I have had a Black Piranha since Jan. 18, 2003. I bought it for $9.99 at Pet Supplies Plus in Toledo, OH (I live in Michigan) when it was about the size of a quarter. I've seen several other species of piranha that look similar to the piranha that I own when they are young juvenilles. I have pictures of my piranha and I would like someone to verify that it is indeed a Black Piranha. I will e-mail the photograph. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Black Piranha?
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yes please post the picture right here :smile:
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100% Pygo
99.9% Natt.!
99.9% Natt.!
Sorry to break it to you also, man. Your so-called "black piranah" has the shape and look of a PYGO.. more so of a red belly.
Try and return it. Also raise hell to 'em for playing with your emotions and selling you a false product!!
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Try and return it. Also raise hell to 'em for playing with your emotions and selling you a false product!!
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Here is Jesse's "new" Black Piranha. I am still sorry to say this looks like a Spilo CF to me and not a Rhombeus.
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I could be wrong though as we need a better picture with more light.
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That place sucks as far as fish being ID'd properly.
A while ago when I was bored and went looking around, their store on Alexis had Spilo CF's labeled as rhoms they even had a pretty good sized spilo cf labeled as a rhom right next to a rhom that was labeled correctly,the dude working there even tried to sell me the spilo as a "rare red black piranha"
at least it's a nice looking spilo cf and not bad for $9.99
This is fairly accurate description, since in portions of Brazil the S. spilopleura CF is known as a black pirana.
Argueably an often stated opinion based on people's perceptions of what they read, see, and get from wholesale dealers. Sometimes, its better that you be knowledgeable and not worry about the dealer that will eventually establish their own reputation.
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