i got 6 rbp in a 135, lots of cover, plenty of food and out of 6, 2 have no damage, 3 are missing an eye and one has no eyes. ive had piranha on and off since i was a kid in the 80's, have never lost an eye, ive had them kill and eat eachother but this is just eyes, no other damage, when i got the 6 one was missing an eye, i thought it was kind of cool, now that the pack is eyeless im not so impressed. none of the feeders are missing an eye. strange **** man, anyone have any input.....besides safety glasses
Biting eachothers eyeballs out
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Only thing I can suggest is to feed them as often as possible,without overdoing it.Atm I have about 75 1" reds in a 40g corner aquarium with 2 eyes.I feed them 4-5x a day.There is definately a problem with losing way too many eyes.Maybe 1 red just developed a tase for them.what's their diet and feeding schedule?
This is an occassional problem that crops up with P owners. Once a P takes an eye and likes it, it will continue to go after them. You need to figure which of the 2 is the culprit and remove him to an isolation tank.
im truly bumbed, have had many batches of p, never have lost an eye, wierd part is i usually never took this good of care of them either. used to just throw a bunch in a tank and let them go. been feeding them feeder baby guppies and shrimp, along with flake and pellets that i feed the feeders. I called lfs, safari land in sioux falls, sd, they said they might have got a bad batch out of florida
I have experienced this several times too. I have had some success with leaving enough feeders in the tank to keep them busy whenever they get the munchies without going after each other.
I put 5 in my 120 with tetra's bigger than them and the next day 2 of them are missing eyes but all my other fish have thier eyes? Strange i feed mine almost everytime i walk past the tank if they come to the top. I figure this way they will get use to me and not be shy.
That's it. Fish eyes are tasty. I think they are fatter than the rest of the fish. One bite got one rpb hooked. It needs to go in a solitary cnfnmnt.