ok its a long shot since im pretty sure im getting rays and cichla for a 500g i will be picking up within the month, but how would a 8x4x2 tank be with a lot of piranha? think they would still be skittish in a shoal of 20 or so? what would even be a good number for a tank this size? i have 4 in a 100g right now, but they are just starting to stop being skittish and i dont want another tank full of fish i cant really watch. what do you guys think?
500g piranha tank?
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100 cariba and then end up with 20 in the end? at like 100 bucks a piece that would be expensive... realistically how many would be good?
brich999;4871347; said:
you won't end up with just 20. probably end up with 80 if there's any serious loss. I have lost only 1 or 2 cariba due to aggression amount them, that's like 10+ pygo in a 180g. if you are loosing a lot of fish something must be wrong.
when cariba season comes, you'll be able to get them at around $20 each, if you get that many I'm sure you can request for more discount. more realistically speaking probably getting 50 would be good. grow them out a bit in smaller tank then move them into the 500g.
I actually thought about doing a big shoal of mixed pygos in my 560 gallons, but I love my peacock bass too much plus they needed the room to swim.
i had 4 cariba n my 125 an i added 5 more too the group an they became less skittish an with the kind of room ur talking they mayb fearless.imho
an like jp said very little aggression.
i have 4 in a 100g tank and when they were like 3 inches in a 55g they would always attack eachother, but since the move into a 100g they dont mess with eachother. when is caribe season?