hi i was wonderin if u would give me some info. on red bellyied
piranha..give me all the info. u got!
thank you and please respond soon
piranha..give me all the info. u got!
thank you and please respond soon
piranha
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They eat people, (in all the movies at least) and they have big pointy teeth, they live in the Amazon, they are freshwater fish, if kept with tetras the tetras would be made into pirhana food, and if you go to Google, and type in Piranha you will get a huge amount of pages dealing with Piranha's on it.
I honestly know nothing about keeping captive Piranha's, but I'm sure some of those who have kept them would be more than willing to help you out with a specific question, or series of questions, but asking for everything we know is a very broad question. You should do SOME research on your own before asking a question like this.
Matt
I honestly know nothing about keeping captive Piranha's, but I'm sure some of those who have kept them would be more than willing to help you out with a specific question, or series of questions, but asking for everything we know is a very broad question. You should do SOME research on your own before asking a question like this.
Matt
Well Red Bellied Piranha's are schooling fish, even though they sometimes eat each other. There pretty aggressive fish which will eat things like bloodworms, ghost shrimp, pellets, flakes, feeder guppies, goldfish, krill. They will eat pretty much anything.
IMO the best way to feed live fish to a Piranha, is feed it something it can eat in one bite. Or a few things it can eat in one bite or two. Reason for this is, your more likley to have fish decaying at the bottom, resulting in algae outbreaks and stuff like that. Keeps the tank cleaner and healthier this way.
As I said before they are schooling fish, but if you plan on getting more then one buy them all at the same time, as they seem to do better when there all introduced at the same time.
Example: My first Piranha I baught, Duke, well I decided to get him a friend about a month later, and I did. Placed him in the tank, and Duke ate him.
That's why I kind of stress the introducing at the same time theory, not saying that will happen but it could, it did to me.
There tropical fish, so temperature should be around 78-85 degress, they like lots of shade and hiding spots, they don't like the light that much. I don't even use the light in the tank I have him in.
I'd reccomend just keeping Piranha with there own kind, however you can find other suitable tank-mates for a Piranha, but survival is never guareenteed.
And yea they eat people J/K, but in my opinion the movies are corny, I got enough of them when I watched Piranha II, seeing Piranaha's swim AND fly was just a bit to much for me. Actually in my experience about Piranha and people is piranha's are way more scared then people, so I wouldn't worry about the Piranha attacking your hand or what not. This is my two cents, hope it's helpful.
IMO the best way to feed live fish to a Piranha, is feed it something it can eat in one bite. Or a few things it can eat in one bite or two. Reason for this is, your more likley to have fish decaying at the bottom, resulting in algae outbreaks and stuff like that. Keeps the tank cleaner and healthier this way.
As I said before they are schooling fish, but if you plan on getting more then one buy them all at the same time, as they seem to do better when there all introduced at the same time.
Example: My first Piranha I baught, Duke, well I decided to get him a friend about a month later, and I did. Placed him in the tank, and Duke ate him.
That's why I kind of stress the introducing at the same time theory, not saying that will happen but it could, it did to me.
There tropical fish, so temperature should be around 78-85 degress, they like lots of shade and hiding spots, they don't like the light that much. I don't even use the light in the tank I have him in.
I'd reccomend just keeping Piranha with there own kind, however you can find other suitable tank-mates for a Piranha, but survival is never guareenteed.
And yea they eat people J/K, but in my opinion the movies are corny, I got enough of them when I watched Piranha II, seeing Piranaha's swim AND fly was just a bit to much for me. Actually in my experience about Piranha and people is piranha's are way more scared then people, so I wouldn't worry about the Piranha attacking your hand or what not. This is my two cents, hope it's helpful.
Yea, I dont think the rumors are true about them bieng all vicious and stuff. I saw 3 of them swimming around at my LFS and they were totally ignoring a goldfish that was just peacefully swimming around. I think they are like other fish, like my oscar. I put in a small green terror and it was way too small I realized after I put it in, but it didnt eat it, but 4 hours later I came back and its face was ripped off 