do we have any piranha people on here?

[PopPopsfish]

piranha and Pops go way back

Hello all,

I have been in the hobby for 30+ years and Breeding for a little over
12 yrs.

As a youngster I kept around 40 Black Piranhas in a 150 , my brother had a c_t that just couldn't keep his paws out of the tank I even placed a bungie cord on the top to hold down the lid and one day I went to feed them the gold fish from the LFS and to my surprise all I saw was bones and fur . They still ate the Goldfish I bought ,(what a mess cleaning out the tank.)

I just picked up 5 RB , I use them to take care of our Culls . I forgot how nasty they can be, I was cleaning their tank with a paper towel and one of them nipped me . All I saw was blood , their teeth are soo sharp all I felt was the fish bump my hand. (they have grown 1" in a month )

It's neat watching them get ready for food and the way they work together .

Pops

 

[PopPopsfish]

PIC of one of the New Guy's

Posing for the Camera

 

[Juicybear]

all I saw was bones and fur .

poor cat....

 

[glasscutter]

piranhas grow to be around 12inches maybe more

 

[drunkenmastera]

where can you buy some of these?????

 

[ibanez]

where can you buy some of these?????

if your thinking about getting them to let you know they are illegal to buy sell trade and own in alot of states and georgia is one of them sorry for the bad news your state waters are good breeding grounds for piranaha when they get to much for people to handle they trow them in the wild not a good thing

 

[drunkenmastera]

if your thinking about getting them to let you know they are illegal to buy sell trade and own in alot of states and georgia is one of them sorry for the bad news your state waters are good breeding grounds for piranaha when they get to much for people to handle they trow them in the wild not a good thing

dang that suck, i would eat the darn thing. :lol:

 

[vanillaXtiffy]

Hello piranha thread. I'd love to get a nice big tank and a group of red bellies. But they're not legal in MA. It makes me sad. However, I'm halfway through the process of getting accepted as an aquarium volunteer and they have a nice group of them so I'll get to clean their tank out! Woohoo!

 

[Aquamom65]

I had a RBP tank a long time ago. I got them when they were about dime-sized and they were probably 5" when I gave them away a year or so later. They were just too shy for where that tank was located (with three kids and all their friends in and out, there was a lot of walking back and forth by their tank, which made them freak out) and I didn't have another place to put that tank.

I just cleaned their tank like I did the rest of mine, though. They just went to one corner of the tank and moved away from me, corner to corner, until I was done cleaning. I did have to be careful about not making really quick movements when my hands were in their tank, because they would freak out and swim into the side of the tank and bonk themselves, but they never swam at me or bit me, but I did keep a close eye on them - lol. I had a tank divider that I originally bought to use when cleaning their tank, but ended up never needing it.

They did have a tendency to beat up on each other once in a while and they killed one of their own after they got to around 3". They are just a little shy, IMO, so I would put their tank somewhere slightly dark and where there isn't a lot of traffic back and forth by their tank.

 

[ibanez]

I had a RBP tank a long time ago. I got them when they were about dime-sized and they were probably 5" when I gave them away a year or so later. They were just too shy for where that tank was located (with three kids and all their friends in and out, there was a lot of walking back and forth by their tank, which made them freak out) and I didn't have another place to put that tank.

I just cleaned their tank like I did the rest of mine, though. They just went to one corner of the tank and moved away from me, corner to corner, until I was done cleaning. I did have to be careful about not making really quick movements when my hands were in their tank, because they would freak out and swim into the side of the tank and bonk themselves, but they never swam at me or bit me, but I did keep a close eye on them - lol. I had a tank divider that I originally bought to use when cleaning their tank, but ended up never needing it.

They did have a tendency to beat up on each other once in a while and they killed one of their own after they got to around 3". They are just a little shy, IMO, so I would put their tank somewhere slightly dark and where there isn't a lot of traffic back and forth by their tank.

they are ambush predators if they got lots of cover they come out more i knew mine were hungery when they hide they came out in the open once in a while not often tho wish i could get more there in the future once again