RBPs biting through stuff in tank

[Diogenes]

My RBP used to bite through plastic plants but that was only because they would chase a feeder in there. I had to pick plastic pieces out of my water all the time. I never had issue with them biting any cords tho. I hope that yours dont. Good luck

so thats where all those floating plastic plant parts are coming from.....hmmmm. Why didn't I figure that out on my own.

 

[dmopar74]

they will bite crap, i had a red that would bite through airline daily. get a chunk of pipe and place it around the cords for safety sake.

 

[razorback182]

strangely enough, my rbp's actually lessened their biting of plants when i put in more plants.

 

[hot_boi07]

my wires are in the water but my three gold p's never bite them once

 

[Armand]

Afret years of having Piranha I can tell you that their biting plastic stuff is pretty uncommon, My P's never have bite anithing beyond organic stuff.

I think the possibility for them to bite the cables is pretty remote.

Regardless, If you want to feel more safe, you can take a piece of plastic tube about 3/8" and make a cut all long one side of it and you can put the cables that you think the P's could bite inside of the tube.


Cheers.

 

[kevbc03]

My red bellies will take chunks out of my plastic plants. I'll find little pieces of plastic floating on the top of the water.

 

[Diogenes]

My serra occasionally takes a chunk out of a plant, mostly when hunting feeders. The only other inanimate object I have ever seen him bite is plastic bags. When you bag him up to transport, or drop a bag of feeders in the tank to climatize, he bites through them sometimes.