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roidrage03

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okay guys, my question is fairly easy but i need some help from people who know what they are talking about. Im wondering if all elongatus piranha get red eyes? for example the pingkes, black mask, and the regular silver elongatus's. Ive heard one yes and one no. so basically idk who do believe, this answer will determine my purchase. please and thank you
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I think they all have red eyes.
from OPEFE
COLOR OF LIFE

Juveniles are generally silvery-green on the body without distinctive spots or marks with an exception being a dark blemish found the caudal of some specimens. The fins are hyaline and transparent. In adults the body is generally bright silvery in the dorsal-lateral and posterior of the body. The pectoral and pelvic fins are orange to fiery red. A black blemish (the diameter of the eye) is found in the humeral region near the first few scales of the lateral line. The head is dark dorsally; silver with yellow and orange coloration on the regions of the ventral-lateral and mandible. The orbit (eye) is red. The dorsal and anal fin are gray. The anal fin has a dark band distally from the first primary rays. The caudal and adipose fin are very dark in adults of large size. Small specimens have the adipose fin more hyaline. The pectoral and pelvic fins are colored red to orange tinting. (Machado-Allison and Fink, 1996).
 
From what I've seen, they develope red eyes as they mature.
 
Are you sure bout that? My 6"-6.5"BME has clear eyes(not a hint of red or amber. But yet my 5" blk has had red eyes since he was 3.5"-4".
 
BRUNER247;4611850; said:
Are you sure bout that? My 6"-6.5"BME has clear eyes(not a hint of red or amber. But yet my 5" blk has had red eyes since he was 3.5"-4".
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Im sure. Just wait it out I guess.
 
sometimes, i think as juvies the elongatus would have black, or normal eyes. but as the mature the red starts to come in. gorgeous fish, wish i could get one.
 
when it gets bigger red eyes should show. Mine comes and go. In the morning when the light just turn on, it has silver (regular) color eyes. As the the day goes by, its eyes turns red.
 
hah thats really weird, must be cool to see though. i just bought a pingke elong so i know it will have the red eyes! looks amazing too!
 
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