What is the best food for piranha?

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+1 on the pics.

Hamburger is really fatty...lean protiens are better for fish as a general rule. My piranha never really seemed to care what it was. He ate everything.
 
That works too, just spend some time chasing the chichlids in the dark. They like the camera flash a whole lot more than the piranha. Its not like I have anything massive the largest ones are just begining to show signs of their sexes. Next month I should have some intresting pics/vids when they are old enough to breed. The two loaches are both tiny but have made a big difference in the snail population.

I would agree not to feed hamburger if it wasn't beyond 93% lean. It's about the equivilant leanness of your average steak only ground up. Plus its less than an ounce when they get it.
 
I feed mine silver sides mostly, Tilipia, occasionally I have him Salmon and market shrimp. I can get him to eat 4-5 silver sides per day. I tried to trick him but stuffing tilipia with pellets but he knows and doesn't touch them. He is a picky eater but I found Silvers work best.

ballinouttacntrol;4262057; said:
My small rhom is eating tropical flakes, bloodworm and frozen shrimp.
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On a side note, Ballinouttacntrol, when did you get a rhom? Did I miss the post.
 
bomber;4266536; said:
I feed mine silver sides mostly, Tilipia, occasionally I have him Salmon and market shrimp. I can get him to eat 4-5 silver sides per day. I tried to trick him but stuffing tilipia with pellets but he knows and doesn't touch them. He is a picky eater but I found Silvers work best.


On a side note, Ballinouttacntrol, when did you get a rhom? Did I miss the post.
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Ummm, 2 months ago. Someone had messaged me asking for some advice and i learned she had picked up a baby rhom at the same place i got my reds a year ago. I just happen to be goin back home to visit so i checked the place out. Only had one left but it was only 15 bucks. Tiny thing. So out went the convicts from their breeding tank and in went the baby rhom. 3.5 inches tops by this point. Guy said he got a bunch and this was the last one left so it must've been the runt of the litter
 
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I did try and de-redeye the piranha but it didn't work too well. Pardon the tardyness of the response, work decided it was more important than chasing little fish around. Couldn't find either of the loaches.
 
I must be a complete girl. I learned something today the hard way. If your going to have an impulse buy of crickets to feed the fish kill them off first. Being scared of bugs and having 15 live ones swimming around and climbing out of everything is not fun. On the plus side I think there are only 3 loose in my house.
 
roflmao! I love feeding live cricket. I don't put them all in at once though. I only put in 3-4 at a time. When i can tell they're not that hungry, i just let some lose in the backyard.
 
welcome to the dark side and congrats Ballin'
 
Hamburgers a no-no as is steak. It don't matter if its 97% lean its still ground up meat with fat in it.even if you pick out the fat its still greasy as hell.but hey they're your fish feed em what you want.might as well throw some feeders in with that hamburger too.
 
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