),frozen foods (brine shrimp, beefheart, bloodworms, daphnia, other carnivorous foods). As they become adults, they should be fed beef, other meats and live foods: goldfish, earthworms, sometimes even pinkies or rats, although hair will affect their digestive system. Steak and some live foods will foul water quality faster, so be ready for water changes.
Aquascaping should include a thick layer of gravel with plants such as amazon swords, thick floating plants such as hornwort to block some light (piranhas like lower lighting conditions than most fish). Driftwood is also nice, if you keep plecostomus in the tank (common plecostomus, which are one of the few fish able to be kept with piranhas, they are large and cheap so most people are willing to risk losing them), they like to nibble on the driftwood. Full grown fish can reach 8-10 inches, so a large tank (20 gallons for one, 55 gallons for about six, 75 and up can hold more) will be required. They can live long if well taken care of, 5 or more years in captivity at most.
http://www.fishinthe.net/html/fishguide/fishguide_fish.php?FC=59&nl=&nt=1
Serrasalmus nattereri, or the Red-Bellied Piranha requires a generally live-food diet. As fry they require baby brine shrimp, and as they get larger (.5" to 2.5" in size) they should be fed a mixture of flake food, live foods (brine shrimp and various worms),frozen foods (brine shrimp, beefheart, bloodworms, daphnia, other carnivorous foods). As they become adults, they should be fed beef, other meats and live foods: goldfish, earthworms, sometimes even pinkies or rats, although hair will affect their digestive system. Steak and some live foods will foul water quality faster, so be ready for water changes.
Aquascaping should include a thick layer of gravel with plants such as amazon swords, thick floating plants such as hornwort to block some light (piranhas like lower lighting conditions than most fish). Driftwood is also nice, if you keep plecostomus in the tank (common plecostomus, which are one of the few fish able to be kept with piranhas, they are large and cheap so most people are willing to risk losing them), they like to nibble on the driftwood. Full grown fish can reach 8-10 inches, so a large tank (20 gallons for one, 55 gallons for about six, 75 and up can hold more) will be required. They can live long if well taken care of, 5 or more years in captivity at most.
http://www.fishinthe.net/html/fishguide/fishguide_fish.php?FC=59&nl=&nt=1
Thanks For The Info
Thanks Alot My New Friend, Ya They Will Be Going Into A 90gal Tank Just The 4 Of Them, Now I Have Them The 4 2" Reds In A Thirty Gal Tank While My Big Tank Is Done Do Its Cycle, They Eat All The Time There Bellies Are So Full, Its A Trip....i Also Have A 5i' Branti In A 46gal Show Tank Ill Send Picz
Thanks Alot My New Friend, Ya They Will Be Going Into A 90gal Tank Just The 4 Of Them, Now I Have Them The 4 2" Reds In A Thirty Gal Tank While My Big Tank Is Done Do Its Cycle, They Eat All The Time There Bellies Are So Full, Its A Trip....i Also Have A 5i' Branti In A 46gal Show Tank Ill Send Picz
They will probably only eat live foods. If you have any feeder guppies around they might be a good choice until they are big enough for gold fish.
Watch you heater placement too. They are very skitish fish. Thats why it always says don't tap on glass. Sometimes they get scared and run into the heater. You should secure it well so it doesn't keep hitting the glass.
Watch you heater placement too. They are very skitish fish. Thats why it always says don't tap on glass. Sometimes they get scared and run into the heater. You should secure it well so it doesn't keep hitting the glass.