Breeding and Raising Red Belly Piranhas in the Aquarium - BubbleGum6

[@varanidguy]

When I was a kid, my dad had 8 red bellied piranha. The biggest thing I remember about them is they really were cowardly - if they didn't have a lot of places to hide, they would bash into things trying to get away by just looking at them. They would break aquarium heaters if they weren't secure. He would feed them beef heart and it would drive them crazy, it was a lot of fun to watch. Also, fun fact - piranhas are characins, which puts them in the same family as tetras. If you look closely at the face of say a neon tetra, they look like itty bitty tiny piranhas. And healthy tetras will frenzy just like full blown piranhas.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Yes an overgrown Tera literally! K

[@liselottenormannsrensen7867]

Remember to pass on all your knowledge to the next generation🙏You seem to be so wise about so many different animals, that you would fill books🙂🙂

[@Lovell93]

Kevin has written books!😃You should check them out!

[@goatmealcookies7421]

@@Lovell93 i think 4 or more....

[@pumpkinchow]

I’ve really been interested in watching more on your red bellies 🙌 thanks Kevin your the best. Stay awesome and wish you all the best and hope you have a great day bud 🙋‍♂️✌️

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Thank you! You too! K

[@TammyKuchta]

I think your bird is looking for some attention Kevin. 😂😂 Pretty cool fish! They’re amazing! 😊

[@1965KareBear]

I had some red bellys years ago and didn't know what I was doing... You're talking 35+ years ago and I so wish I had someone like you back then. Thank you for the info.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Glad I could help! K

[@GoodJane54]

I love all these videos of different things you are doing

[@KathieWALLACE-z5h]

Love that your showing more of your animals! Loving the bubblegum videos please keep them coming!

[@ingeniouspixie]

I'm fascinated by piranhas. Never owned them myself but the store I worked at sold them. Beautiful.

[@jon-paultaylor]

Animals love to make a liar out of people 🤣🤣...i kept thinking any minute the frenzy begins🤣... great vid👍

[@Yeehaw0588]

Yeah "oh my dog doesn't bite" has never stood to be a true testament atleast not in my expirience

[@pattymullin8515]

Wow, they are beautiful. I haven't seen any videos on tank breeding and rearing piranhas on YT either that I can recall. Love Jeremy BTW. Great video!!

[@NewEnglandReptile]

I was rather amazed for years I’ve found nothing in raising the babies. I’ve bred plenty of fish and rearing these is not like other fish. Basic fry rearing of other species is not like these!!!

[@JackieBinkley-l1w]

I love the variety of your bubblegums! I had no idea about Red Bellies. Now I know! When you know better, you do better! Greatest appreciation 😊

[@adame1233]

Would be great to see a vidoe tour of Nerd!

[@BobbyLowney]

Such a cool place you have everything...

[@gingernorman5663]

My goodness Kevin, is there anything that you don't work with and/or know about, love it so much

[@Kellllppp]

I never expected for them not to obliterate the food as soon as you put it in there lol 😂 would love to get a group of these one day! So interesting.

[@ChiaraMainolfi]

I had 3 piranha years ago! I miss them so much!! They are so sweet if kept well fed. I love kookaburra as well. They are so inbred now I can’t find one. Love them though.

[@MikeGibson-l5e]

I would love to see a tour of your facility

[@michelleflippin1808]

Pets are like kids, they will make liars out of you every chance they get!! I could see the very small fries, they were so darn cute!! I just love these guys. Your vast wealth of knowledge is always impressive and inspiring to me, I just love learning more about all of your animals. Thanks for the video, and love your kookaburra!!

[@pixie706]

Definately. 😂. Good job pets can't talk as well .......even more trouble.

[@mario0FTW]

Amazing stuff! I am more of a fish person, but I usually watch your videos for the medical stuff and behavioral insight. This is right up my alley!

[@jodytollefson7187]

I had 6 Red Belly Piranhas back in 2013 but i only had them for 6 weeks before my area in Southern Alberta Canada got hit by a once in a 100 year flood and i lost everything i had. I'm now the proud keeper of a 3 year old Corn snake I've had since she was a baby.

[@Erica-PlaneSnakes]

My neighbor growing up had a red belly pirhana named Gums. So cool.

