New Red Bellies.... i have questions

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Kendall1542

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I bought ten red bellies online about a month ago. They have already grown from 1 inch to about 2 inches in less than a month. It blows my mind that they grow so quickly. Anyways my questions are: When will they develop their red bellies? And when do their teeth become noticeable? I fed them a VERY small minnow today and one of them gulped it down by himself so i decided to throw in a bigger one to see what would happen. It was about a 4 inch creek chub and to my surprise they ripped it to shreds..... although i cannot see any teeth what so ever.
 
the red belly will start to show in the next month or so... as for the teeth it will take a while before you can see them without looking close....
 
Yeah they will grow like weeds for the first year I hope you planned ahead for the growth. As far as teeth go unless you have bionic eyes or something they wont be visible from a distance ever.
 
yes i have planned for their growth..... it should be somewhat easier now b.c. three of them were killed by the rest (I had three that were much smaller) so now im down to seven.....55 right now and then on to a 130gal.
 
Not very smart! For one your broadcasting that you own a illegal fish in your state n two your broadcasting that someone shipped them to you in a illegal state. Some states have stiff fines, n penalties for illegal fish n game.
 
Piranha aren't illegal in TN.lol every state around us, but not us.
I know I'm one of the first to jump on someone for posting about their illegal fish but please lets make sure that we know that it is in fact illegal before going after them.*see edit*

Kendall: what part of TN?

EDIT: unless the OP has changed their location since you posted that.
 
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