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

[d3r]

Well guys...COMPLETE INSANITY has broken out in my tank... it appears i have not one but THREE pairs.

I came home from work to find 500+ eggs tucked away in the corner. (See below) and also a pair on the opposite end doing a "dry run" of the ritual. AND a 3rd pair who were making a nest (now doing a "dry run" as i type this) only inches away from the previous egg filled nest!



I tried to get a little video.
At the start you see a pair getting hot n heavy before being interrupted...then i pan over and you'll see a pair fanning their eggs in the corner. And then you'll see a pair on the other side of the skull making a nest (now being active in the nest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dleg8ZvVVjs&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Its crazy! I feel like my tank has 10%water and 90% love juices hahah

 

[deuxe]

Well guys...COMPLETE INSANITY has broken out in my tank... it appears i have not one but THREE pairs.

I came home from work to find 500+ eggs tucked away in the corner. (See below) and also a pair on the opposite end doing a "dry run" of the ritual. AND a 3rd pair who were making a nest (now doing a "dry run" as i type this) only inches away from the previous egg filled nest!
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I tried to get a little video.
At the start you see a pair getting hot n heavy before being interrupted...then i pan over and you'll see a pair fanning their eggs in the corner. And then you'll see a pair on the other side of the skull making a nest (now being active in the nest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dleg8ZvVVjs&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Its crazy! I feel like my tank has 10%water and 90% love juices hahah

The ocean if you think about it is full of whale love juices


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[d3r]

^right haha kinda gross :/

 

[d3r]

5 weeks today!


This big guy is still blowing my mind!
Here he is up top

And here is an average size fry in the same spot for comparison.


Isnt that weird?! How did this ONE get 5times bigger than the rest?!

 

[koi9]

Holy moly. That's a huge size difference. Has he eaten any of his brothers?

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[Fishysweet]

Wow that's a big difference what cuties

 

[festaedan]

They look like piranhas now! Congrats!

 

[d3r]

Holy moly. That's a huge size difference. Has he eaten any of his brothers?

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I haven't witnessed him eating any other fry but theres no telling what goes on after lights out.

Wow that's a big difference what cuties

Right?! weird... so keyyyuuuute! haha

They look like piranhas now! Congrats!

THANK YOU! didnt think we'd get this far! going better than expected.

I wasn't going to keep any but if that big guy continues to grow at an accelerated pace i may throw him in my extra 55gallon n see how he grows out. may be a freak of nature xD

also a quick update on the new eggs in the 120gallon...the pleco made a quick meal out of most of them. probably 50-100survived and hatched...so now i have some wigglers creepin around the gravel. i haven't decided what to do with them yet. if i leave them in the big tank they will probably die in the gravel. I may vac them out and put.them in the 10gallon fry tank for tiny "feeders" for my bigger fry. save me some money from food haha

 

[Fishysweet]

I would so keep the big one. I would call him gigantor lol!! Put a divider in the fry tank

 

[d3r]

^My 6yr old son has been wanting a tank in his room. We were gonna get him a 15gallon 'glo-tank' to learn with but maybe we'll skip that and ill set up the 55gallon n put "gigantor" n a few others in to grow out

Anyway, just cleaned my main tank... the wigglers in there were starting to expire so i vacced about 300live ones out n put em in with my 5week old fry. There's probably 100left..they went crazy for em. I wish i could grow them all out but id never find homes for thousands and thousands of RBP.