[@dragonboy4578]

Kevin you always amaze me. The knowledge you have on so many different types of animals is incredible. It is so cool to see all these other things you breed and raise.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Very kind. Thank you. K

[@keithvanpolen9049]

Very interesting, I am loving your videos, keep them coming!!!

[@pensyltuckyhillbillyart2105]

Kevin, you have such an amazing knowledge of everything. I love hearing the kookaburra in the background. I was listening to the video and it made me run to the tv. Wow that is so cool to watch them eat. Hey also what you have shown me with the Snapping turtles, has really changed my opinion of them. I mean of course, I am not going to pull one in fishing and just think I can handle it but thank you for everything you teach us about!

[@bettysmith4527]

LOL uh, oh, someone got the Kookooburra going!

[@seanbaros-qe1rp]

Your knowledge of animals is cool as hell!! Stay strong and keep your head up Kevin!! Stay safe and have a nice day!!

[@GatorMike79]

AWESOME setup!!

[@GiuseppeVonHosentraeger]

Thank goodness for NH - Live Free and enjoy the Piranhas! I had 5 red bellies back in the day, it was tough in a 55 gallon tank even with an overpowered Fluval filter and constant water changes to keep ammonia down! Never bred them, but nursed one that got his eye bit off back to health. He stayed permanently black after that and a really bad a#% attitude then on! Thanks Kevin, nice switch up in the content!

[@ellhafer2808]

In my younger days,I had 4 Blacks and 5 Redbellies in a 150 gallon tank,only fed them live goldfish and night crawlers. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adarshss8882]

Did the blacks attack any others?

[@smarttechaddict]

Another really interesting again. I wonder if they would put Willis in his place 😂

[@heatherbrunner2165]

Beautiful tank😊❤

[@craigmonteforte1478]

i raisedRed Bellies for years and used homemade Plexiglass partitions i drilled yes rarely the babies found there way through the barriers. but that was the cost of doing business you are correct there isn’t alot of help on raising them but ironically by Accident i had Crayfish years ago that Spawned and then we raised ( BTW the Fish Supplier i shopped at. gave me 2 of them as a gift as he got them in large shipments ) and didn’t want them at that time i read what Britanica Encyclopedias. had on them Spawning mostly with them i seperated the Male who was much larger and i left Mama and the Babies alone for longer periods at a time one batch of eggs. yielded over 100 Crayfish one strange note was they actually became a little weirder after the birth my Female kept climbing out of the tank which wasn’t too big of a deal i put her back in and she was fine

[@NewEnglandReptile]

We breed some colored crayfish here too. I like them quite a bit. K

[@mandacole8703]

I like Sid he's fun.

[@Poplora]

Somehow I didn't expect to have anything except reptiles. I LOVE FISH AND BIRDS! I have aquariums at home! So fun to see one of my favorite KZbinrs also interested As far as advice goes, (and I'm sorry if you already said this, I have ADHD and I try my best to listen but sometimes my brain still blanks out so forgive me if I'm being redundant), If I remember right the fry can be very cannibalistic to each other, it's just their natural behavior. So I guess if you're trying to get a bigger survival rate, you'd have to separate each fry from each other as well. You could try separation screens in one tank with a fry in each to see if you have better luck... Again sorry if it's redundant info. Thank you so much for these videos they are the highlight of my day!

[@NewEnglandReptile]

It’s not cannibalism. Nothing like that. They release a stress hormone it appears. Nothing like other fish I’ve bred.

[@Poplora]

​@@NewEnglandReptile Thank you for replying, I haven't heard too much about fish hormones, I can only find a paper on the adults possibly releasing breeding hormones. I hope you're able to find some good info from somebody who has a better insight into it! Have you asked aquarium/piranha reddit forums? You might find some info that way

[@axlefoley6330]

I know the feeling of having a kookaburra go off and interrupt what you are trying to say. I even had one challenge my dog while we were on a walk. Fun birds, but pains in butt. Also HOW are you not losing a finger putting your hand in the tank?

[@lindahawkesworth4300]

Love this video Kevin! 🎉

[@falanikka]

I love these videos! Maybe this is what you need to get more people, teaching everyone about all the different animals you own or are interested in. I'm certainly learning from you.

