will my piranha breed

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aniketvaze74

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i have 5 red belly piranha abt 4 inch......but 3 of them have orange belly and 2 of them have red.they where brought from same aquarium but on different day and of different batch orange 1 r bigger than red 1. and i m planing of breeding them they r in 2000 g pond.will they breed or not r they same or diffrent
 
Get some pictures up. Do they clear eyes or Red eyes?

Theres no reason they wont breed, although I think they reach sexual maturity at around 6-7". They arent hard to breed, ive done it twice by accident with Wild Reds.
 
There's no reason they won't breed as long as you have male and female in there and condition is suitable for breeding. at 4" they are still juvi so will still take sometime until they are sexually matured. what else do you have in that 2000g pond? if the rbps are all you have in there you should throw more in there.
 
i know abt there sexual maturity but all i want to know that they r of same species or different because of there different belly color i cant identify them and i have brought them for breeding........
 
even from the same batch of babies they can turn out to have different color, if you want to know if the fish you have are same species then we'll need to see some pictures before we can ID them.
 
In a 2000g pond i think you have a very good shot at them eventually breeding. In fact i would put money on those odds... lol.

Color can be highly variable in reds and other piranhas even among ones from the same batch.
 
Zander, where have you been?? :) nvm, just saw your message.
OP, sorry about the derailment :)
 
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