alright peeps, got a question for you. every time a piranha thread comes up, the first thing out peoples mouth is p's are messy. happened like 3-4x this thread. can you please elaborate on that? what makes p's soooo messy? not trying to break any balls here, but I think people just regurgitate what they heard and don't really have any real basis for their comment.
I would disagree for one reason: Ps leave a lot of waste, less so than Oscars, but you can have bottom feeders eat the uneaten food. You can't exactly do that with Ps, not past a certain size anyway.p's themselves are no messy than cichlids. in fact 1 oscar is far "messier" than 3 rbps. the problem is bad feeding habits from irresponsible owners that cause the "mess"
Wrong. My elong makes a disgusting mess with the smallest pieces of tilapia, and he's in a 125 by himself. My 310 full of NA native fish are 100% neater than him. Oscars are a messy fish as well with the way they shred through food. I'm not irresponsible in the way I feed my fish, he just tears through chunks of fish like a buzz saw. I can't clean up the mess he makes as its just a cloud of fish flesh. RBP's are from what I understand more skiddish and therefore eat differently sometimes than a serra species, the possibility of them tearing up their food is still there though.p's themselves are no messy than cichlids. in fact 1 oscar is far "messier" than 3 rbps. the problem is bad feeding habits from irresponsible owners that cause the "mess"
Wrong. My elong makes a disgusting mess with the smallest pieces of tilapia, and he's in a 125 by himself. My 310 full of NA native fish are 100% neater than him. Oscars are a messy fish as well with the way they shred through food. I'm not irresponsible in the way I feed my fish, he just tears through chunks of fish like a buzz saw. I can't clean up the mess he makes as its just a cloud of fish flesh. RBP's are from what I understand more skiddish and therefore eat differently sometimes than a serra species, the possibility of them tearing up their food is still there though.
My serra has been alive and well for close to a year now since I acquired him from another member here, is my method of taking care of him irresponsible because of how he eats his food?
I know nothing of p's, but that is one mighty expensive piece of equipment you're telling him to buy. Anything that needs a big tank and filtration I would give a giant DIY canister or a sump. Cheaper, more flow & surface area. I would also add an algae scrubber or an aquaponic bed, but what do I know?I'd go for an fx6 with a piranha
Personally, I wouldn't keep 3 reds in a 70 unless they were juvies and I was certain to get an upgrade.
I have 3 in a 120 but started off with 5. And I came home to this...
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Then this...
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Then again, it could all just come down to personality. I believe it wastheskibag that started off with 5 and he still has 5?