[@heidimj1380]

Hi Kevin, how long has your tank been established? Such a cool project and lifecycle to learn about. I started a freshwater nano tank a month or so ago and getting it cycling properly is NOT easy. I'm looking for detailed advice, if you have a resource. Could you BubbleGum your turtle nursery sometime? 😁

[@NewEnglandReptile]

This tank Running easy 5 years. I always suggest over filtering as that’s your tanks engine. K

[@carlbenedict6742]

U can see lil fry swimming around so some of them eggs are hatching or a different nest did that's cool

[@carlbenedict6742]

O now u say u see them 🤣 that's cool

[@Kellllppp]

You’re not wrong it’s hard to find info on keeping them in general so thank you cool uncle kev for sharing with us 😜

[@NewEnglandReptile]

You bet! K

[@MFoster392]

Another animal that's terribly misunderstood, sick set up. Are those Exodon Paradoxus i seen there :)

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Yes they are. K

[@melissajennings5922]

That is so cool to see. My dad was given 5 as a present in CA right as they made them illegal to have. We fed them frozen goldfish, now after being educated by you and others, would that be considered the McDonald's diet for them?

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Goldfish is not a good feeder item at all for many reasons. K

[@bethannyallain5395]

I am enjoying all these bubblegum videos of yours. I think your kookaburra wanted some attention.

[@jaxxom87]

This topic really interested me when you mentioned it. I have 0 capability to raise fish, but this is super fascinating. It looks like they hide in the surface plants once they hit a certain size, but at what point do they need to be removed to prevent cannibalism? Or is it just the crowding problem? It’s so few species that self-regulate their population that that alone is super interesting.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

The ones in the plants will need to go as the new ones become free swimming otherwise many will be eaten.

[@kimcrawford5247]

Very cool video. Nobody else has shown this that I’ve seen. Enjoyed seeing the babies especially. Thanks Kevin! ❤

[@timhvac6869]

Awesome video I would love to a fish tour or store tour.

[@ostrichemufarmRomania]

I siphoned off the first of the three nests shortly after hatching and housed it separately. This turned out not to be a success. I cannot think of any other cause other than that this was too traumatic for the fish. I left the other two nests in the box. Since the interior consists of driftwood and (a lot of) Java moss, there are many hiding options. When the animals were about 9 to 10 mm in size, I put them aside in a container of 60 x 30 x 30 cm. This tank was also furnished with a lot of Java moss and had a water temperature of 26 to 27° C. I managed to carefully catch about 60 pieces with the help of a net.I initially gave Artemia (live) and Cyclops as food. The young, like their parents, are extremely shy. They mainly live on the bottom. After 4 weeks the largest ones are about 1.5 cm and are already starting to look like real mini Piranhas. They are silver colored and have a black spot on the root of the tail. Tubifex is no longer safe for them. After the remaining youngsters have also been caught, I turn out to be the proud owner of about 130 Piranha's. It's a tangle of life. During feeding, the fish throw themselves at the offer like real savages, as you sometimes see in a movie. It forced me to quickly find a new home for the boy. To my pleasure and surprise, this went fairly easily. I kept four for myself with the aim of breeding them and adding them to the others. It is now January 2001 and the little ones are now about 12 cm. Unlike the oldies, they have a bright red belly with silver gray on the flanks. The characteristic black spots of young piranhas are now disappearing.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Ive been able to Raise them Ur have always watched a large drop In numbers. Nothing to do with water parameters other than I think They release a stress hormone that kills off a great number. Good job!

[@ostrichemufarmRomania]

@@NewEnglandReptile you know what you do. I bred them first time in 2008. I had fish , chamaeleon's and snakes. I followed you a long time. Currently no animals, fighting ALL cancer. I wish you the best , your a great person.

