piranha(redbelly) what can stand up to them ???
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I would only try like a pleco. Try to get one bigger than they piranhas. Also put them in the tank at the same time seems to work well. I have lost one pleco but I have two in the tank now and both are doing fine. You may loose one or two but they are not too expencive if you get the standard plecos at your lfs.
I would try a crayfish or lobster that has grown to a size that would keep your tank neutral between the RBP and the lobster. I've never had a prob, just make sure they are equivalent size and the lobster has places to hide. And make sure the RBP and lobster are fed enough to not care about eachother. Comet goldfish and minnows from your local pet store should be enough.
here are some of my piranha tank mates
the pleco comes really handy, when my P's feels itchy, they scratch their body on the pleco, well the pacu just died, well not by the piranha, i transfered it to another tank and it died on me, the crayfish, well got to have some hiding places when molting, but in any normal day the crayfish tries to nip some of my P's
the pleco comes really handy, when my P's feels itchy, they scratch their body on the pleco, well the pacu just died, well not by the piranha, i transfered it to another tank and it died on me, the crayfish, well got to have some hiding places when molting, but in any normal day the crayfish tries to nip some of my P's
ELECTRIC CATFISH.......RB's should learn that it's NOT a easy meal. Thats my guess. My 4" cat has his own quiet section of the tank. Exodons and Crayfish won't go near him....Full grown/ 350 volts!!!!
crayfish won't survive due to the fact that when they grow out and leave the skeleton, their new shell will be soft so RBs will kill it. no doubt, anything you put will most likely die unless you have a hiding place.
