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Agreed, pellets are the best thing you can feed p's precisely because they are nutritionally balanced. All this BS about they need a varied diet is just that, it's BS. What they need is a nutritionally balanced diet and pellets are nutritionally balanced. What do you think these pellets are...

Driftwood doesn't usually drop your pH rapidly overnight (of course it would depend on how much tannins is released and therefore the type of wood). It does tend to drop it over the course of a few days/weeks if your water isn't well buffered. My advice is to just make sure you leach out as much...

180 liters is only about 50 gallons so i wouldn't recommend keeping any RBP's in that size aquarium. IMO 75 gallons is the minimum for a shoal of 3. You could keep 1 in there but it would be really boring. keeping 2 is never a good idea, one ends up being dominant and picks on the other. That's...

One of my piranhas had a very similar injury(anus completely gone) about a year ago and it healed over completely. In fact i can't even tell which one of them it was anymore. That bite is tiny as far as piranha bites go so i wouldn't worry, it'll heal over.

Obviously, however we only really have the means to determine if a cohab was successful in hindsight, looking back at one after it has failed or has been broken up. What i should have said was that for me a cohab has to be going on for a significant length of time before i would should start...

lol 2 months is nothing... IMO its gotta go a full year before it can be considered a success. It is impressive though, the question is... will it last ?

The most aggressive piranha? hmm the one you just accidentally backed into a corner without realizing, while doing [Insert random task that requires the placing of one's hands into piranha tank] and has caused you to now need stitches and a tetanus shot. Thats DEFINITELY the most...

Indeed Chlorine is highly unstable in water and gases off. But Chloramines(chlorine reacted with ammonia) do not. Check if your tap water has chloramines added by taking a look at your local water quality report for your town/city, or you can check yourself, Simply test your tap water with a...

Pygocentrus, Piranha genus that includes Caribes, Natts and Piraya. i have seen them referred to as the "true piranhas" on several sites including OPEFE. Im pretty sure it's because the word piranha came from what certain south american native tribes called members of the genus we now call...

Assuming it's a wet/dry sump the best media as far as cost to surface area are probably pot scrubbers. These things are very cheap and work great for bio-media. The wet/dry chamber in my sump is full with nothing but these. Make sure to get the nylon ones not the metal ones. mine look like...

In a 2000g pond i think you have a very good shot at them eventually breeding. In fact i would put money on those odds... lol. Color can be highly variable in reds and other piranhas even among ones from the same batch.

I think seafood based catfood would be better (the pellet food not the "soft" food) If you look at the ingredients on the catfood bags you'll quickly find the vast majority of the pellets in the aquarium hobby are overpriced cat food. My suggestion would be one of those hollistic brands that...

Umm yeah JP is right. What ever gave you the idea that you could put them together ?

I agree. With most other laws its not the law that makes them good or bad the action itself has something morally wrong with it. For example it's obvious stealing and killing are bad(or morally wrong), but in this case it is "wrong" for no other reason than there is a law against it with no...

Will have some new pics probably by the weekend just did a water change so there a little stressed now but should be showing their true colours soon. I'd say for year old pygo's my reds still have some nice reds on their bellies and i'm pretty sure the carrots are helping.

DIY fish food. Used a food processor and chopped up tilapia, scallops, shrimp, and a few carrots into mush and put it in a tray and bound it with gelatin. Then cut into squares and froze in plastice bags. Thaw a peice or 2 whenever i feed them.

As long as there is enough water to cover the fish its not going to matter how much water you have. Obviously if you use drip acclimation ( which i use) Having just enough water for teh fish to sit in is recommended you want the water to be 95% the new water and (5% or less) the old water. I...

As long as water changes are consistent you have nothing to worry about. Infrequent water changes can lead to "old tank syndrome" the gradual decline in the pH of an aqaurium over time. Consistent water changes Replenishes the buffering capacity of the water and prevents the drop. You could do...

rubbermaid bins are available in much larger sizes than most aquariums. I know ones up to 300 gallons do exist.... That being said the next time i set up a sump i am going to be using a rubbermaid tub and a tiered stacking drawer type-thing(with holes drilled in the bottom of eachd drawer)...