He guys I recently aquired 5 2 inch red bellied piranha. I want to get them eating pellets like hikari gold and massivore. Anyone have tips toget them top eat these. Also if they get hungry enough what are they more likely to do, cannibalize each other or go for the pellets? Also is frozen lance fish okay to give to them?
Pellets for piranha
- Thread starter Meowmix
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From my experience I had them on frozen for about a week after lives then i got them on the hikari semi sinking pellets pretty easy. just do the starve thing and they'll get there
Don't feed em for a day then offer once a day everyday until they eat em. It'll only take a day or two. Cichlid bio-gold+ is top of the line. Nightcrawlers are great food also, high in protein.krill, shrimp, tilapia fillets should all be in their diet. Variety is the key!
I fed mine at a young age frozen bloodworms and than I went out and got some Omega one pallets that were red and they ate. Now I just toss any type of pallets and they eat it. Good luck
Small sinking hikari are best to get them trained, as was said try a few even a couple times a day and remove whatever they dont eat.
Eventually you can introduce floating pellets and they will come up for them.
I would not feed anything but pellets till they are fully on them though
Eventually you can introduce floating pellets and they will come up for them.
I would not feed anything but pellets till they are fully on them though
Massavoir delight. Its the best sinking pellet for any carnivore. Its expensive but well worth it. My pirahna and rays and atf all eat it
Massavore pellets might be the best sinking pellet, but they are not the best pellets for piranha. Bio-gold+ is the best pellets for piranha n helps their color also. N your question about hunger n cannibalism. Piranha can n will cannibalize right after a meal.cannibalism isn't always about hunger. More aggressive pygos n macs can be very bad about this. Rbp are hit n miss sometimes.
feeding of pellets is sure of a good idea !!! save my trip on buyin glive feeder ... going to try this method 