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MikeFromTheInternet said:
That being said, ive raised plenty of 'shoal' fish solo. Ime, solo raised piranhas are meaner and more outgoing.
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I always thought a solo rbp was shy and skittish without rbp tank mates to shoal with, we've had a few members over the past keep one alone and they always hid and were much less active. But I'm sure with your p keeping xp you can make it the opposite! Look forward to picking this up in 6 months :popcorn:



Go S. Vettel #1 rb8
 
This is a guy in indiana's old red belly. Been solo its whole life if i remember correctly.

[video=youtube_share;13Yb2pL8uKE]http://youtu.be/13Yb2pL8uKE[/video]
 
I need to get a camera up however my rpb’s look much more similar to the wild caught although I can almost guarantee they aren’t as far as jaw appearance. It would be interesting to see if the size food they eat plays a factor in jaw development. Fish fed pellets would most likely just suck their food up without really having to chew. Mine however have to go into a frenzy on good sized chunks of fish which they have to tear apart. It is just a theory however could be another interesting experiment for someone. I just hack up whiting with a hatchet and throw in thawed chunks which get devoured by the whole shoal.
 
Pbass265 said:
I need to get a camera up however my rpb’s look much more similar to the wild caught although I can almost guarantee they aren’t as far as jaw appearance. It would be interesting to see if the size food they eat plays a factor in jaw development. Fish fed pellets would most likely just suck their food up without really having to chew. Mine however have to go into a frenzy on good sized chunks of fish which they have to tear apart. It is just a theory however could be another interesting experiment for someone. I just hack up whiting with a hatchet and throw in thawed chunks which get devoured by the whole shoal.
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Chewing will definitely affect the jaw size in some way; we'll just have to wait and see >.<

Mike, is it easy to breed crayfishes ?
 
So i have only really fed him once since i got him. And that was a bit of left over spine from a tilapia my cariba ate. And he loved it, chewed on it for a while. So today i tossed in some fin i cut off a tilapia and he chewed on that and ate a bit. Then tonight i tossed in a bit of raw carrot. I was expecting him to ignore it or just chew on it. Little guy bit right through it and ate about a quarter of the carrot in a few minutes. His jaw strength and teeth never stop amazing me.

[video=youtube_share;7Wi2mpKjkg8]http://youtu.be/7Wi2mpKjkg8[/video]

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Man definitely a soon to be beast.. I should try throwing a piece of carrot to my shoal and see if it gets eaten or not.

Quick vid of Dictator (bossman of the shoal):
[video=youtube_share;3fLDDMt5KoM]http://youtu.be/3fLDDMt5KoM[/video]
 
MikeFromTheInternet said:
lol she was loving that. Thats definitely his corner.

Whatre you keepin in the 80 gallon tank now?
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Wished I could've kept it but I sold it once I had the 125 set up. If I could get my hands on a rhom, i will do anything possible to get a new tank running without hesitation.
 
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