takemates for red bellied piranha

seastaar88 · 01-11-2006, 03:38 PM

we feed our RBP capelin, herring, gel, and shrimp chunks. they'll eat anything. like you said, scubadude, they know that anything in their tank is dinner!!!

and yeah, my job is a lot of fun!

cobra607 · 01-16-2006, 02:16 PM

Would moray eels and parahnas get along? i have a 75 gallon tank, the parahna is 1.5inches long, the morays are 8-10 and 12-14 inches long. Would they be ok? Also i have some little tetras but thsoe would probably become parahna food?

seastaar88 · 01-16-2006, 02:31 PM

moray eels are SW fish and piranhas are FW fish. yes, piranahs will eat anything smaller than them.

knifefishfreack · 01-16-2006, 05:17 PM

well there is a freshwater moray, but usually u want to keep them in brackish, they dont do that great in fresh. Also i wouldnt suggest keeping pihranas wiht anything except mybe crayfish, becuae either it /they will pick at the other fish or if the fish is bigge enough it will pick at it. So in conclusion i wouldnt suggest keeping it with anything excpet other rbp. Thats from experience..... also if ur keeping 1 rbp i would suggest not gettin that many more fish or it would be overcrowded anywya... they like being in groups anyway so i would buy a few more around its size.

pirahna man · 04-26-2007, 08:25 PM

i need to know if pirahnas eat anything nonliving

pirahna man · 04-26-2007, 08:27 PM

ley red belly pihranas sorry

scubadude · 04-28-2007, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pirahna man

i need to know if pirahnas eat anything nonliving

i used to have some fake plants for cover, after they started destroying them i removed them. all i keep in the tank now is gravel. i am not sure if they actually ate them or just tore them up. i feed them all kinds of dead stuff. it's safer and much eaiser. stuff my fish have ate-all kinds of frozen fish, shrimp, turkey, chicken, beef, beefheart, hotdogs, lunchmeat, frogs, minnows, goldfish. for some reason they did not like chicken liver, or tadpoles. i dunno but maby they just wernt in the mood.

vinceschilke · 07-28-2007, 04:36 PM

you can keep red bellied piranhas with almost any fish you would like as long as:
tankmates dont look anything near feeder fish;the piranhas are well fed;and it would be a lot more helpful if the tankmates have been with the piranhas since they were both juveniles

vinceschilke · 07-28-2007, 04:41 PM

RBP will eat not living things if thats what they have been eating since juveniles. if they are used to live feeders and you switch, it might take them a little while, or till theyre hungry, to actually eat the beefheart,brineshrimp, etc.

for the fake plants, try putting live, robust plants and spread the roots out widely under the gravel or sand because at night or feeding time the piranas will easily bump into the plants which eventually causes them to float to the top.

miasschreyer · 01-13-2009, 11:46 AM

I have two piranhas that at about an inch and a half long in a ten gallon tank and sometimes when I feed them guppies, the guppies just swim right to the top and the piranhas never go up there to get them nor do i think they can see them. What should I do?

01-11-2006, 03:38 PM	#11
seastaar88 Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: middletown, CT Posts: 1,705	we feed our RBP capelin, herring, gel, and shrimp chunks. they'll eat anything. like you said, scubadude, they know that anything in their tank is dinner!!! and yeah, my job is a lot of fun! __________________ cheers, jan ------------------------------------------------- 20LG moderatly planted: empty RIP bluegill sunfish 2004-2009 RIP pumpkinseed sunfish 2004-2007

01-16-2006, 02:16 PM	#12
cobra607 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 16	Tank mate question Would moray eels and parahnas get along? i have a 75 gallon tank, the parahna is 1.5inches long, the morays are 8-10 and 12-14 inches long. Would they be ok? Also i have some little tetras but thsoe would probably become parahna food?

01-16-2006, 02:31 PM	#13
seastaar88 Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: middletown, CT Posts: 1,705	moray eels are SW fish and piranhas are FW fish. yes, piranahs will eat anything smaller than them. __________________ cheers, jan ------------------------------------------------- 20LG moderatly planted: empty RIP bluegill sunfish 2004-2009 RIP pumpkinseed sunfish 2004-2007

01-16-2006, 05:17 PM	#14
knifefishfreack Little Fish Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: boston, mass Posts: 203	well there is a freshwater moray, but usually u want to keep them in brackish, they dont do that great in fresh. Also i wouldnt suggest keeping pihranas wiht anything except mybe crayfish, becuae either it /they will pick at the other fish or if the fish is bigge enough it will pick at it. So in conclusion i wouldnt suggest keeping it with anything excpet other rbp. Thats from experience..... also if ur keeping 1 rbp i would suggest not gettin that many more fish or it would be overcrowded anywya... they like being in groups anyway so i would buy a few more around its size. __________________ lets celebrate Last edited by knifefishfreack; 01-16-2006 at 05:20 PM..

07-28-2007, 04:36 PM	#18
vinceschilke Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 24	red bellied piranhas you can keep red bellied piranhas with almost any fish you would like as long as: tankmates dont look anything near feeder fish;the piranhas are well fed;and it would be a lot more helpful if the tankmates have been with the piranhas since they were both juveniles

04-26-2007, 08:25 PM	#15
pirahna man Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5	i need to know if pirahnas eat anything nonliving

04-26-2007, 08:27 PM	#16
pirahna man Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5	ley red belly pihranas sorry

07-28-2007, 04:41 PM	#19
vinceschilke Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 24	continued RBP will eat not living things if thats what they have been eating since juveniles. if they are used to live feeders and you switch, it might take them a little while, or till theyre hungry, to actually eat the beefheart,brineshrimp, etc. for the fake plants, try putting live, robust plants and spread the roots out widely under the gravel or sand because at night or feeding time the piranas will easily bump into the plants which eventually causes them to float to the top.

01-13-2009, 11:46 AM	#20
miasschreyer Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1	I have two piranhas that at about an inch and a half long in a ten gallon tank and sometimes when I feed them guppies, the guppies just swim right to the top and the piranhas never go up there to get them nor do i think they can see them. What should I do?