piraya and rhom?

[IoStrisciare]

Anyone tried this combo before?

Both mean b@$tards in their own right.

[Phtstrat]

Yes, random people who don't care about their fish have done it.

It can't work, rhoms are too territorial and one of the fish would end up dying.

[JD7.62]

Impossible.

[TeethKeeper]

Get 2 more pygos or another tank for a single RHOM if u care to keep your fish alive . GOODLuck

[rumblesushi]

try it out and tell us how it works :)

[RockyGoldy]

All I believe in for monster comm tanks...u wont know till you try it... :naughty:

[piranha45]

i haven't read of anything that says piraya are any meaner than cariba or nattereri.

[Copeina]

It isn't necessarily an agression or territorial issue - it's the damage each is capable of inflicting in even the most minor of squabbles.

Don't do it.

/Kris

[piranha45]

for the record though, Pygocentrus species have much stronger jaws than Serrasalmus species, as you might note by their bulldog-jaw appearance. Pygo jaws are designed for slicing through flesh and bone, Serra species are more focused on scale-scraping off of other fish.

[rumblesushi]

seriously? I know that serras have a kind of leaner head, less height and weight on the head, but the feeding vids I've seen of serras, they look just as strong. Their jaws look just as capable of slicing through flesh.

Surely a rhom or manueli is capable of chomping a goldfish in half with minimal effort?

[piranha45]

I never said serras have weak jaws... and there are alot of fish with less capable dentition that can bite a goldfish in half, if the goldfish is of sufficiently small size. Pygos have substantially more muscle and more strength in the jaws nonetheless.

[rumblesushi]

Interesting. Do you think the difference is that substantial?

Is there anything with a stronger jaw than a pygo pound for pound do you think?

[piranha45]

I've never read anything, but speculating I'd say triggerfish and puffers might be contenders. I'm sure there's a number of other fish im not aware of that might be in the running too.

[rumblesushi]

Even though they are lean, I think the bite of snakeheads/wolves/ATFs are underrated.

They can chop big fish clean in half with 1 bite.

[piranha45]

and some fish can swim at speeds exceeding 5 miles per hour



I honestly haven't heard of anyone proclaiming various predatory fish to have weak bites, or "underrating" them.

[rumblesushi]

5 miles an hour? That's barely walking speed :D

Well when I say underrating I mean peeranyas, triggers and puffers seem to be the only contenders when it comes to bite power - yet evidence I've seen of wolf/WTF/snakehead bites look just as lethal as anything I've seen.

Because those fish swallow fish whole generally, people sometimes don't realize how hard they bite.

The snakehead I used to have would bite fish in half that were almost as big as him.

And my little channa, only 4.5 inches has taken proper chunks out of fish.