pirahna are over rated.

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Do u guys buy piranhas to show off for your friends or what?! And before you buy a fish, find INFORMATION about it before you buy it so you wont be disapointed. I think that the reason that your piranhas isnt so agressive as you wish it would be, is that it is very hard to simulate their natural environment. For example they should be in a shoal of at least 100 or more individuals. Thats impossible to do at home. But if u have like 10 piranhas, provide them with hidingplaces and just handle them right they will not be as shy as yours are.
If u buy a piranha for "showing-off" I would recommend u to think again. In my opinion it´s the hunger that is making them agressive, they dont kill for fun.
 
Meanest fish? PUFFERS, they are just plain mean. I like piranha but they have their own personalities. If you keep rb's in shoals you can condition them to be aggressive feeders, enough so that 6"ers will slaughter an 8" catfish or sunny as soon as it hits the water.
 
ive seen on an episode of fear factor where they had to dive into a tank full of pinanha, my mom was freaking out about it, i was like pfffffff their too scared to even attack, no piranha eats the second you dump it in a tank.

If they let em acclimate i bet its a different story. . :devil: . .
 
i think pirahnas are wusses if kept in small groups, have them in a group of 20 or 30, with a big tank and clean soft acid water and with plenty of cover, get em well acclimated then when you drop a chick leg in, they'll be all over it like flies on ****.
 
delgado, sorry man those were pacus. I have had a mini-pack of 6 rbp's in my 300 with a **** load of cichlids that were quite a bit larger . the p's were only shy for about an hour. after they came out they were very active and would eat anything i could get down to them. the fact that the cichlids got there faster apparently didnt bother them, because one by one all of my fish had huge perfectly round pieces taken out of their fins and some came up with a missing eye. The p's did not "fight" with the cichlids, but stayed away from them till one turned its back. then BOOM another chunk of fin gone. The real fights were the ones going on between the p's. trying to fight for dominance. as soon as i get acces to a comp. that has the ability to put in 3.5" discs ill post em here for ya. all my p's ended up as 2 and all my cichlids always looked terrible. they were meaner and chased the p's, but the p's looked great and the poor cichlids were gettin ugly. i got rid of the p's to a friend, and he has them in a 180 bow front in his house where they eat ANYTHING you throw in.
 
delgado, sorry man those were pacus. I have had a mini-pack of 6 rbp's in my 300 with a **** load of cichlids that were quite a bit larger . the p's were only shy for about an hour. after they came out they were very active and would eat anything i could get down to them. the fact that the cichlids got there faster apparently didnt bother them, because one by one all of my fish had huge perfectly round pieces taken out of their fins and some came up with a missing eye. The p's did not "fight" with the cichlids, but stayed away from them till one turned its back. then BOOM another chunk of fin gone. The real fights were the ones going on between the p's. trying to fight for dominance. as soon as i get acces to a comp. that has the ability to put in 3.5" discs ill post em here for ya. all my p's ended up as 2 and all my cichlids always looked terrible. they were meaner and chased the p's, but the p's looked great and the poor cichlids were gettin ugly. i got rid of the p's to a friend, and he has them in a 180 bow front in his house where they eat ANYTHING you throw in
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