takemates for red bellied piranha

jo3olous · 01-13-2009, 03:40 PM

piranhas shouldnt be in a 10G tank, get a bigger tank for starters. They will find the guppies soon enough. Piranhas are also much more aggressive in numbers.

jo3olous · 01-14-2009, 11:25 AM

oh, to be more relevant to the rest of the thread. Someone mentioned how piranhas will coexist with SA cichlids and such; It shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as you don't keep a school of piranhas. Piranhas tend to be a bit on the shy side and might actually give way to the bigger oscars, pacu, dempseys, etc. BUT if you give a piranha 4-5 buddies, their strength seems to lie in numbers, then I would fear for your oscar's life!!! =P

mistercoffee · 01-14-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by miasschreyer

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?

You should get a bigger tank.

hari-goshi · 01-17-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by seastaar88

at the aquarium i work at, we keep pirhana without any problems with BIG plecs and what i think are called lepporanidae (the black and yellow fish in the pic..i'm embarrassed to say i can't recall the name!).

Banded Leporinus. I was shocked when I found out the Petsmart down the street sold these things for like 6 dollars and had them labeled semi agg. 8 inches max. Crying shame.

jaws_the_piranha · 07-29-2009, 07:15 AM

i keep my rbps with their feeders and a tinfoil barb about the same size and the tinfoil fights back but he has lost little bits of his tail but they all are in a 65gal with some sharks that are small

blue_ram · 07-29-2009, 01:20 PM

Exodons supposedly can be kept with Piranha until the Piranha get too big.

Knox_RBP · 08-15-2009, 11:05 PM

It's possible but you ALWAYS run they risk of losing fish. They could cohab for years and then one day you come home to missing fish. Believe me I know. People say a Spilo and a Natty would never work, I'm just fearing for they day I come home and they are right..

Badfish · 10-26-2009, 11:13 PM

I have had a plecostomus in with my 5 inch red bellies and they have never bothered him. Not even a small fin nip. Plus you get the benefits of getting your tank cleaned? Do you have any problems with keeping your ammonia levels in check because mine stay high but I have 6 in a 55gal, so hopefully soon I can step up to a 100-150 gallon.
Thanks,
Badfish

Nostrathomas · 11-06-2009, 10:12 AM

I once had two 6 inch red bellies and a black piranha in a 75 gallon tank along with a snakehead, and from time to time bits of it's tail were missing. But, as Knox said, with Piranha there is no guarantee they won't kill anything else you put in there eventually.

01-13-2009, 03:40 PM	#21
jo3olous Large Fish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 909	piranhas shouldnt be in a 10G tank, get a bigger tank for starters. They will find the guppies soon enough. Piranhas are also much more aggressive in numbers. __________________ 20Long -- 5 Tiger Barbs 60G -- 1 Albino Tinfoil, 1 Red Tail Shark Ball so hard we should be on ESPN~

01-14-2009, 11:25 AM	#22
jo3olous Large Fish Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 909	oh, to be more relevant to the rest of the thread. Someone mentioned how piranhas will coexist with SA cichlids and such; It shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as you don't keep a school of piranhas. Piranhas tend to be a bit on the shy side and might actually give way to the bigger oscars, pacu, dempseys, etc. BUT if you give a piranha 4-5 buddies, their strength seems to lie in numbers, then I would fear for your oscar's life!!! =P __________________ 20Long -- 5 Tiger Barbs 60G -- 1 Albino Tinfoil, 1 Red Tail Shark Ball so hard we should be on ESPN~

07-29-2009, 01:20 PM	#26
blue_ram Medium Fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 436	Exodons supposedly can be kept with Piranha until the Piranha get too big. __________________

08-15-2009, 11:05 PM	#27
Knox_RBP Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 6	It's possible but you ALWAYS run they risk of losing fish. They could cohab for years and then one day you come home to missing fish. Believe me I know. People say a Spilo and a Natty would never work, I'm just fearing for they day I come home and they are right.. __________________ Tanks: two 10g, one 15g, two 20g, four 30g, one 55g, one 75g, one 120g, one 175g Stock: eight RBP 4" - 8", one 6" "Purple Spilo", two RB Pacu 15" and 17", two 9" plecos and too many other little fish to list here.lol

07-29-2009, 07:15 AM	#25
jaws_the_piranha Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	i keep my rbps with their feeders and a tinfoil barb about the same size and the tinfoil fights back but he has lost little bits of his tail but they all are in a 65gal with some sharks that are small

10-26-2009, 11:13 PM	#28
Badfish Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	I have had a plecostomus in with my 5 inch red bellies and they have never bothered him. Not even a small fin nip. Plus you get the benefits of getting your tank cleaned? Do you have any problems with keeping your ammonia levels in check because mine stay high but I have 6 in a 55gal, so hopefully soon I can step up to a 100-150 gallon. Thanks, Badfish

11-06-2009, 10:12 AM	#29
Nostrathomas Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 24	I once had two 6 inch red bellies and a black piranha in a 75 gallon tank along with a snakehead, and from time to time bits of it's tail were missing. But, as Knox said, with Piranha there is no guarantee they won't kill anything else you put in there eventually.