question about my new "white" piranha

[knox_rbp]

ok so i just got this guy. It's about 4 - 5 inches. the guy had it listed as a white piranha. honestly i dont know enough yet to know what it is but i paid $50 for it and about $200 worth of stuff including 30 gal tank, powerheads, filter, heater, etc so i bought a 60 gal filter and got the fish and a bunch of other stuff free. I'm just wanting to know what it is. He had about 20 goldfish with it that i took out so im curious how to get him off of goldfish since it is refusing other foods. Thanks

 

[Dankzville]

i gonna say thats a purple variant sanchezi.... dont feed him for a few days and throw in some bite size shrimp or frozen white fish.... after few days not eating once he gets hungry he wil eat it.....
sorta like and i would bet is same as this one on this site
known as purple sanchezi.purple spilo... but yeah thats the one just yours maybe little younger
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/prodList.asp?item=Sanchezi Piranha Purple form&idCategory=211

 

[jp80911]

what he said

 

[Dankzville]

what he said

hey your my friend on P fury but i still cant post

 

[knox_rbp]

thanks for the id guys

 

[jp80911]

hey your my friend on P fury but i still cant post

see if you can pm one of the mod and ask them to check on what's going on

 

[Ohio Entusiast]

That's a Serrasalmus Sanchezi. I believe it's the common red variant as mine is. They are nice fish! Mine was shy for the first month or so. I have him with my Reds and they seemed to bring him out of his shell.

 

[Ohio Entusiast]

i gonna say thats a purple variant sanchezi.... dont feed him for a few days and throw in some bite size shrimp or frozen white fish.... after few days not eating once he gets hungry he wil eat it.....
sorta like and i would bet is same as this one on this site
known as purple sanchezi.purple spilo... but yeah thats the one just yours maybe little younger
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/prodList.asp?item=Sanchezi Piranha Purple form&idCategory=211

A Sanchezi is completely different than a Sanchezi. There was confusion at first but they're two different genus.

 

[knox_rbp]

ok now im really confused.lol im gonna do some serious studying so i know the differences

 

[Ohio Entusiast]

Ahhh, I meant to say a Sanchezi is vastly different than a Spilo..

Your fish is a Serrasalmus Sanchezi. There are two common variance in color. One is red and the other is purple. Yours is the red variant.