piranha becoming extinct?

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TropicalCreations said:
My friend breeds several species here in OH. Tell me the size you want and I'll see what I can do
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Curious to know what other type of piranha he breeds? Anything beside rbp are nearly impossible. I know caribes have spawned in aquaria but even that's rare.

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F1 VET said:
Curious to know what other type of piranha he breeds? Anything beside rbp are nearly impossible. I know caribes have spawned in aquaria but even that's rare.

Op: that's awesome! Definitely a FK bucketlist! Just keep checking local classifieds, fish forums marketplace and call local fish stores!


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Caribes have bred? Never heard that before. I know maculatus have been done and I think I read somewhere a German zoo had a pair of rhoms breed in a gigantic exhibit in the 70s or something. I'll have to see if I can find where I read about it.

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FOUND IT from the opefe website
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/rhombeus.html

The successful breeding of*S. rhombeus*at the Duisburg Zoo (Aquarium Zoological Gardens) Germany was accomplished in the evening hours 1900-2000 hrs(7pm to 8 pm). The large (1200g) tank was densely planted withCryptocoryne sp., Echinodorus, Aponogeton,and*Vallisneria.*They appeared to defend the eggs. Water temperature for the 1200g tank ranged from 20-25ºC (68-77ºF), extra soft (ion exchanger), filtered over Ehfi substrate (coarse) and granulated lava material. The eggs were layed in dense moss (1500 or more eggs) at a root of a tree on that first occasion. After the fry developed and were a year old (they had been removed from the parent tank), some were returned to the parents tank and swam side by side peacefully with no problems. The adult fish spawned again in 1964 and 1965. The spawn was left in the tank and it was devoured. Once the group of young fish (the one year olds) reached* about 15 cm (6 inches) in length, they turned on each other and reduced their number. The attacks were mostly from the parent fish. It remains unclear how many were left alive.
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cephalofoil said:
Caribes have bred? Never heard that before. I know maculatus have been done and I think I read somewhere a German zoo had a pair of rhoms breed in a gigantic exhibit in the 70s or something. I'll have to see if I can find where I read about it.

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Yes rare but not as rare as rhoms. I heard the same thing about them breeding in a zoo exhibit.


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House of tropics in MD has had rhoms almost all the times I went there... Are they really that rare?


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Good luck finding one large, everyone holds on to the larger ones. They should for as long as it takes for them to grow.
 
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