piranhas

[seahorse11]

Has anyone kept piranhas in their tank?

 

[cartman101]

this is for aggressive saltwater tanks only not agressive freshwater tanks. I doubt anyone had them on here before. If you are interested on learning about them go check out waterwolves.com

 

[speg]

Suposedly its illegal to keep real pirahnas... but Pacu's are like the closet legal thing to a pirahna that you can buy (suposedly)... I have one of these and they get huge in a short amount of time.
Btw cartman101... I see nothing saying he cant ask about aggressive freshwater tanks.. who said this forum is for aggressive freshwater tanks only?

 

[pbienkiewi]

I live in massachusetts. I have hear of people going to RI to bye them and bringing them back.

 

[batman1820]

Originally Posted by Cartman101
this is for aggressive saltwater tanks only not agressive freshwater tanks. I doubt anyone had them on here before. If you are interested on learning about them go check out waterwolves.com
Who said this is just for saltwaterfish?

 

[ramsey]

My LFS sells them for $10 for any size

 

[exile415]

are you sure they're pirahnas ? red-bellied pacu's looks almost exact. i have 2 and i love these guys. still babys

 

[ithorian_r]

i have kept them before....whats ur ?

 

[seahorse11]

I saw the forum entitled " Aggressive Fish." It doesnt say anything about ONLY fresh or ONLY SW. I thought that this forum was to ask questions about any fish.
I live near the RI border and I have also heard of people going there to buy piranhas since they are illegal in Mass.

 

[jon321]

they arent illegal in canada, you can buy them by the truckload!
Jon

 

[sw65galma]

Anyone want a free large Pacu in Mass...Also have a tiger Oscar and Jack dempsey...all free.
catch is...you got to take the pacu

 

[sundance1]

I had 8 large red belly prianha in my 125 gallon.They were really messy and easily spooked.I found that large pieces of driftwood and lots of current settled them down a little,also,if you can get them to eat pelet food like mine did with goldfish once a week for a treat,the water parimeters stayed aot better.My largest was around 8 1/2 inches.They had a large(14 inch)common pleco as a tank mate and only nipped his fin once.I eventually sold them and went reef.

 

[ophiura]

The website is:
SALTWATERFISH. com
So this forum is for aggressive saltwater fish.
I've also cared for them before. All in all, pretty but pretty darn boring, IMO. Can be very skitish.

 

[guineawhop]

use to keep them as well, they are pretty skittish fish and really aren't as aggressive as people think they are, but can be aggressive if they want obviously.