True piraiba aka Brachyplatystoma filamentosum

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Right. The dominance depends not only on size but also temperament and gender, so these may outweigh the size advantage, although I admit I am surprised the lighter colored one feeds more because I'd expect it to be more hesitant at the feedings and more skittish and hence feed less. Yet, overall your situation seems out of the norm, they are way too skittish for what'd be expected. Well, now that they are in the pond, let's see what happens.
 
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Just doing my nightly feeding and both of them have darkened, the larger lighter fil. is now the same color. The pond has a black EPDM liner, so I am thinking that is why they have darkened, that and they are no longer stressed.
 
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