Damaged Piranha Tank What To Do With The Fish?

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Long story short my piranha tank is damaged. Its a 300 litre tank 80g? i think and dimensions are about 48" long x 15" wide x 30" high.

Contacted the seller and the tank has to be picked up by them, repaired then returned to me. The whole process could take over 30 days :(

What the hell should i do with the fish? They range in size from 5-7" and are red bellies, 3 of them in total. I do not want to rehome them but in the same way i don't have hundreds to put down on a new tank while waiting for this one.

I have a few spare tanks but i only have a 10g a 20g high and a 20g long.

The largest dimensions of my spare tanks are 30" long x 12" wide by 15" high. Would they be alright in this for a few weeks?
 
Do you have filters to run all 3? One in each tank? Not ideal but hopefully they will work fast on fixing yours
 
I would keep them in your individual small tanks if its just for a few weeks. Things to consider:

-Tight, closed off lids. Piranhas like to jump when confined.
-double up on water changes, cut down on feeding.
-cut off bright lights. The darker it is the less fidgety theyll be.

I would forsake the 10 gal for a plastic tote from the hardware store if you could. 10 gallon may be small enough for your fish to beat itself up in bad.
 
Or a wheelie bin/dustbin:-)
 
Do you all think a 150l plastic storage box will do all 3 of them?

I do have separate power filters for each of the 3 tanks but I would ideally like to not keep them separate as each tank will get very dirty quickly with just the internal filters.

It does concern me that I won't be able to observe the fish through the storage box as it will be black but I guess it's better for the fish.
 
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What you all think? They seem kind of quiet and lethargoc although they are eating.

Not attempted to fill the box all the way until I can get some kind of net to go over the tub. Don't want them doing a jump!

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tlindsey said:
They will be fine just keep monitoring the parameters and wc's.
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Done a water test today and nitrite, nitrate was fine. Ph was 7.5 but a damn 3.0 of ammonia :(

Done a 60% or more water change and added another filter from an already cycled tank.

What's concerning me really is that the more I fill it the more the sides bow out. Do you think this box could crack with the water pressure?

You all been very helpful so far thanks.
 
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