what suitable design of tanks or best for RBPs

[master.k.]

piranha's are rough on live plants ! I AGREE I never had had much luck keeping
them in the ground I think small ground cover would be the best bet .

Ad@m how is the manny .

 

[Capaburro]

I personally have no problem with my 4 RBP and a planted tank.

 

[superpopjavaan]

I think it depends on the character of your P's. If you know them well enough then you know what kind of environment they need in their tank. Shy and timid??? Then plenty plants, hidingplaces, etc.

Luckily my P's are not shy and timid. Just the opposite. So I had the luxury of designing my tank as clean and tidy as possible (much like the interior in my living room). I was confident enough that my P's wouldn't mind the lack of plants and hidingplaces.

It took about an hour for the P's to get used to their new home. Now they are swimming free and they seem to enjoy it. No signs of stress and their feeding behaviour is still unchanged. No goldfish lasted longer then 5 minutes and shrimps are also still appreciated.

Here are some pics of my setup just after is put my P's from my old tank to the new.

 

[Ad@m]

piranha's are rough on live plants ! I AGREE I never had had much luck keeping
them in the ground I think small ground cover would be the best bet .

Ad@m how is the manny .

hes doin great... eats like a pig, fingerchasing to.