A Piranha ID, please...

[F1 VET]

Thank you all, my friends!
I'm so proud having such a Piranha home!!!
By the way - could someone tell me what's the minimum tank size for this guy and if it needs a strong water stream or a medium one, please?

A HUUUUUUUGE THANK YOU!

A 55 or up is awesome! And piranha love to swim into currents and powerheads which also keep the tank cleaner and help with oxygen exchange! Congrats on having one, ive never owned that type but i have 5 rbp and they are great!

Driftwood and plants will make him feel more at home

#1 S. Vettel

 

[Sm0ke]

min tank size for Sanchezi is 20G. Not the best, but doable. Anything bigger he would surely appreciate, and might even help bring out better character/personality. Plants will help offer hiding places as they are ambush predators, and make him feel more comfy. Nice red on him BTW.

 

[arrow]

I agree with smoke, although a 20 would be bare minimum. What tank is it currently in? A 3ft 38gal or 40ga breeder would be best

 

[mulea]

Thanks, fellas!
I'm so happy that I've came back to my ol' "Piranha habits"...!
I had before [for more than 10 years!] Red Bellies, Ternezis and Caribes and also a 25 cm long Rhom.
I was also on this forum when the website was called "predatoryfish.net"...
So as you can see I am kinda... "archaic"...!
Two years 1/2 I gave up all my Piranhas tanks and I've built up and kept many saltwater tanks. Now I have a single 35 gals saltwater tank full of corals, crabs, starfishes and fishes. Two days ago I saw this little guy [Sanchezi] in a pet store next to me [I do live in Montreal Area, Canada] and I took it. It was LOVE AT FIRST BITE...! I've set up high speed a 10 gals tank that I had spare at home and there he is... I am take it step by step now because the Sanchezi - because the poor pet store conditions and because of the stress - got some white tiny spots of Ich. I'll cure him and meanwhile I will look for a bigger tank.
My Sanchezi is ~ 5 1/2 cm long and at pet store was called... "Muda Piranha"... They love to invent names, ain't they?!? Usually Piranhas like mine are called under the "general" mane as "Black Piranhas"...

 

[Sm0ke]

Muda is typically a "highback" piranha, usually under the "Serrasalmus Serrulatus" species.