Piranah pond good idea?

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wohoooo. id love to see this one built.

if you saw the documentary of nigel marvin, there was a part where the P's were not attacking the kids while nigel marvin and the kids were swimming.

in my opinion, the P's are acustomed to people thats why they do not attack them.

so my theory is if the P's in the pond are not used to people dipping in it or animals like cats, they would try to taste them. but if the P's are used to people swimming in the pond they would not bite.

nigel marvin fed the P's in a tank with a baby goat or something yet he did not get bitten.
 
wlecount said:
What type of filtration would you use/recommend? I'm looking to do something similar with piranhas in my garage.
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I like drum filters and plant troughs for polishing
 
ronnie;356268; said:
if you saw the documentary of nigel marvin, there was a part where the P's were not attacking the kids while nigel marvin and the kids were swimming.

in my opinion, the P's are acustomed to people thats why they do not attack them.

so my theory is if the P's in the pond are not used to people dipping in it or animals like cats, they would try to taste them. but if the P's are used to people swimming in the pond they would not bite.

nigel marvin fed the P's in a tank with a baby goat or something yet he did not get bitten.
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I haven't seen the documentary, nor have I kept pirahna, but I went swimming a lot in some amazonian tributaries in Ecuador. What I would do is take a huge breath then tread water so that only my eyes were above the water and then these bulldog bats would swoop through the air and catch small fish that were feeding by the surface. The next day we went fishing and I caught a pirahna, in pretty much the same area I had been swimming in :nilly:

I asked my guide about it, and he said that we only needed to worry when it was the dry season, and the river would dry up in a lot of places into just ponds that would trap a lot of pirahna in a small space without much food; that's when you get stories about them going absolutely psycho on things.
 
I have often thought abut a piranha pond, it would make an awesome time at the family barbecue. Suburbanite yuppies standing around, talking shop and stocks, me in an apron, grilling a few feet from my fenced off pond. I tell them to stay away from the water, "you'll get eaten!", they mistake my light hearted chuckle for a lighter humor, and laugh themselves. "one for us"i say as i put a patty on the grill "and one for them" as i toss one into the pond. The yuppies stop mid gulp, and the everyone goes so quiet you could nearly hear the teeth gnashing together. Quickly the soccermoms look to locate their children, then begin trying to coerce their husbands into leaving. Not caring where they are going, just wanting to be away from this sick twisted freak that keeps a pond of death in his yard.....:nilly:
 
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