I don't know why but these were very aggresive and only got fed a couple of times a week. I had a black sand bottom scattered with one ounce silver pieces, I would let people grab one and keep it if they dared. Several people tryed but only one got one without getting bit. another (larger 14") red belly was calm enough to hand feed, it was raised alone.
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well guppy your piranha setup is only a dream for most people. The vast majority of people get pyogcentrus expecting that sort of behavior, but wind up with piranhas that will quail at the sight of anything larger than a goldfish. Can't say I'm not a bit envious 
I thinkI've figured out why that tank was so aggressive. When I got the red bellies they were not much bigger than pennies and there were thirty of them in a 35g tank. They only got fed everyother day. I would feed them occasinal guppies but mainly crickets and grasshoppers that were at least as big as they were, I would only drop in one at a time and stop before all of them got full. Every time I lifted the lid they got at least one or two crickets. They learned that if they weren't quick they missed out. Only the most aggressive survived as the other would eat the ones that got weak. It did help that my starters were freebies. I got them from a LFS that couldn't sell than any more because of a recent ban.
lolBigMOCats said:Hybrids!!!!! Hey, that my same answer in the least liked fish thread. When fh's show up in our auctions, we get to take them home for feeders!
Scott
BigMOCats said:Hybrids!!!!! Hey, that my same answer in the least liked fish thread. When fh's show up in our auctions, we get to take them home for feeders!
Scott
JU hurt mai feelings
I've got 10 x 4-6" red bellies that will DESTROY anything I put in. Last week it was a 6"(BODY) comet. I've got 2 small fellas with one bad eye each who are definetly the runts of the pack. When you drop one big feeder in, the runts are on it first trimming up the tail until the others figure out what's going on and then it's a ball of tails and scales floating.
