: Re PIRANAS I NEED some pointers

:m16:
ok so im getting a few piranas with my bf the one's we have looked at at different sizes one is about 4 inches and the others are just babys
my questoin is can u put the larger one with the babys or will there be a bit of a feeding frenze? and does anybody have any advice about them?

 

How big is your tank, and how many fish are you thinking about adding? Piranhas are social fish, but if there are too many fish in too small a tank, they will indeed kill each other.

 

hmm ok well my tank is large. lol it took 16.5 large ice cream buckets to fill it so big

 

:m16: well the dimentions are roughly
3ft across
2ft high
and about 2.5 ft deep

 

Just a guess that is prolly around 35-40 gallons which isn't large enough for piranahs. If someone could verify the size for me I can offer some help and info.

 

:m16:
ok its the same size as the ones in the pet stores does that help! same langth maybe 2 inches shorter in depth but not much

 

not 2 sure ut last i checked i thot it was 55+ just a guess thoe

 

yah i just recently bought pirhanas.. two babies.. i love them

they're about 1.5 inch in length each.. and they have a 30 gallon all to themselves... which plan on upgrading for when they get bigger. but for now they have shit loads of room and made their first kill last night. on an old zebra fish.. it was crazy to watch....

they thrash like crazy when they get it in their mouths.

mmm
i love it!

 

:m16:
what does that have to do with my question????
any ways im happy for you but i found outall i have a 30 gallon and now my two baby's are doing good and they ate to gether 5 feeder fish the first day they came home!

 

I don't think it is wise to have baby piranhas in the same aquarium as adult piranhas. It is usually better if they are around the same length. You might want to move the baby piranhas in a different aquarium.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if your smaller fish have either gotten eaten or have damaged fins/body parts from your larger piranha. If not youre very lucky... I would remove them immediately and start a new tank, feeding them more than the big guy will give them a little time to catch up...

 

haha
acutaly iether i belive the bigger one is a female for the other's are the same age lol and she if thats what it is well she is like there ring leader she does not bother them they follow her a round she kills they eat its funny and they dont nibble on eachother ! its great lol but she isnt an adult yet she's like a teen ager and the rest are still growing!! but thank you all so much!!

 

just to forewarn... you are most likely going to have problems in the future... 3 piranha need around 125 gallons (at least) for them to live in full grown and even then, if one gets injured a lot of the times they are taken down fairly rapidly... Keep feeding them constantly and you might have a chance... but I doubt it... sorry for the pesimissom but I've heard of piranhas just turning on eachother for no apparent reason