BLACK_RHOM;4248149; said:
I don't really get the logic on why red bellies should be a starter piranha. I jumped right into carbre keeping without a problem and barely any fish keeping experience... are they that different?
Keeping them just to show off what your fish can do to a feeder fish or how quick it distorys whatever you put in isn't a good reason to keep them. A large part of why I didn't get rid of mine is because I didn't want them abused like that.
Besides feeding time piranha don't really do that much compared to other types of fish. They are incredibly shy and sometimes when I sit out by the tank all the fish do is snap their jaws and watch me from a distance. If I move closer they know they have to behave. Comparing that to the loach that stuck his head in the snail shell and ran into the glass... big difference on comedy level. Plus the injury count is always a bit irritating, its rare that everyone looks pretty at the same time. And there is the hit and miss of getting other types of fish to live with them which could suck if your only keeping a single tank.
I'm not trying to discourage you by any means if its what you want. What else have you been looking at?
