[tikbalang]

do rbp loose their red belly color?

 

[MPower]

They will over time. My 10" is still vibrant but majority of them will loose there color. You can feed them shirmp, krill so it can prolong there color.

 

[tikbalang]

i heard that rbp loose the red color in their belly when in breeding season, then return after. is this true?

 

[MPower]

That is true.

 

[GARGOYLE]

And some reds have very little to start out with. I have one with very, very little reds on him

 

[RhomZilla]

Not to mention that stress factors and mood swings show signs of fading red coloring in the belly. Also when they're asleep and wake in the morn, the red gets discolored also.

 

[tikbalang]

wow, so how do you know if its a male or a female?

 

[hastatus]

wow, so how do you know if its a male or a female?

When one of them lays eggs. Piranas are not sexually dimorphic (no outward sexual characteristics like humans, dogs, cats etc.)

 

[WebHostExpert]

glad frank cleared that up lol. Sounds right to me.
MAD

 

[tikbalang]

so how many rbp should i have to have a sure pair?

 

[hastatus]

There are many topics on this subject:

Visit here: Piranha Husbandry

Also you can visit OPEFE web site, there is some published material on breeding P. nattereri that can give you some ideas. Go to the table of contents there:

OPEFE Web site

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

here is a page that can help you decide which is male and female, but as stated on the page it certainly is not a 100% sure fire method

Nattereri Breeding Page

 

[Xenon]

Althought Nathan likes to try and say he can sex piranhas (which will soon be put to the test), there is no way to do it until you see a fish lay the eggs.

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

as for the test its with dead fish, I never said I can sex dead fish though I will try.

This summer I plan on my own test with live Nattereri so we can have a test that actually means something

 

[Neoplasia]

as for the test its with dead fish, I never said I can sex dead fish though I will try.

This summer I plan on my own test with live Nattereri so we can have a test that actually means something

Lol, you're a real piece of work kid. If a scientifically valid test doesn't mean anything in your world then why bother? Sexing live or dead fish is no different. If you can do it to live fish then you can do it to dead fish. You're back-pedaling yet again trying to keep an out for yourself if you can't do it.

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

no thats not true for several reasons

dead fish bloat, discolor and the body shape is not the same of that fish when it was alive

I will prove I can do it with live fish later this year, wait and see

 

[Clay]

I can do it, but then again, I can also see the future by staring into a chicken pot pie.

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

I can do it, but then again, I can also see the future by staring into a chicken pot pie.

thats funny

Aaah I see it now its coming into focus.
I see carrots ,................peas.......

 

[hastatus]

no thats not true for several reasons

dead fish bloat, discolor and the body shape is not the same of that fish when it was alive

Science lesson number 3,001:

The fish you will be tested on are in formalin and have none of the features you are trying to evade the topic on. If they are sexually dimorphic (how many times have I written this on this topic to this one guy?) then dead or not, you will see those features.

The rest of what you are writing is simply skirting the issue for the ____________(fill in the blank) number of times.

 

[Sir Nathan XXI]

I am not saying they are sexually dimorphic

I am saying I can sex them a good precentage of the time