I have owned 3 RBP for about a month now and are extremely skittish and shy. Unlike the first piranha I bought that ate live fish and anything I put into the tank - these 3 however are a bit more picky, have not touched the goldfish that was in the tank before them and allow the goldfish to participate in a feeding frenzy with them lol. I have it on camera. So ya I have a piranha trained goldfish that likes meat.
As for the 3 they eat dew worms and brine shrimp and occasionally shrimp pellets. They are just starting to show some red/orange coloration on their pectoral fins. They are healthy and otherwise co-existing peacefully at one side of the aquarium with a submarine decoration which they are outgrowing so they can no longer fit inside of it except for the smallest piranha which happens to be the most aggressive ironically. It has been up until recently that I have tried reverse psychology on them and started feeding them with lights turned on. So the last few days when I turn the lights on they swim near the glass at me, which I find to be a positive sign.
concerns :
How to get the smaller RBP to eat more without removing decorations and hiding spots.
When and will they ever eat the goldfish, and why haven’t they thus far ?
Will they outgrow being shy and skittish at some point ?
thanks,
voss
As for the 3 they eat dew worms and brine shrimp and occasionally shrimp pellets. They are just starting to show some red/orange coloration on their pectoral fins. They are healthy and otherwise co-existing peacefully at one side of the aquarium with a submarine decoration which they are outgrowing so they can no longer fit inside of it except for the smallest piranha which happens to be the most aggressive ironically. It has been up until recently that I have tried reverse psychology on them and started feeding them with lights turned on. So the last few days when I turn the lights on they swim near the glass at me, which I find to be a positive sign.
concerns :
How to get the smaller RBP to eat more without removing decorations and hiding spots.
When and will they ever eat the goldfish, and why haven’t they thus far ?
Will they outgrow being shy and skittish at some point ?
thanks,
voss
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