New Piranha Keeper

[Confidence]

hey guys i just got 3 new baby pairanhas and im wondering is it safe to feed them a all guppie feeder diet some say yes some say no, need other opinions, lfs says its okay what do you think or should i put em on shrimp and feed them guppies once and a while? Also how do you keep live plants with piranhas if they eat algea eaters? Also not sure which type these fish are i think there Caribe but ill have a pic when i get them into the tank.

edit: sry wrong section

 

[ruckaisawesome]

try not to feed them feeders but it's not really as bad as people make it sound. i used to feed my first piranha only on feeders and it grew to 8 inch in about an year. the only disadvantage i saw was how the colors werent very red. now, i feed mine new piranhas nightcrawlers, beef and shrimp which seems to bring out the colors a lot better.

 

[brich999]

mine dont mess with cichlid sticks( too much flow they move way too fast), but they love algea wafers, romaine lettuce, and mostly shrimp or frozen herring. I also keep about 2 dozen good quality feeders in there and they pick them off one at a time and i reload feeders about every 2 weeks. and i have never been able to keep anything live for plants in there except for java moss

 

[ilikeb00st]

you can use feeders for now since you just got them. Get them a little plump then slowly start changing their diet to frozen peeled shrimp, beef heart (every now and then only), tilapia fillet, or massivore pellets. I find massivore pellets to be the most convenient for me (no defrosting, no peeling). You can do healthy feeders as treat once a month or something. Be patient, it might take you a few weeks to switch them over.

This is how I switched mine:
1. feed them feeder til they're full
2. No feeder for a week, but try feeding them the food mention above during the week. If they are not touched I repeat step 1 and 2 over til they do weekly.

 

[ilikeb00st]

Forgot to mention, if you want to keep plants and dont want the P's kicking the substrate around and uprooting the plants try using those square pond baskets.