[@devenlamar3900]

When they become fry on the 3rd day scoop half off to give them all the best chance. Put them in a plain 100 g tank no rocks or plants blood worms cichlid food shrimp. Water changes on 6th day

[@NewEnglandReptile]

I’ve done all Of that. Literally. Does not work. Not remotely like other fish. I’ve put them in a 400 gallon tank tricked out and still majority die. This method works the best. K

[@dracoak8630]

I got 2 red belly flys with 4 turtles and a 8” red devil and 2 medium goldfish

[@devenlamar3900]

@dracoak8630 wow surprised your red devils haven't killed the goldfish

[@dracoak8630]

@@devenlamar3900 bro the red devil dint even bother the gold fish. I have a bunch of cichlids and 3 other 4” Red Devils together in a 75 gallon and I just bought 2 jewels cichlids male/female and they been nipping my other cichlids tails so I took them out and put a hiding spot in my other tank where I got the 8’ cichlid and turtle and he watching them jewels like a hawk😂

[@dracoak8630]

@@devenlamar3900 he ain’t gonna be able to get them because they got hiding spots and he to big to fit in any of them

[@Cold_Blooded_Gems_]

Amazing tank ! As a kid a had a huge tank of redbellys , along with an apartment full of every other kind of fish ecosystem I could manage 🤷🏻‍♂️ I loved my amazon tanks the most …. Iv also kept a few other species . I had a huge monster of a black perinea , he was kept alone 🤷🏻‍♂️ ahhh you know everything about these thing I could say . I love this stuff Kev ! My daily KZbin fix wouldn’t be the same if I didn’t have your channel 🫡🦾

[@hadrian2505]

Would love to see more fish videos

[@RandiNeese]

Beautiful fish

[@darkoleskovsek2558]

Always wanted to give reds a try. Those are some healthy looking fish.

[@jasonstaples4364]

Seeing you with fish an knowing Brian B was not a fish pro is there any you guys learned animal wise from each other? You guys are my go to for information an inspiration in keeping.

[@NewEnglandReptile]

I’m quite well versed on fish too as I started with fish. Brian would often ask me for advice etc and I’d just whine about other things back. K

[@Whips_World]

He hasn't been active for a year or better, but there is a KZbinr who goes by the name of Fish Room Fever who kept multiple species of piranha and I'm pretty sure he was breeding the Red Bellies at one point. He moved to a beautiful piece of land, though, that has no internet service, unfortunately.

[@StLMikie]

Fish aren’t my thing, but I appreciate the class Mr. Kevin! Thank you for it

[@bobbiscrittercave2348]

I love the variety and the free-flow style of these videos!

[@Whips_World]

How hard was it to get that kookaburra? Are their permits and restrictions? When I move to the woods of Tennessee, I'm definitely getting peacocks, and I'd love to have a Kookaburra, too. Two of the most unique calls in the bird world.

[@Iris_Germany]

That was very interesting, thanks! More of this stuff please. 😊 Greetings from Germany 🙋🏼‍♀️🇩🇪

[@mikesullivan7153]

I Love your piranha videos! They are amazing i kept a group as well but never bred.They were a fun species to keep This makes me want to get back in the hobby lol but im still saving for a water monitor 😉 Thanks for the video Kev!!! ✌🏻

[@seanbaros-qe1rp]

The African Cichlids are pretty cool too!!

[@nikobiege7015]

Another super cool video Kev! I've got a 125g sitting around empty. I may have to fix that.

[@karliechardi2229]

The paranas are cute aqua monsters. I heard people will use baby paranas for pedicures, because they'll eat the dead skin off your feet. I've never tried it... But then I don't know many outside of myself that think even full grown paranas are cute.

[@carolinep.7580]

This is fascinating to me! Loving these videos

[@hruley1]

Ohhh fun! I love the variety at times.

[@JustBcrozz]

Love these types of videos.. **Bubblegum Videos for the win**

[@deloresrogers685]

What else do you like to raise? Snakes, turtles, lizards, butterflies and piranhas as these are all great videos😊

[@ThePollaton]

Kookaburras make me laugh….wouldn’t want one though. Think that noise would get old quickly 😂

[@QuickStrikes84]

Not really their fault for being skittish. In the wild they are kinda low on the totem pole and many things eat them, caiman, otters, birds, bigger fish, etc... Still they are a very unique group of fish and well adapted for what they do. Tearing flesh. Even the bulky dorsal region behind the head is well balanced for gripping and thrashing. More weight toward the swinging end. They also have almost miraculous healing abilities and look cool AF!

[@specteractual1]

Its illegal for me to have them😢.

[@plejra]

Thanks! It would be great idea if you could make a scripted tutorial how to breed piranhas step by step with some FAQ's and troubleshoot

[@dracoak8630]

I got 2 small red belly piranhas in a tank with 4 turtles 1 8” red devil cichlid and 2 medium goldfish. So far no problems I’ll remove them once I start seeing the goldfish tails being nipped.

