New Caribe's first week.

[SwissTrees]

Hey all...

So my new Caribe has been hanging out for about a week now and hes just started to come around. He was super skittish at first and hid 24/7 for a few days. I then had the idea that maybe I can make LESS hiding spots and sure enough now hes swimming around the tank a lot more.

Here are some pics he let me get close enough to snap! Ill update with some feeding videos and what not down the road.

 

[tlindsey]

Hey all...

So my new Caribe has been hanging out for about a week now and hes just started to come around. He was super skittish at first and hid 24/7 for a few days. I then had the idea that maybe I can make LESS hiding spots and sure enough now hes swimming around the tank a lot more.

Here are some pics he let me get close enough to snap! Ill update with some feeding videos and what not down the road.

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Aquascape looks great and happy to hear the Caribe is coming out its shyness.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

VERY NICE! Good sized Caribe too, you'll get to grow him out. Where did you get him from?

 

[SwissTrees]

VERY NICE! Good sized Caribe too, you'll get to grow him out. Where did you get him from?

Thanks man! I have always wanted to grow one out. I finally got a chance to catch him eating some shrimp from a hanger. I have been trying to get him used to it early on.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

Thanks man! I have always wanted to grow one out. I finally got a chance to catch him eating some shrimp from a hanger. I have been trying to get him used to it early on.

Wow! Nice, they are so cool when they are younger. It will be cool to watch him grow up.

 

[Boomer1224]

yeah nice caribe

 

[SwissTrees]

Thanks guys! Any tips to get him on pellets? (besides just not feeding him until he eats them!) He has been really good on taking shrimp off the hangar. But I want to supplement with pellets as well. He seems to mostly ignore them as they sink down.

 

[Boomer1224]

my reds show absolutely no interest in pellets maybe you will have better luck

 

[SwissTrees]

my reds show absolutely no interest in pellets maybe you will have better luck

Haha thats funny. I guess I can keep trying it! Ill try to catch it on camera if I see him eating one.

 

[Yohanon]

Try to mix his diet up a little. I feed mine mainly shrimp, chunks of tilapia filet, and earthworms. I have never had any luck feeding a piranha pellets.