Hi there,
Until recently, I had only kept community tanks and my Oscars of course. I was just dying to get a school of piranha but worried about my inexperience. Finally, I did it! I came home with six beautiful almost dime sized piranha! Now they are almost quarter sized and growing quickly and I couldn't be happier. They currently live in a dual filtered planted 55gal (long) grow out tank with a sand substrate until they get a little bigger and are ready for an upgrade. They are eating a mix of pellets, flake and their favorite: frozen they also seem to enjoy an occasional nibble of my plants. They seem to be very happy and very confident as long as they don't get left behind on the opposite side as their brothers and sisters, not at all the shy skittish fry I was told to expect. I would be more than grateful for advice anyone has on keeping piranha and what I could be doing to ensure they live long healthy lives. Also, I am currently in the process of decorating their 120 gal upgrade tank and I was wondering where do people get these beautiful branchy twisted pieces of driftwood? I certainly can't find them at the petstore and I live by the ocean and have no luck there either. I'd like to do a nice amazonian planted tank with a rocky backdrop and some cool roots, so any suggestions anyone might have on that would be equally appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you and it's nice to meet you all.
-Leanne
Until recently, I had only kept community tanks and my Oscars of course. I was just dying to get a school of piranha but worried about my inexperience. Finally, I did it! I came home with six beautiful almost dime sized piranha! Now they are almost quarter sized and growing quickly and I couldn't be happier. They currently live in a dual filtered planted 55gal (long) grow out tank with a sand substrate until they get a little bigger and are ready for an upgrade. They are eating a mix of pellets, flake and their favorite: frozen they also seem to enjoy an occasional nibble of my plants. They seem to be very happy and very confident as long as they don't get left behind on the opposite side as their brothers and sisters, not at all the shy skittish fry I was told to expect. I would be more than grateful for advice anyone has on keeping piranha and what I could be doing to ensure they live long healthy lives. Also, I am currently in the process of decorating their 120 gal upgrade tank and I was wondering where do people get these beautiful branchy twisted pieces of driftwood? I certainly can't find them at the petstore and I live by the ocean and have no luck there either. I'd like to do a nice amazonian planted tank with a rocky backdrop and some cool roots, so any suggestions anyone might have on that would be equally appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you and it's nice to meet you all.
-Leanne
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