Piranah...

[Tropical_Decade]

Does anyone on here keep Piranah...

I've just been pets at home in stoke and they had got 3 in a tank (one was dead with an eye missing).

They didn't look like red bellies, they were about 1" long, silver in colour with small red spots. Is this what juvenile red bellies look like?

What size tank would be required for 2 or 3 piranah long term?

Cheers

Gaz

 

[Xenon Junkie]

Wrong section mate, this needs to be in predator area ^^,
But i usually prefer to keep pirahna in 5ft + as they like to be kept in groups.
As piranha are one of the few pred's i have little experience with hopefully you'll get more info

 

[Tropical_Decade]

Cheers mate,

wil go into predator area.

thanks alot

 

[Inchworm]

I'll move the thread for you, Tropical_Decade

 

[Tropical_Decade]

Thanks for moving this!

I came in this section to re-write it, and it was here Lol

Anyone got any advice for me?

Cheers

Gaz

 

[jonny_dw]

Sounds like juvenile red bellies and probably is although it is the season for juvenile caribe. Did they have a humeral spot? If so then it will be caribe.

If their tank bred red bellies and I reckon they probably are, its 75 Us gallons MINIMUM for 4 adults for life (4 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft ) and 20 gallons extra per fish is a general guideline. Dont keep 2 or 3 as you will most likely end up with 1.You need big filters (personally I'd have nothing smaller than an fluval fx5 with an adult shoal)

 

[Tropical_Decade]

Apologies for the late reply.

Ive been back since and found out that they are juvenile red bellies.

I know very little about predatory fish and would like 'at some point' to get a 6 foot tank and house something a little bit interesting.

Piranah are one option,

What are other options?

What predatory fish have people on here got?

 

[always4lora]

snakeheads are always an option for pretty much any size tank. Go from like max 4-5 inch snakeheads to snakeheads in excess of 2-3foot , probs more out in the wild. Awsome fish , each species look differernt. you can get some tropical ones and some sub-tropical. Most are recommended for species only tanks but some kept solo with other types of fish may be ok. i have 7 channa orientalis in with a senegal bichir and BN plec.

I'm not 100% sure on this but theres an arrowana that may fit in a 6foot tank depending on the width of it . Most arrowana's are too big though.

Pike cichlids are good theyd be species only though.

Theres a load of Bichir's i've got a senegal bichir which was cheap and looks very impressive.

Theres too many to mention really. Depends what you want , ie just a single large specimin. Shoal of predatory fish . or predatory fish that will tolerate tank mates around the same size.

 

[Tropical_Decade]

I think id love a shoal of predators if i had a 6 footer.

I Will always keep a 4/5 foot tank for my cichlid/community tank, and would love to get into snake heads or birchir in the future.

Ive got a lot of research to do though.

Thanks alot

Gaz