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As far as I was aware, piranha weren't really schooling fish per say. While they are known as ravenous eaters when in a frenzy, Pirhana don't really school together. But you're the expert.

Seafood disgusts me. The first time I ate a clam I threw up all over the floor of the seafood restaraunt into my aunts lap too. Will never eat fish or crustaceans again.

  Fish have serious issues with ammonia and nitrite (and nitrate for that matter) because of their respiration via the gills.  These substances get into the bloodstream because of this.  As you have noted, turtles breathe air, so this aspect is obviously not an issue.  However, I do not have the...

Do you think the turtles will be hurt from the nitrates and ammonia? Or will those effects be minimal with the cleaning of the tank and their air breathing?

   There is a new development. My grandpa has kept turtles for almost 30 years, and decided that he is going to give me some young Red Eared Sliders for my Birthday. He has begun to tell me on turtle care, and has gotten me a 20 gallon tank, a filter, some sand, a heater, a uvb light, a basking...

Well I live in Fresno California, and I can't seem to find anything on the Water Hardness, pH, or alkalinity of Fresno's tap water. I think I will have to just test the tap myself when I get the testing kit. I knew that Corydoras needed sand, but what can I put as decorations besides live...

So if I'm going to plant some live plants, do I put them in before or after I cycle?

So let me start of by saying that I am a 15 year old living in California. When I was younger I loved fish, and would always beg my grandma to buy me some fish. Knowing how she was such a soft heart, she always bought them for me against my parents wishes. This would lead to my fish dying within...