my piranha stoped eating

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my piranha stopped eating the cubed fish i usually give them but i bought 24 feeder fish but the 4 of them didn't mind gobbling up 20 of them. ive had my fish for around 3 months they were 1 inch when i got them the pirames are good are they just starten to be picky or are they slowing their eating like i hear they do at some point.
 
Did you quarantine the feeders? If not, watch how their poo looks. If white and stringy especially as the fish seems to slow down on their foods, then consider obtaining levamisole hydrochloride for possible internal parasites.
 
Their diets can change, but normally with take most foods... What size tank, and how big are they now? As they get older they eat less often..
 
i dont know their size ezactly because they are hard to measure im guesing around 3-4 inches and i did put the parasite killer in the tank but they slowed their eating beforew the live feeders. They did eat but verry litle before it was 4 servings a day of 2-3 cubic cm frezzen krill,bryne shrimp,myses shrimp ocational live foods allways with parasite killen stuff called paragaurd i used to used anouther product and will switch back it works more efficiantly i dont remember the name of it. I think the fishes are just maturing and eating less but dunno
 
When I had a group of reds, at the size of 3-4'' they still ate pretty good.. Try raw shrimp..
 
Dude raise em up on pellets before its to late and then use raw shrimp twice a week when they get older i stuff my shrimp with hikari pellets and spirulina pellets also so they can get there veggies.
 
Good idea.. How do you stuff it.?
 
I see, tiger prawns are expensive. hehe... I will try that, once mine start eating..
 
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