Piranhas basic questions.

[goodgene]

hi everyone. i know nothing about piranha, so i would like to ask a few basic question about them.

1) which species can be kept alone.

2) which species is the most common.

2) which species is the most aggressive and have the sharpest teeth(haha).

thanks!

 

[jp80911]

hi everyone. i know nothing about piranha, so i would like to ask a few basic question about them.

1) which species can be kept alone.
they can all be kept alone, but most serras NEED to be kept alone and pygos do better in shoal

2) which species is the most common.
pygocentrus nattereri (aka red belly piranha or rbp)is the most common

2) which species is the most aggressive and have the sharpest teeth(haha).
IMO they all have sharp teeth and can do some serious damage to your hand if bitten. depends on what you mean by aggression, some people may say elongs or maculatus are less skittish on average as compare to other serra.
each species can have some fish that are more aggressive and some are more skittish, it's up to the individual fish, it's a hit or miss.
thanks!

read up the information in the sticky and http://opefe.com/

 

[goodgene]

thanks man. helps alot.

 

[bomber]

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