Rhoms can be very skittish, or just sit there and be inactive. But when another tank mate is introduced it will usually kill anything it is housed with. Other than that they aren't usually very mean or active. It will probably just sit behind a rock and stare at you.
Black Piranha
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That quote is hype attacks on humans lol, if u get bitten u would b unlucky and it would b most likely your falt ie hand in tank they obviously exist and i have seen photos of a 18incher and according 2 some they get much larger . i own 1 just over 13inches and they do sit around alot but will kill any living thing in its tank even a 10 inch crayfish!
I had a 12" S. rhombeus about seven years ago in a 125g tank. They're a very, very pretty single display fish. Depending on his mood and the lighting, he could range from a dark (almost black) charcoal-gray to white with irridescent purple highlights. They will kill anything they're housed with. Mine killed a large pleco the night I introduced him into the tank (the only thing left was the skull and assorted bits and pieces). Aside from their intolerance of tankmates, I wouldn't consider them a vicious fish per se. Most of the time he was pretty timid, although I did train him to associate my presence with food, which is the key to acclimating any fish.
I think it depends on the fish not the species, my pygos were skittish when i first got them now theyll come right up to my finger outside my tank like an oscar, and despite what the naysayers do or say i think theyre beautiful fish, i dont get a "kick", out of feeding live fish, in fact the only live anything i feed is ghost shrimp! And temp is an issue! The higher the temp the livlier the P!
I fished for black piranha in the Amazon and what stroke me first was how strong they are. When you start pulling her in, you think "Ah, it's a good size peacock bass" and then... it is a half a pound piranha. And it is not even tasty.
Blacks are not boring, it is all up to you and your connection to your fish. My 17" eats anything I drop in the water ( even other piranhas ) He is jet black, huge, mean looking and beautiful, he can eat 8 inch fish in few bites, he is powerful as a pitbull, if it was in their nature two of this size rhoms can kill a human in seconds. But they are not insane beasts. I also have a gorgeous purple diamond Piranha with higherbach and ruby red eyes, similar to the ones in the wolf of the water video. And He is the most beautiful Piranha I've ever seen, even the 7-8 inch RHoms are very very powerful. I had experimenst with a8 inch rhom and 4 super reds...Reds no longer occupy that tank
