Do different species of Pirhana school together?
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Piranhas in the Pygocentrus genus are naturally schooling fishes. However, it's always a risky business because piranhas are cannibalistic. You also will have a hard time adding new fish to an existing school.
There are some species in the Serrasalmus genus that school, but most don't and will tear each other apart.
There are some species in the Serrasalmus genus that school, but most don't and will tear each other apart.
Not from what ive seen, i have a very good documentary on piranha, its 573 megs so i can email it to you, do you want me to post it on bearshare for you?
I had a shoal in a 200g....Consisting of 5 adult reds and 1 sub Caribe....Unfortunately after the tank's second month of service, someone cracked it and the tank burst...I had a buddy who bought reds from me..He kept a gold p with some reds....
Its a difficult task owning Pygocentrus Piranha because you could have a nice mellow tank for months and P's doing well, no signs of aggression, then next morning you turn the lights on and a head of a £100 Piraya is sitting at the bottom of your tank.
Unless you have a good supply of cheap P's like RBP's, its always tuff unless you have a monster tank where they can hide if hit.
I sold a lot of 9"+ Piraya, big Caribe and 10"+ Reds to a guy in London, but his tank was 660 UK Gallons with 8 powerheads in it. Amazing site and he never lost a fish due to the space they had.
Nickg
Unless you have a good supply of cheap P's like RBP's, its always tuff unless you have a monster tank where they can hide if hit.
I sold a lot of 9"+ Piraya, big Caribe and 10"+ Reds to a guy in London, but his tank was 660 UK Gallons with 8 powerheads in it. Amazing site and he never lost a fish due to the space they had.
Nickg
ive had tern, caribe and reds together and never lost a fish. just keep plenty of filtration, feed them well and in my experience it worked.