why keep piranha?

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fishingaddict;1151933; said:
simple explanation: because people like them. people keep fish they like and thats the bottom line.
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Yep. Piranhas are no extra different than any other fish it. It's like asking, why keep plecos?
 
Ad@m;1151820; said:
those piraya look even better than when i saw them.. a few less than before though
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They are looking better and better everyday :D

I have 7 right now, I started with 10. I am regretting selling any of the others....
 
aaronic;1150639; said:
I am hoping to prove you wrong with my group :headbang2
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Just wait for the mass cannibalism to start.. all pygo's cannibalize a little bit.. but piraya are known to eat their tankmates out of the blue(even other piraya) and when larger have a real problem getting along.

I've only seen two over 20" online.. One is "Frank" who resides in Canada now I think and is 22"(brought in by George at SA at a large size) and the other was in japan and it looked like it was 900 years old and was sorta deformed/beat.

They are nice though..
 
Why do I get a mental image of a piranha swimming with a cane?? Weird....lol

I would hate to come across those fish in a dark alley!!
 
cichlaguapote;1152735; said:
Just wait for the mass cannibalism to start.. all pygo's cannibalize a little bit.. but piraya are known to eat their tankmates out of the blue(even other piraya) and when larger have a real problem getting along.

I've only seen two over 20" online.. One is "Frank" who resides in Canada now I think and is 22"(brought in by George at SA at a large size) and the other was in japan and it looked like it was 900 years old and was sorta deformed/beat.

They are nice though..
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I was waiting for the cannibalism to start since I got them at 3" but I have been able to so far have ZERO deaths to cannibalism... Even though 2 other people who also started with a group of 10 piraya both had 3 deaths to cannibalism.

I know they attack each other randomly when they are big because of breeding agression but they will be in a much larger tank by that time.
 
aaronic;1152951; said:
I know they attack each other randomly when they are big because of breeding agression but they will be in a much larger tank by that time.
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I'm not sure if it's due to breeding aggression or downright aggression but I know that 22" piraya that was put with other larger piraya(only smaller by 6" or so) and they were dead soon after trying to cohab him.. I don't think tank size had anything to do with it.

But wish you luck. Nothing would be nicer than a very large shoal of large piraya.
 
cichlaguapote;1153030; said:
I'm not sure if it's due to breeding aggression or downright aggression but I know that 22" piraya that was put with other larger piraya(only smaller by 6" or so) and they were dead soon after trying to cohab him.. I don't think tank size had anything to do with it.

But wish you luck. Nothing would be nicer than a very large shoal of large piraya.
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I saw a video of the same 22" piraya that is now in Hamilton, ON grouped with many smaller piraya without a problem. A guy named Wes (alias Piranha King) had him before Al and he had a lot of 8" piraya with him and I dont think there were any problems.

I am hoping that since my group has been together from a small size that there will be fewer problems and I also watch their behaviour very closely.

My goal is to eventually have a massive cement tank with 6 of these guys at 18-20" :headbang2
 
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