Food for color

[Armand]

I had them 3 days so far. I been feeding the Ocean Nutrition I mentioned above, frozen bloodworms, krill, rosy reds and Hikari cichlid Bio-gold. Their diet has been very diverse so far. I plan to try crickets, superworms, market shrimp, occasional beef heart and fruit. As soon as we get some warmer weather I will go catch some small perch for them. I am trying to figure out how to post some pictures in this thread for all too see...but it's not working out too good. Maybe I'll just upload them to my gallery.

Fruit?, Piranhas don't eat fruit. What kind of piranhas are you talking about?..

My redbellies dont eat pellets or other commercial fish food, I wish they would but they love Raw fish fillet, squid fillet, life feeders (although that is not the best option) caryfish shrimps and beefheart.


Cheers.

 

[G-Code]

Red bellies. I read on here about some people who occasionally feed a piece of fruit. I researched this also and in the amazon red bellies will take fruit too. I had some red bellies about 5 years ago and they would take pellets. I mostly fed them live goldfish feeders and pellets whenever I didn't have time to make it to the fish store. I dont plan to feed many golfish to my current shoal tho.

 

[Diogenes]

I had them 3 days so far. I been feeding the Ocean Nutrition I mentioned above, frozen bloodworms, krill, rosy reds and Hikari cichlid Bio-gold. Their diet has been very diverse so far. I plan to try crickets, superworms, market shrimp, occasional beef heart and fruit. As soon as we get some warmer weather I will go catch some small perch for them. I am trying to figure out how to post some pictures in this thread for all too see...but it's not working out too good. Maybe I'll just upload them to my gallery.

if you feed superworms try throwing a carrot in the carton with them. It's full of vitamin A and will make them more nutritious when you feed them to your RBPs. My serrasalmus eats them but he's not wild about them. Black skirt tetras are his favorite. I feed them spirulina flakes before I feed them to him.

stay away from rosy reds. They're terrible for fish. They secrete a thiaminase inhibiting hormone that causes B vitamin deficiency in fish. Actually all cypronids do, including goldfish. They're also generally full of parasites. If your gonna feed live fish then feed tetras and cichlids.

 

[Armand]

if you feed superworms try throwing a carrot in the carton with them. It's full of vitamin A and will make them more nutritious when you feed them to your RBPs. My serrasalmus eats them but he's not wild about them. Black skirt tetras are his favorite. I feed them spirulina flakes before I feed them to him.

stay away from rosy reds. They're terrible for fish. They secrete a thiaminase inhibiting hormone that causes B vitamin deficiency in fish. Actually all cypronids do, including goldfish. They're also generally full of parasites. If your gonna feed live fish then feed tetras and cichlids.

Bro, I cannot stand seeing the cichlids torn apart by the reds..

It is sad I like cichlids....

 

[jp80911]

Bro, I cannot stand seeing the cichlids torn apart by the reds..

It is sad I like cichlids....

just breed your won convicts, soon you get sick of seeing so many of them in your tank and you'll be glad that your reds are helping you to keep their numbers in check.
I'm breeding mollies and convicts myself but convicts just breeds and grows much faster than mollies. with 3 breeding pairs going at the same time I can just feed my rhom live all the time and know that they are safe.

 

[Diogenes]

Bro, I cannot stand seeing the cichlids torn apart by the reds..

It is sad I like cichlids....

it's evolution homie. Cichlids tear apart all kinds of stuff, or devour it whole. In my opinion we shouldn't draw arbitrary lines about what animals are ok for piranhas to devour and which are not.

 

[jp80911]

it's evolution homie. Cichlids tear apart all kinds of stuff, or devour it whole. In my opinion we shouldn't draw arbitrary lines about what animals are ok for piranhas to devour and which are not.

 

[Fishermoe14]

my ps will take down the algea wafers i throw in there for my pleco..

 

[G-Code]

I put a couple wafers in the tank and my piranhas and they did the same. Ate them up fast but had to fight the crayfish for it. The crayfish are interesting additions to my tank. They come swarming out when food is dropped in there with their claws out, ready for battle!!! They are some gladiators!!! lol

 

[Fishermoe14]

im gonna try to get some crays for my ps lol

last time i had them they all climbed out of my tank or got eaten by my tinfoils...