Cariba Piranha!

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CanadianKeeper

CanadianKeeper

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In light of recent events, I was able to redo my 180 gallon. I thought that they were just the common red bellys untill the LFS owner came out and showed me them a bit closer ! Also how AGRESSIVE and NOT SHY they are !

But I have 10 of the little guys, grow them into monsters :) Love how they arnt shy ! Amazing species.

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Wow man nice tank your fish will be so happy in that, and their growth will be amazing! Try NLS!


Can't wait to see updates!


Go S. Vettel #1 rb8
 
When they get comfy they wil leat anything. In the tank at the store they ate (INFRONT OF ME) Flake food, a cichlid pellet, and a night crawler worm.... When they settle in I imagin the 1 inch convict cichlid will be demolished.

He is in there so they can take their agression out on something other then eachother. I want to keep them all alive ! so there will allways be some random fish in there with them. Also I dont want the aggression to leave ! haha, love feeding live !

By whole fish do you mean stuff I can buy at the market ? Like salmon ?
 
If you can find it, walleye or perch. It should be gutted and maybe frozen. Then i just cut that mother into slices an feed my cariba a slice. They eat the skin, bones, scales, fins, everything. I even let them chew on the head and gill area. The crunching noises they make are awesome!
 
MikeFromTheInternet said:
If you can find it, walleye or perch. It should be gutted and maybe frozen. Then i just cut that mother into slices an feed my cariba a slice. They eat the skin, bones, scales, fins, everything. I even let them chew on the head and gill area. The crunching noises they make are awesome!
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Just fed my rbp walleye and it left an oily film at the surface. I didn't like that, must have a little more oil with the skin on?


Go S. Vettel #1 rb8
 
Try soaking the fish in warm water for a little while. Farm raised tilapia has a lot of oil too. I try to do water changes the day after a feeding so that helps with any oil or film.
 
MikeFromTheInternet said:
Try soaking the fish in warm water for a little while. Farm raised tilapia has a lot of oil too. I try to do water changes the day after a feeding so that helps with any oil or film.
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Yea I do same wc schedule too, and I do soak in hot water for about 10 min then I rinse as well, talapia has never been an issue, never had oil until walleye with skin on it.... I only have one piece of it left anyways, just didn't want to throw it away or save it.

Go S. Vettel #1 rb8
 
Pre thaw and rinse off the fish before feeding. I had the same issue with talapia leaving oily coating on the waters surface. Omce its given a good rinse, it shouldnt leave any oils behind, or at least not nearly as much.
 
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