i did a search but didn't find what i was looking for ..... i have read from a few people that you can keep smaller fish with rb . I'm soon gonna set up a 135 gallon tank and was going to order some red bellies ..my hope was to throw in a large school of cardinal or neon tetra's and other small tetra's ,rasbora's ...something like that ..have any of you had good expierence with this ?
piranha tankmates ....
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Yes, you can keep them with neons etc. -- but that doesn't mean you will still have them a few weeks down the line! LOL Most of the time it is better to put them with their own kind, as more often than not, any smaller (sometimes even much larger) fish are potential meals!
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well i guess i'll try it we'll go with neons and see what happens ..i also had another ? i was thinkin around 5-7 red bellies how many can i have in a 135gallon ? how fast do these fish grow ..my problem is this 135 will replace my 75 gal hex in my living room and i'd rather not have a 135g with 5-7 2" red bellies ..the tank would just look so bare ..thanks
Please try some Black Skirt Tetras,they will outlast anything else!!Even exodons!!I have kept these Tetras for a year with my pygo shoal,1 year ago. 
Let's put it this way....none what so ever, even keeping it's species in their is danagerous
Freind had a 14" ocar and 4 piranhas about 3" each, they ganged up on the oscar and nothing was left. So tell me that their's a species that can live with them, only thing I can think of is their food.
Freind had a 14" ocar and 4 piranhas about 3" each, they ganged up on the oscar and nothing was left. So tell me that their's a species that can live with them, only thing I can think of is their food.
Depends on the fishkeeper IMO. I had 6 RBPs in a 60 gallon, they were 1" to 6" in size, they shared the tank with 3 tinfoil barbs, bala shark, buffalohead cichlid, cons, guppies and others I cant think of. Oh yeah, a 6 inch ternetzi. Even threw in a gold spilo for a couple hours, but serras own pygos, so I had to take out goldy. Im not sure why the reds didnt attack the other fish, but they left them alone, perhaps it was the amount of beefheart, krill and shrimp I was giving them.
Not recommended for everyone, I had plants and driftwood in particular places. If the Reds were on the left side, I made it so it would be hard to see the right side of the tank. Its like that zen thing in the buddist garden, there are 6 rocks in the garden, but you will only see 5 at all times.
Not recommended for everyone, I had plants and driftwood in particular places. If the Reds were on the left side, I made it so it would be hard to see the right side of the tank. Its like that zen thing in the buddist garden, there are 6 rocks in the garden, but you will only see 5 at all times.
I have 2 P. Piraya 1 Natt and 1 Caribe all 7-8" and fed every day. Well I took some of the small danios from work and put them in my tank thinking that they would be too small and fast for my Ps.I was wrong all three were gone the next day. Nothing lives with my Ps except this 8" inch stripped ralph cat I have had for about 6 months now.
I think you should go with a dozen small Ps and grow them out. They grow fast to six, inches it wont take long! Once they reach that size pick out your best ones and sell or trade in 4-6 individuals. You may even turn a slight proffit by doing this.
I think you should go with a dozen small Ps and grow them out. They grow fast to six, inches it wont take long! Once they reach that size pick out your best ones and sell or trade in 4-6 individuals. You may even turn a slight proffit by doing this.