This might sound a little dumb but are p's afraid of light because today they were acting weird. When the light was on they would hide in a corner,really close to the rocks. then when it was off they would come out, its really weird i think. They were never scared before. usally i keep the light on during the day then turn it off at night and they were kool.
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- Thread starter PacosTacos87
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maybe they just had their fill of light try keeping the lights dim in the tank i did this by suspending my light higher off the tank also wrapping screen around the light works as well my p's were the same way till i added a black background and blaack gravel and move my light up a bit to darken everything then they were very active
This seems to becoming a more known issue in recent time. I personally think that the piranha get exposed to so much uncomfortable light, they sort of ‘snap’. Imagine being a creature made for merky darkish waters, but being exposed to strong light for hours a day. You would just snap under the circumstances. Your best bet is to put out the lights, and start re-introducing them to light slowly. If that fails and they refuse to allow much light at all, there are certain measures you can take such as:
-Dimming the lights by covering them
-Adding black gravel and black background
-Putting floating plants in the tank
-Adding black water extract
-Dimming the lights by covering them
-Adding black gravel and black background
-Putting floating plants in the tank
-Adding black water extract
you could dimmed the lights and set them on a timer about 10-12 hrs aday...i had some issue with my sanchezi but i never dimmed the lights just set the timer now hes very active and doesnt swim and hits the glass when the lights turn on