[ELewandowski]

A red belly. Its only 1.5" right now and i have it in a 10 gallon tank. Gonna keep it there until it starts to grow a bit and transfer it to a 55gal. Anyone know the growth rate of them?

 

[petlover516]

wow be careful! they can inflict nasty bites, and possibly take a finger off!! I thought it was illegal to import pirahnas into the US and if u are in the US u most likely got ripped and what u have is a pacu, which will need a much bigger tank.

 

[ELewandowski]

illegal? Everyone around here sells them. I'm in Michigan. Its a piranha for sure.

 

[petlover516]

u checked the teeth? are they super-sharp? if u really have a pirahna, they need to be in schools of about 3.

 

[aspects]

I would love to see pics of this "piranha"

 

[ELewandowski]

wow, a lot of nay sayers on this board. Guess i will head back to the piranha Forum.

 

[ELewandowski]

u checked the teeth? are they super-sharp? if u really have a pirahna, they need to be in schools of about 3.

oh, and i have been told by people on piranha forums that red bellies should be alone or in schools of 3. It depends on the breed of piranha.

 

[ELewandowski]

I dont have any pics of it, but here is a quick google search of what it looks like. identical.

referenced web page-How to Breed: Red-Bellied Piranha - WaterWolves - Exotic, Rare and Predatory Fish Since 1998!

 

[petlover516]

ok well its definately a pirahna. heres a care link: Piranha - Pygocentrus nattereri

 

[ELewandowski]

ok well its definately a pirahna. heres a care link: Piranha - Pygocentrus nattereri

Thanks for the link.

 

[krause the kid]

that is an awesome fish. good luck

 

[ELewandowski]

that is an awesome fish. good luck

thanks, im excited to watch it grow. They had them for sale already 3-4" but i wanted to watch him grow and have it a little longer. And the large ones were $40-50.

 

[DarkRevoultions]

u checked the teeth? are they super-sharp? if u really have a pirahna, they need to be in schools of about 3.

Nah, they don't need to be in schools of three.. a lot of tetras like to be in schools, but I normally buy them just one only...

 

[DarkRevoultions]

I dont have any pics of it, but here is a quick google search of what it looks like. identical.

referenced web page-How to Breed: Red-Bellied Piranha - WaterWolves - Exotic, Rare and Predatory Fish Since 1998!

Woah! the baby piranha looks scary enough, but the adult is like a MONSTER!!

 

[DarkRevoultions]

A red belly. Its only 1.5" right now and i have it in a 10 gallon tank. Gonna keep it there until it starts to grow a bit and transfer it to a 55gal. Anyone know the growth rate of them?

They grow really fast. They grow faster than angels I can say that.. it takes about 6 - 7 months just for an angel to reach about 5-7" I believe.. but if you feed piranha's a LOT of food, then they will for sure grow fast.

Just like Oscars, they are rapidly fast growers. What do you have in the 55 gallon tank right now?? the Piranha's can't really stay with anything except for plecos.. and other piranhas, or aggressive fishes like cichlids..

 

[ELewandowski]

They grow really fast. They grow faster than angels I can say that.. it takes about 6 - 7 months just for an angel to reach about 5-7" I believe.. but if you feed piranha's a LOT of food, then they will for sure grow fast.

Just like Oscars, they are rapidly fast growers. What do you have in the 55 gallon tank right now?? the Piranha's can't really stay with anything except for plecos.. and other piranhas, or aggressive fishes like cichlids..

no fish in it yet, its empty. I was gonna set it up soon and let it cycle a couple weeks and put some plants in it. Still researching that. But i was thinking a pleco, but might just give whole tank to the red.

 

[Fishboydanny1]

cichlids are too slow. the piranhas will eat cichlids alive.

 

[ELewandowski]

cichlids are too slow. the piranhas will eat cichlids alive.

dont worry, not putting anything else in there except maybe a large pleco.

 

[Fishboydanny1]

Just a warning to anyone who is thinking of doing it..... the plec should be fine

 

[ELewandowski]

Just a warning to anyone who is thinking of doing it..... the plec should be fine

yeah, i have heard a large plec can defend themselves pretty good if they need to also.