Beginner, Need help.

[kevbc03]

JP hit it right imo. I would go with no less than 3 though. Never 2.

If your looking for cheap food that will last 1/2 a year to a full year, then get a big bag of raw shrimp.

 

[Malvado]

If your looking for cheap food that will last 1/2 a year to a full year, then get a big bag of raw shrimp.

How many should i give each a day?

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

i'm no RBP expert, but i just recently purchased 5 baby RBPs for my 60 gallon. I'm down to 3 now, but they're much bigger. 2 months ago when they were babies... they absolutely loved plain old flakes and small freeze dried bloodworms. i started adding in some small pellets too. started feeding them 2-3 times a day, and slowly lowering that as long as they eat everything.

What happen to the other 2? How long was it after you bought them that you lost one?

 

[Fishermoe14]

i bought 6 and have 6... just give them the proper space and keep em fed and you shouldn't have any problems..

 

[Malvado]

What's the best piranha(s) to start off with? I'm quite curious.

 

[phillydog1958]

i kept 2 rbp's together and one day i woke up and the weaker one was missing an entire left eye. he swam around like nothing happened.i realized that i forgot to feed them the night before. they are also very skittish and nervous. i never was able to connect with them like you can connect with chiclids. eventually i got tired of them and sold them back to the lfs for a store credit. they only gave me one credit for the one with 2 eyes.

 

[phillydog1958]

i kept my 2 rbp's in a 55 gallon. with 2 HOB filters. i fed feeder golds on occasion, but stuck to pellets for hygiene issues.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

i kept 2 rbp's together and one day i woke up and the weaker one was missing an entire left eye. he swam around like nothing happened.i realized that i forgot to feed them the night before. they are also very skittish and nervous. i never was able to connect with them like you can connect with chiclids. eventually i got tired of them and sold them back to the lfs for a store credit. they only gave me one credit for the one with 2 eyes.

For curiosity's sake, how big of a tank were you keeping them in?

 

[Malvado]

I saw these really nice silver piranha's in a shop too, i'm thinking of maybe getting them instead but i don't know what they are yet.

Just to say that i found out these are Silver Dollars.

I also found out that my tank is somewhere around 60ltr+
(Getting a bigger one soon(around 200ltr i think is in my budget.))

Would i be able to get Silver Dollars, then add some Red-bellies in later? Or would the silver dollars kill them etc then or vice versa?

 

[q_fish]

it going to be vice versa.. sliver dollar are very fast swimming like the mono sabre and argentine. but i have a feeling that the RB would kill them is what i think.