Novice piranha keeper please help

[Aquaman07]

Guys, I bought this guy last November.
I have no one in my immediate vicinity who has experience with actual piranha.
So, I'd just like to ask those who are here if my red belly looks healthy.
I feed him northfin pellets, prawn, ladyfish and anchovies along with hikari carnivore.
Just want to make sure if he looks healthy to those who've had experience with piranhas before.

 

[kno4te]

Looks healthy from the outside.

 

[Aquaman07]

Looks healthy from the outside.

Thanks for the reply kno4te , the reason I was cross checking was because his head isn't as rounded as those others ive seen with others and also because the stomach is rounded rather than flat-ish as so for many rbps, just wanted to know if that was because he was still growing.. PS: hes super active (for an rbp) and normal really.

 

[audiction]

the reason for it having a rounded belly is bec it's a female pygo. males look better as far a body structure and proportioning. the bull dog look is more prominent with caribas, ternetzis and pirayas...im talking about the head shape/bone structure. as far as good diet you're doing well. health wise it looks ok but colors are a bit dull. maybe it's your water parameters. try soaking vita chem to her food and add it to your aquarium once a week.

 

[lm26sk]

Add shrimp to diet , colors will pop up..
Stressed piranha will loose its colors as well so just keep her happy , change water frequently and constant temp.

 

[dr exum]

Good job on the Pellets! That’s mainly why I got away from them, having to feed frozen....

Nice fish, get yourself a 75g and you should be good!

 

[greg c]

He looks healthy to me, I feed my caribe Omega one large cichlid pellets super color sinking and cobalt Ultra pellet predator and his colors are still nice at 11 inches, I think the Omega one pellets are the trick for red, orange and yellow colors, here he is

 

[Atfownz]

Noiceeeeee

 

[Phish Bob]

Guys, I bought this guy last November.
I have no one in my immediate vicinity who has experience with actual piranha.
So, I'd just like to ask those who are here if my red belly looks healthy.
I feed him northfin pellets, prawn, ladyfish and anchovies along with hikari carnivore.
Just want to make sure if he looks healthy to those who've had experience with piranhas before.

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Hello Aquaman! He looks great! Still young. He’ll fill out. Hey I’m new to the Piranha scene as well. I have 5 Caribes I purchased last Summer. They’re doing pretty good. Hopefully we can swap some info. Thx

 

[Phish Bob]

He looks healthy to me, I feed my caribe Omega one large cichlid pellets super color sinking and cobalt Ultra pellet predator and his colors are still nice at 11 inches, I think the Omega one pellets are the trick for red, orange and yellow colors, here he is

Hi Greg! Hey do you feed your Caribes any animals? Frozen/Thawed mice etc?