No more red on my Red Belly Piranha?

[fish1986]

Hey,

i have 2 red belly piranha's in my 55 gallon. I feed them cichlid pelets, krill and the ocasional live fish (silver barbs, convicts, etc.) however one of them never really had much of a red underside but now completly lost its's red on it's underside. Is this normal? there at about 5 inches...

thanks

 

[Timmy]

Hey,

i have 2 red belly piranha's in my 55 gallon. I feed them cichlid pelets, krill and the ocasional live fish (silver barbs, convicts, etc.) however one of them never really had much of a red underside but now completly lost its's red on it's underside. Is this normal? there at about 5 inches...

thanks

Was the room and or tank's lights out? If so they where sleeping!

 

[ewurm]

Fish lose color when stressed...have you checked water conditions?

 

[fish1986]

Thanks for the reply's i now i think it was a little of both.....the automatic timer on the lights did not work and the lights had been on for 2 days while i was gone for the weekend...also i checked the temp and the tank was down to 70-72 as apposses to 82.....i reset everything and now he seems to getting his color back...
thanks

 

[guppy]

Ps get pale when chilled. You can mix color enhancing pellets and frozen krill to the pellets you feed them to increase the red they show.

 

[bjah]

I've red in the book frozen krill or shrimp is an excellent food.
Their shells are a rich source of carotenes that help in the development of the red and yellow colors. I gave my piranhas live shrimp once every 2 weeks.