[@TheStevieKlasson]

There was a good article in Amazonas magazine a couple of years ago about a german breeder.

[@jeremypaugh9020]

Siphon fry at free swimming stage the raise fry in a separate tank start with green water to feed fry work your way up the food chain with fry micro worms, vinegar eels so on. Problem is getting fry out of main tank.

[@Barsardo]

Great video, but in all of this, where is Donny ?

[@abbey888]

is this zoo creatures? i've been to this place before! i absolutely love visiting this place

[@tameralong9779]

Will the baby try to eat off what the adult fish eat. Do the grown fish eat they’re fry?

[@StainedGlassEyeBalls]

Hi, i really would love to keep piranhas but i live in a very hard water area and i know that they require softer water. Ph in my area is 8+ would there be anyway to keep them without going down the RO route? Maybe adding large amounts of bogwood/mangrove root to the aquarium and i mean alot? Also just silver sand as the substrate with a few pebbles that don't alter ie make the water harder. Could this work? Would appreciate any advice regarding this. Thanks!

[@Wutlatte.]

The bird goes: 🐒🐒🐒

[@MrScuba1972]

Totally unrelated but in a previous video you showed molorus pimbura, Ceylonese hoof python, are you breeding them, and if so, are they for sale? Owned a female in the late 90's but had to part with her, was young in life. I really want to keep them again. Thank you:)

[@MysticSpank]

years ago someone in my local area bred them. i never made contact with them, just their outlet. I think people are just still secretive with them and then the legalities in some areas. i tried but then my group started eating each other. hindsite saying my tank wasnt big enough

[@ferdinandhadiwirawan3456]

Hello NER crew, I have 5 Red Bellied Piranha. 1 yo, and now they stop eating since 1,5weeks ago. I give them frozen fish, sometimes live feeding. What happened with them?

[@laurieolson8533]

Thank You for another great video!

[@chrislladone5884]

Can you share the name of the plant? and does that help remove the odor or fishy smell due to live feeding? thanks

[@ladybeavanerdventures]

Curious do you ever feed your kookaburra snakes? their fav food

[@GrapeApe2018]

Interesting coincidence...... My Kribensis fry hatched yesterday. Boy did they get fooled by dreams of spring. It was 83 degrees at around 2:30 in the afternoon. By 8:00, the temperature had dropped to 25 degrees and it was snowing. This morning, It's 16 degrees. I want to be a tropical fish for a couple days.

[@mrtrella83]

Where did you get that tank from

[@maryfreeman3341]

Thank you for this really interesting video

[@Littlewings1211]

Did you name Jeremy after Jeremy your former manager at NERD?

[@d.lami.6990]

They are definitely camera shy fish. Had piranha for year never breed them ... Seems like when they get to a silver peace dollar size 1 is always eaten

[@reptalk101]

How old are those babies at the end of the videos?

[@ballistic350]

I have 3 females and 2 males in my tank but I think it's too small 80gal , they been showing signs of spawning ..I may need to get a bigger stock feeding tank .. fk a tank lol too expensive 😅 feed the babies live bloodworms?

[@masterdingus7074]

Are you going to sell the babies?

[@Akakko1]

I miss my Piranhas..Ben and Jerry. Raised them from dime sized but they outgrew my 50gal so I had to rehome them to someone with a bigger tank :')

[@Akakko1]

if you have more hints on sexing them pls share!

[@ericbeeman8717]

Didn't know it was that hard to breed piranhas cause the 2 I had they were n a 55gal tank they had a cloud of babies around em and just fish food and then when I'd feed the adults goldfish or rosey barbs I'd see the lil ones eating the bits falling down from the adults never had an issue breeding fish always bowen fairly simple

[@TVelodrome]

Kuuk kuuuk i like turtles back to parana 🤣😂

[@helenchurch3577]

awesome love these videos

[@kristenvincent3622]

Love these videos

[@petersaxton9007]

Try raising the babies in raceways.

[@goatmealcookies7421]

strange to think of "pirhana" and "cowards" in the same sentence, lol

[@venomdealer790]

Kevins something ❤️