piranha and.....

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i have been thinking of getting a piranha but i also want to have a variety of fish,and i want them all to be preadotor fish.I was wondering what type of fish i could get any help would be appreciated
 
You put them with piranhas and you'll be down to two varieties of fish. Piranhas are the first. Your second category would be "dead fish." Besides, piranhas are illegal in California.
 
yeah, a varied diet is good for a piranha...

Pygos are the only piranha that can be kept even with other piranha. Even then if you have too small of a tank, they will take chunks out of each other.

And yes, as Druu said, all piranha are illegal in Cali.
 
YUP, your best bet is going with different species of piranha. like a RBP, a caribe, ternz and a piraya piranha. The only thing is that it can be costly and it might not even work due to their aggressive nature. I call the LFS the other day to see how much their piraya were. He told me $150 for a 4" and $400 8". I was going to spend that much and the P get eaten by another p.
He said that a 4-5" inch Ternz was like $85 which was OK. Just try going with a couple RBP's grown them out sell them then get of the expensive killers.

Here some pics of the other species. They are known to be more aggressive then the regular RBP

piraya.jpg

PCariba_Large.jpg

tern2.jpg
 
If you want agressive i wouldnt get a piraya, i would only get a piraya with the intention of growing him out. the only thing cool bout mine is his colors (super red look jus as cool), i think they are a little pricey for something thatll get eaten by other species.,but thats jus my opinion
 
KaraJo;1194237; said:
yeah, a varied diet is good for a piranha...

Pygos are the only piranha that can be kept even with other piranha. Even then if you have too small of a tank, they will take chunks out of each other.

And yes, as Druu said, all piranha are illegal in Cali.

Actually not true....You can also kept Serrasalmus species in the same tank such as

Serra. Geryi
and
Serra. Spilo

These Serra. are recommend to kept in solo, only advance piranha keeper can keep them gother.

I have own 9 Gold Spilo together from 2" now 5-6".
 
U Can keep Buck Tooth Tetra with Piranha and Pleco (Butt "Be Were Of Piranha)
I have had Con's with my piranha before but I don't recomend doing it
they end up DEAD !
 
master.k.;1195358; said:
U Can keep Buck Tooth Tetra with Piranha and Pleco (Butt "Be Were Of Piranha)
I have had Con's with my piranha before but I don't recomend doing it
they end up DEAD !
Are your tetras still in the same tank with them big ass piranha you got on youtube if so how long have they been in there.
 
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