One of the main problems with breeding piranha in captivity is getting the fry fed.
Here is a close up picture of a 5 day old pygocentrus nattereri fry. You can see that its belly is bright orange meaning that it has just fed on live brine shrimp.
This is a picture of my brine shrimp hatchery system. Please note that it is not necessary to build a system as large as this The only reason why my system is so large is because I have multiple pairs breeding constantly.
Here is a close up picture of the brine shrimp just before I feed them to the baby fry. I use a small pipette to suck up the brine shrimp from the bottom of the glass, which is where they all settle if left for 5 min after being places into the glass. And then the feeding begins.
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After about 2 weeks the fry have fully formed bodies and are big enough to eat blood worms, frozen brine shrimp and white mosquito larva. Here is a picture of some 3-4 week old pygocentrus nattereri eating blood worms. Note that even at this size and age, the young piranha mass on food just like adults.
More to come...
Here is a close up picture of a 5 day old pygocentrus nattereri fry. You can see that its belly is bright orange meaning that it has just fed on live brine shrimp.
This is a picture of my brine shrimp hatchery system. Please note that it is not necessary to build a system as large as this The only reason why my system is so large is because I have multiple pairs breeding constantly.
Here is a close up picture of the brine shrimp just before I feed them to the baby fry. I use a small pipette to suck up the brine shrimp from the bottom of the glass, which is where they all settle if left for 5 min after being places into the glass. And then the feeding begins.
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After about 2 weeks the fry have fully formed bodies and are big enough to eat blood worms, frozen brine shrimp and white mosquito larva. Here is a picture of some 3-4 week old pygocentrus nattereri eating blood worms. Note that even at this size and age, the young piranha mass on food just like adults.
More to come...
