Hi all, this is my first time posting in the piranha forum, mainly a cichlid guy. The reason is I need some advice. This spring I’m helping my cousin set up his first aquarium, he had one when he was a kid, and he wants piranhas. The thing is his local stores are more expensive than ordering online and he asked me for help, since I’ve had fish constantly since I was 8 years old. I had a couple of piranhas (rbp) in a 20 gallon when I was a kid, didn’t go well and eventually we moved to a state that didn’t allow them. I could have still gotten them, just would have spent an arm and a leg. The tanks going to be either 125 or 150. He’s asking me to aquascape it and choose between rbp or caribas. I know caribas are more aggressive and that they look a lot alike, that’s pretty much it. It’s only a few dollars difference so why choose one over the other? I tried looking on YouTube but most of the videos I found were just them feeding or people giving loooong speeches. Thanks.
New piranha aquarium help
- Thread starter Brazzen1
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I personally kept rbp many years ago. If it was me I would go with the 150 gallon and go with the less aggressive rbp. I would get a group of 6-7 babies but beware they are very cannibalistic at that size so may lose 1 or two. Aquascape with gravel and driftwood the lighting doesn’t need to be bright they prefer dim. My choice for filtration would either be 2 110 aquaclear filters or a sump. As for food know need for live feeding unless cousin prefers that over non living foods. My choice for food would be strips of Tilapia, and good brand of pellet. Feed the 1-2 inch flake food and small strips of fish. Don't feed mammal or poultry.