My 2 cents.
The pirahna aggressiveness level has to be one of the most overrated things in aquaria history.
They are pack hunters in the wild and that and only that makes them a danger. No single pirahna will would ever even think of attacking any fish, man, woman, animal etc. that was the same size or bigger. This is a known fact. Yes there are the stories of the fish that goes bonkers then kills and eats a man or cow or whatever by itself. Those are the rarities of life.
I have owned and watched a 6 inch Salvini kill and eat a 11 inch domiant male Texas. In the texas' own tank. Dosen't mean all salvini's are killers. This one just happen to be one special SOB with a serious chip on his perverbial shoulder
I have seen many adult pirahna in tanks my life and not ONE has EVER come up to the glass and challenged me to protect it's terrotory or try and attack or eat me. I am talking about both tank raised and wild. Established or new to the tank. They have turned tail and hid, but never challenged. A true aggressive fish will. Be it african or SA/CA.
All of the fish mentioned so far could (except the previously mention pirahna) fall under the most aggressive fish area. Depends on the fish though. They all have their own personalities.
The pirahna aggressiveness level has to be one of the most overrated things in aquaria history.
They are pack hunters in the wild and that and only that makes them a danger. No single pirahna will would ever even think of attacking any fish, man, woman, animal etc. that was the same size or bigger. This is a known fact. Yes there are the stories of the fish that goes bonkers then kills and eats a man or cow or whatever by itself. Those are the rarities of life.
I have owned and watched a 6 inch Salvini kill and eat a 11 inch domiant male Texas. In the texas' own tank. Dosen't mean all salvini's are killers. This one just happen to be one special SOB with a serious chip on his perverbial shoulder
I have seen many adult pirahna in tanks my life and not ONE has EVER come up to the glass and challenged me to protect it's terrotory or try and attack or eat me. I am talking about both tank raised and wild. Established or new to the tank. They have turned tail and hid, but never challenged. A true aggressive fish will. Be it african or SA/CA.
All of the fish mentioned so far could (except the previously mention pirahna) fall under the most aggressive fish area. Depends on the fish though. They all have their own personalities.
