RB Piranha facts help.

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I would say yes they are hard to keep because you have to keep up with water changes, Remove uneaten food, Keep them well fed, worry about tank space.

This is not a fish for a beginner. A lot of time, money, and care goes into keeping these fish. I wish you the best of luck
 
kevbc03;3406232; said:
I would say yes they are hard to keep because you have to keep up with water changes, Remove uneaten food, Keep them well fed, worry about tank space.

This is not a fish for a beginner. A lot of time, money, and care goes into keeping these fish. I wish you the best of luck
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I agree RBP's are difficult esp. in groups...............here a few tips from my Piranha keeping;

Live Plants help clean the waste outta the water and their excriment in the soil, snails will eat the remenant food particles, imatation crab meat is a great food source w/ no disease issues associated with feeders besides piranha like injured, dying and dead fish not live healthy fish, the more running room you give will lessin' the serious wounds they inflict on each other, they like clean water - a powerhead wouldn't hurt either.

Heres one of mine healthy and large , cept for the callus on his chin from attacking the glass as we walk by :WHOA:

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Otherone;3408029; said:
I agree RBP's are difficult esp. in groups...............here a few tips from my Piranha keeping;

Live Plants help clean the waste outta the water and their excriment in the soil, snails will eat the remenant food particles, imatation crab meat is a great food source w/ no disease issues associated with feeders besides piranha like injured, dying and dead fish not live healthy fish, the more running room you give will lessin' the serious wounds they inflict on each other, they like clean water - a powerhead wouldn't hurt either.

Heres one of mine healthy and large , cept for the callus on his chin from attacking the glass as we walk by :WHOA:
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imitation crab meat should NOT be considered a great food source... although it does contain some fish (mostly pollock), it also contains lots of additives and is highly processed... stick to raw shrimp or raw, non processed fish fillets
 
connman86@hotmail.com;4084570; said:
I have 8 6" reds and currently have gravel as a substrate. I want to go with sand but was wondering is it easier or harder to clean.
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Hey man, great question. You really should make your own thread though as this one has 5 pages of posts from 8-9 months ago.

It's just a matter of opinion but sand definetely looks nicer to me. It's just a matter of keeping it out of your filtration. It's not necessarly harder to clean, it's just different then cleaning gravel
 
I currently have five rbp in a 55 gallon tank. They're still babies at the moment and I hope to keep them in there as long as possible since I currently don't have the space to upgrade.
 
connman86@hotmail.com;4084570; said:
I have 8 6" reds and currently have gravel as a substrate. I want to go with sand but was wondering is it easier or harder to clean.
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I recently switched to sand myself. Its easier to clean I think. Only problem is real tiny sized food particals that the filter dont suck up. I just stir up the sand with water changes. Keeps it looking clean.
 
Hello,

Interesting thread! I've got two tanks on the go...

90 gal - Serrasalmus Rhombeus - with me 1 1/2 yrs (1" and now 6")
AC110, AC70

75 gal - 3 RBP's - with me 3 weeks....
AC70, Aquatech 60

*** My reds are dividing up the tank lately. During the day, I have a low light system on to grow out my plants. It's well planted with Malaysian driftwood in the center. They are eating very well and i feed AM and PM. Feed smelts, krill, pellets, etc... NO NO feeders.... There aggression is up a bit lately. I am watching them carefully because i have 1 of the 3 which is about an inch smaller then the other two. It got a little damaged today. Dorsal fin with bite marks and parts of it missing. Hoping that will be the worst of it.... Love my P's. Hoping someday to breed them and that a male and female are in the mix....

Piranha in my area are hard to get. Not common in LFS. So, i'm watching these like a hawk and hoping that all will grow large and happy.

JP
 
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