I had two five inch red bellies in a 150 gallon tank, but took them out when I put 3 two inch gold piranhas in it. there were two 3 inch bala sharks in the tank, and the red bellies never touched them. but the golds have about nipped the fins off of them. My question is if I can put the two types of piranhas in together without them killing eachother. any help would be great.
Can to types of piranhas live together
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When you say gold piranha i'm assuming you mean gold spilo. You can achieve a spilo "shoal" but there will constantly be nipped fins and there is a good chance you will have casualties.
You can't have red bellies & spilos together.
You can't have red bellies & spilos together.
interesting and good question. I do not know the answer although I did have red belly Piranhas for quite a few years. I'm surprised your Piranhas lived with balas. How long?
150 gallons is a decent size. The redbellies might have had enough territory. I'm assuming you kept them well fed during the time?
Fishes that school that are in numbers too small for a school will go after other fishes in case of pirahnas,i think,if i am right,then no.