feeder size for rbp?

[scottswald]

i am wanting to hear peoples experience on feeding red belly piranhas.

i have three 2.5" rbp and am gonna start breeding convicts cichlids as feeders for them.

i was thinking maybe around 1 fish the same size as my p's (or equivelent) once a day would be about right?

 

[BRUNER247]

Your piranhas are small yet a convict the same size will probably whip up on your piranhas.lol convicts probably need to be a lil smaller.

 

[scottswald]

so maybe a couple of 1" convicts?

 

[BRUNER247]

I would go with smaller ones. You could try bigger ones but convicts are a tough fish they'd probably bully your rbps.

 

[scottswald]

well they'd take a while to get to that size anyway, i just meant for the vvolume of the food...

 

[BRUNER247]

1-1" should be enough. Feed em one if they finish him throw another in.pellets, bloodworms, worms, shrimp, krill ect also, feed slow they'll let you know when they getting full and adjust accordingly.rbp's are hogs. They'll eat a lot!

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

If you're talking tossing in smaller convicts, i don't think you need to worry about how many you're putting in as the piranhas will just pick them off when they're hungry. Absolutely no harm in overfeeding fry as it's not the same as leaving dead food rotting.

I breed convict also for feeder also.

 

[aramirez8689]

i have 13 2.5 inch rbps and there is a 1 inch convict that eats with them they just wont touch him and they have eatin live b4 like platys and smaller convicts but blackworms seems to be the ticket they grew preety fast on them

 

[spaulding]

i have four rbps around 3" with around 20 fancy guppies that they have no interest in. they seem perfectly content with pellets, fish fillets, nightcrawlers, etc. with how easy it is to feed them prepared/frozen foods i don't see much of a point in screwing around with breeding convicts for them. but if you do want to go the convict route i don't believe it would make a difference if you had more fry in the tank than they could eat at one time. they can always pick em of at thier own convienence.

 

[ihansterx4i]

If you're talking tossing in smaller convicts, i don't think you need to worry about how many you're putting in as the piranhas will just pick them off when they're hungry. Absolutely no harm in overfeeding fry as it's not the same as leaving dead food rotting.

I breed convict also for feeder also.

I keep reading that convicts are so easy to breed but when people with piranha try to feed them the piranha either get bullied by the convicts or they have no interest in them.

Have you been experiencing the same?