Safety?

[P.A.NativesBPM]

Hello,

I'm thinking about 4 RBP in a 75 gallon tank, but I'm worried about safety.

To keep this from being one of my novels I'll ask this simply:

What are my odds of losing a hand?


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[Chub_by]

0 - 4 RBP's arent even gonna get your finger.

 

[Miguel]

None.....

You are seeing too many moovies....

 

[killzmke]

0 : 0. Don't back any into a corner and you won't even get nipped.

 

[sincebeen]

You've got a better chance of getting nipped by a shoal of giant danios than you do by RBPs. Based on your question...

...you need to educate yourself on the other aspects of successfully raising RBPs. Start here -----> https://www.msu.edu/~torresm2/piranhabehavior.html

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

I agree with everything that was said but I have issues with the reference that was thrown out. I was skimming it but see major flaws like suggesting you feed steak, chicken, beef heart, pork and then it suggests bala sharks, oscars and tiger barbs as tankmates

None of which I've seen anyone here successfully do except oscars with a lone red belly

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[MikeFromTheInternet]

I think that it was not needed to reference him elsewhere for learning. Thats what these forums are for.

Welcome to the piranha section. You wont lose a hand. You will only be likely to get bit if you deserve it (doing something stupid, or trying to get bit)

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

Agreed.

Opefe is a great site though

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[Rhomadeas]

I agree. An important fact missing from that page is the date it was put together. As more information is collected, things change. I had my first shoal of RBP's way back when they were still classified as Serrasalmus N.

 

[MikeFromTheInternet]

Opefe is an excellent reference. They are non profit and support a few really nice forums in teaching people about piranha and piranha care. But the difference between opefe and a random person's piranha care website is that opefe is actually based in science and is being constantly fixed and updated. Frank is an excellent resource in the piranha hobby. If it werent for him, we'd probably all be still feeding goldfish and posting videos of our piranha eating random animals.