Observations on tank mates with ps

[Yohanon]

The people that try to cohab piranhas with tankmates are the ones doing it wrong......and what is a yellow belly piranha?

A piraya?......or are u just making stuff up?

Perhaps it is a cowardly piranha?

 

[Yohanon]

The people that try to cohab piranhas with tankmates are the ones doing it wrong......and what is a yellow belly piranha?

A piraya?......or are u just making stuff up?

Perhaps he means a cowardly piranha?

 

[Yohanon]

Crayfish are often ignored by piranhas,for reasons they have never told mee lol they will eat leftover foodbits but may eat plants my largest cray had trouble distingousing live for plastic plants so he just tore up both.

I had a cray fish in a tank with a shoal of red bellies once. It lasted about two weeks

 

[Yohanon]

I have some otos in my tank for algae control. They seem to be quite adept at dodging the piranha. I haven't found any carcasses yet, except for one who ventured too close to the weir and I found him in the sump.

 

[HarleyK]

Piranhas wouldn't leave carcasses...

 

[Yohanon]

Piranhas wouldn't leave carcasses...

This one does, it's only 2" long

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Yellowbelly piranha is pygocentrus piraya "yellow"if I remember correctly,it is a type of piraya piranha with a yellow breast and is somewhat hard to get,adult size tends to be bigger than red belly adults.

 

[Deathinnumbers]

Yellowbelly piranha is pygocentrus piraya "yellow"if I remember correctly,it is a type of piraya piranha with a yellow breast and is somewhat hard to get,adult size tends to be bigger than red belly adults.

Yellow bellies are usually ternetzi pygo
Back in the day they where more common

After keeping piranha for over 10 years and having 15 different species I can tell you that there is no tank mates that will live forever with and piranha. I always used dithers in my tanks but always had to restock them every few weeks especially with the smaller piranhas. Larger ones would not waste there energy often to eat something small like neons but would destroy convicts ( easy to breed and make nice food/dithers)

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I have read that piranhas will accept hoplo catfish.
Apparently they act as cleaner fish to piranhas in the wild,feeding from small parasites on the skin.I dint know if this works in aquariums but I have read that it does.
Ultimately though I don't like to see fish die as a result of my poor judgement so probably would not try it.

 

[HarleyK]

I have read that piranhas will accept hoplo catfish.
Apparently they act as cleaner fish to piranhas in the wild,feeding from small parasites on the skin.I dint know if this works in aquariums but I have read that it does.
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Could you link us to the article?