Planted Striolatus Piranha tank

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
F1 VET said:
thanks! Its definitely taken awhile to get this far but I just wanted to have a high tech planted piranha tank that would remain lush and not be destroyed by the fish!



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And that's exactly what you have. :thumbup:
 
koi9 said:
And that's exactly what you have. :thumbup:
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Luckily most of the piranha family come from murky or tea colored water which over thousands of years they have adapted larger eyes to cope with darker/murky conditions to survive from bigger predators, but when we bring them into aquariums we tend to light them up like fireworks on the 4th of July! This can be entertaining to the FK & may look cool but to the piranha its like baking in the sun during summer with no sunglasses! They don't prefer it which also means they may want to hide out more to get out of the bright light to feel more comfortable making them less active, not only for their visions sake but also as predators/prey they need to be aware, so that's where the plants come in, they give him tons of top cover and there's only a couple spots where the light penetrates and is bright, IMO this makes him act more natural and social! All together its worth it

In my bigger red belly tank I have no direct tank lighting plus its has black water extract and I can positively tell you that from raising them as youngsters they without a doubt enjoy darker conditions, less aggression, less skittish and more active overall! It may look odd but if odd is natural then so be it when it benefits a fish!View attachment 1017063

After all we keep them as pets and as pet keepers we should replicate their natural environment as best we can and sometimes that's a challenge in a glass box

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Anyways ill shut up, here's a shot I took tonight of my piranha watching a pellet sink and a guppy going in for the munch, guess gut loading isn't so bad after all! uploadfromtaptalk1401758540091.jpg


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So I've been trying like hell lately to catch a clear picture of my strio chomping a pellet but as fast as these guys are its easier said then done, even with a camera that takes 5 pics in less then 2 seconds. Either I got it and it was out of focus or I missed it but here's a few attempts!

Keep in mind these are in order and the pellet is red!

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Next attempt uploadfromtaptalk1401936521277.jpguploadfromtaptalk1401936532990.jpguploadfromtaptalk1401936543325.jpguploadfromtaptalk1401936556015.jpguploadfromtaptalk1401936582611.jpg

And that about wraps tonight's session up, all in all he manage to eat about 25-30 NLS pellets. Hopefully one of these nights I will get the perfect/in focus picture of a good chomp and submit it for POTM but I think my LG OPTIMUS G isn't the best camera lol......

Thanks for looking at my boring attempts, although I'd like to think a few of those pics show the true speed and ferocity of the Pristobyron Piranha family, which no one had really documented much of, so hopefully my thread will show a future owner some needed info on this great and over looked species of PIRANHA!


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You can't even see him get the pellet in his mouth. He's so quick. :eek:

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koi9 said:
You can't even see him get the pellet in his mouth. He's so quick. :eek:

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Definitely a good swimmer with precision! He never bangs into the walls like my clumsy red bellys!

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Got some truly impressive shots IMO! Hope you like! uploadfromtaptalk1402187323230.jpguploadfromtaptalk1402187339095.jpguploadfromtaptalk1402187359136.jpg

Definitely a monster bad ass! His fins are great and overall growth and color is excellent, I can contribute much of that to NLS and obviously water quality!

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