I’ve been looking into starting a 125g planted tank with red belly piranhas. Anybody have info/experience on plants they will or wont eat?
I suggest you keep them with only inexpensive plants because they are going to nip at any of them if they get hungry. If you go with fine leaved plants, you may not see the damage as much as if you use plants like swords which have single large leaves on a stalk.
Fair warning when keeping Piranha: they will nip each other so unless the water is really clean, you will need meds on hand to treat infections or fungus. ( You can eliminate some meds if you use botanicals like Indian almond leaves, alder cones, etc. in the tank for their antibacterial properties. )
Thanks for the help.
I had them many years ago. Not the most pleasant fish keeping experience. They are cool to say to your buddies " I have Piranhas, stick your finger in the tank. " but in the end, were a pain in the butt. It's all about the water because nothing will stop them from nipping each other. They don't always do it from hunger so you can't stop them.
In all honesty, I wish they were not offered for sale. IMO, They are good just for medicine sales. NO fish is really safe with them.Ok. After what I’ve seen they are starting to seem like their not worth the big hassle, I may have to reconsider what kind of fish I’m keeping. Thank you for your insight.
In all honesty, I wish they were not offered for sale. IMO, They are good just for medicine sales. NO fish is really safe with them.
I’m kind of wanting to create an Amazon River biotope. I’m either wanting to stock it with 1-2 large predatory fish or some schooling fish that are on the larger size. Now that piranhas are out of the picture, I’m having trouble figuring out what to put in the tank. Since it’s 125 gallons I figure Arowanas and peacock bass are too big although I have seen the Kelbiri peacock bass that don’t grow too big. Have any stocking ideas? I’m not really interested in hundreds of small schooling fish.