pirahna are over rated.

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ElectricBlue said:
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Agreeable. Alot of people get the impression they will sit and watch a tornado in a tank and have a box full of rats ready to throw in.


Just to watch a mess occur and clog up the filter system.
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Agreed, p's are boring, Exo's rule, p's drool......hahahahah!!!!
p's = blah
Exo's = hurricane.........

.....My opinion , I respect yours....haters.........
 
joc38 said:
I have been in the aquarium hobby for a long time and I have just gottne some pirahna's and have had them for about 6 months and I can say I am very dissapointed.The species I have are not what everyone said they are and they are nice fish don't get me wrong but not the fish I expected.I have had snake heads and shovel nose cats and cichlids that have been more aggressive than what I have witneesed in the pygos I have. :swear: T hey are nice fish but I wouldn't buy them again if I had it to do over.
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you put to much expectation into the fish.

your fault

pirahnas are fierce animals,

but you have to satisfy all there needs before you can see there true personality.

see the videos from our mfk member "dongointhewater"

he know what he's doing

and first time p keepers who buy them thinking they are going to be awsome fish......well they dont.......
 
my opinion is P's are not over rated. but the owner are.

they expect too much.

not just they want a piranha it doesnt mean that they would do what you expect.


i agree with searching much information as possible before a person purchase a fish.
 
DeLgAdO said:
you put to much expectation into the fish.

your fault

pirahnas are fierce animals,

but you have to satisfy all there needs before you can see there true personality.

see the videos from our mfk member "dongointhewater"

he know what he's doing

and first time p keepers who buy them thinking they are going to be awsome fish......well they dont.......
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He definitley has some awsome videos
 
DeLgAdO said:
you put to much expectation into the fish.

your fault

pirahnas are fierce animals,

but you have to satisfy all there needs before you can see there true personality.

see the videos from our mfk member "dongointhewater"

he know what he's doing

and first time p keepers who buy them thinking they are going to be awsome fish......well they dont.......
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Well said.
 
out of the pygos get either the brandti or spilos. they are more outgoing then the natteri. all pygos. are schooler so i guess it it is the safety in numbers thing. Natteri are what i call roll on fish meaning they only have heart once they are in a group. kept 3 with a pr. or devils yrs. ago devils kept them in the corner. but don't be fooled once they get about 9-11 inches if they don't turn on each they will use those teeth to attack another fish if provoked into a fight.
 
croc 2-3 said:
out of the pygos get either the brandti or spilos. they are more outgoing then the natteri. all pygos. are schooler so i guess it it is the safety in numbers thing. Natteri are what i call roll on fish meaning they only have heart once they are in a group. kept 3 with a pr. or devils yrs. ago devils kept them in the corner. but don't be fooled once they get about 9-11 inches if they don't turn on each they will use those teeth to attack another fish if provoked into a fight.
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Brandti and Spilos are NOT pygos! they are serrasalmus and there for general rule of thumb should be kept alone.
Pygos consist of Nattereri, piraya, cariba, and ternetzi
Ternetzi probley being the "Hardest" of them all, with piraya being most "troublesome".

Dan
 
Have had p on and off since the late 80's when i was a kid, have always been my favorite fish and still are. Everyone has there own favorites, look at all the tanks here, no two are the same, but all are loved by the owners, p are not for everyone
 
DangerousDan said:
Brandti and Spilos are NOT pygos! they are serrasalmus and there for general rule of thumb should be kept alone.
Pygos consist of Nattereri, piraya, cariba, and ternetzi
Ternetzi probley being the "Hardest" of them all, with piraya being most "troublesome".

Dan
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thanks for the update. now I know why they are more aggressive. wow so i've kept those & rhombs. as with the natteri. never kept any of the other pygos. then. might give them a try. my brandti was vicious kept him to himself. I kept a rhomb. with a mcuh larger oscar & a pr. of dempseys for a manth once then the rhomb grew to large & i moved him solo. I see cariba & piraya at the LFS all the time. so when I get space I'll get some. they have some S. elongatus there as with the other aforementioned serrasalmus.
 
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