red bellied questions?

[ctenopoma]

I just got a 55g tank from an ad in the paper and it came with a free 12 yr old red bellied and he's huge
I also got a smaller red bellied for my birthday so I put them together and they get along very well, the larger one seems to be very protective of the smaller one
I was wondering if it would be okay to keep snails with piranhas
or a baby rubber lip pleco( which darts around a lightning speeds) I figured it might be able to out run it if they ever tried to eat him but I would like some opinions

 

[AttackFish]

Snails are fine.
Might get eaten sometimes, but they're cheap anyways.

 

[JoeDizzleMPLS]

how big are natts in that tank? i can guarantee you that the larger one is not being protective of the smaller one

 

[RonTheRHOM]

^^^lol i agree
and 2 is a bad number, 3 pygos work better

 

[ctenopoma]

I swear it protects it!! lol i'm scaping the tank right now and if I go anywhere near the smaller one ithe big one lunges at my hand

 

[JoeDizzleMPLS]

I swear it protects it!! lol i'm scaping the tank right now and if I go anywhere near the smaller one ithe big one lunges at my hand

haha, it's probably just protecting it's future meal... how big are they?

 

[ctenopoma]

the larger one is about 12 inches and the smaller one is 7

 

[JoeDizzleMPLS]

i'd like to see a picture of the 12 incher

 

[koop171]

I would love to see a picture also

 

[dongman78]

Ditto!