New RBP Mom- Need advice and help
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Yes.
That's me.
Standing in front of the the fish tank.
Begging the piranha to act right.
And quit eating their brothers.
?♀???
That's me.
Standing in front of the the fish tank.
Begging the piranha to act right.
And quit eating their brothers.
?♀???
Ok. I'm back. I've been busy. I had to make an executive decision. Two of the three had bites. One MUCH worse than the other. He was staying white and looked super sick. I guess when you're being eaten alive....that's how you feel.
I moved the one who is ok and the one with 2 bites to the new tank. I left the other in the smaller tank. I've continued to do daily water changes. Using prime. And using prime and stability in new tank. Monitoring ammonia, trate/trite, ph levels. Small tank still showing between .5-1 ppm consistently of ammonia. Added salt to small tank. Guys, this fish looks GOOD. wound is clean and appears to be healing well. Fins growing back. The other two seem more than content. The best news is, all three are eating really well. The dont like mahi mahi....two bites and they just swim back and forth over it...they will eat a little more tilapia, but they love the frozen carnivore and brine shrimp cubes, flakes, and pellets. The one with the most chewed up body looks super aggressive though. We are calling him rocky Balboa, cause we think hes working to get bigger so he wont be picked on anymore....
I moved the one who is ok and the one with 2 bites to the new tank. I left the other in the smaller tank. I've continued to do daily water changes. Using prime. And using prime and stability in new tank. Monitoring ammonia, trate/trite, ph levels. Small tank still showing between .5-1 ppm consistently of ammonia. Added salt to small tank. Guys, this fish looks GOOD. wound is clean and appears to be healing well. Fins growing back. The other two seem more than content. The best news is, all three are eating really well. The dont like mahi mahi....two bites and they just swim back and forth over it...they will eat a little more tilapia, but they love the frozen carnivore and brine shrimp cubes, flakes, and pellets. The one with the most chewed up body looks super aggressive though. We are calling him rocky Balboa, cause we think hes working to get bigger so he wont be picked on anymore....
Great to hear that ! Redbelly Piranha are very tough even at that size as you are witnessing that but as I stated the weakest will not make it.
Bite is healed amazingly. I made an executive decision to put him in the big tank with the other 2. Our weather looks like tornado again tonight so I didint want him upstairs by himself if one did hit. (It sounds dumber when I type it than when I thought it out).
Theres been some chasing around, but the one that was hospitalized is actually bigger than the others now. I'm keeping an eye on them before I head to work and if it looks like they're gonna try to fight I'm gonna put that one back alone.
Is that the right thing to do or leave him?
Theres been some chasing around, but the one that was hospitalized is actually bigger than the others now. I'm keeping an eye on them before I head to work and if it looks like they're gonna try to fight I'm gonna put that one back alone.
Is that the right thing to do or leave him?
