Questions on my two new Pirhana's

[gdpirhana]

I got a few questions. First off I have two new baby Pirhanas in ten gallon tank they are about 3/4's inch. When would I need to upgrade my tank? They are currently on blood worms, i feed about three times a day and they have grown pretty quickly , when will they start to eat the 12 guppies that i have in the tank?
How will i find out if they are male or female? plz write back i need some answers thanks

 

[thebulk]

Cant help you, never kept pirhanas

Goodluck with them though

B)

 

[gdpirhana]

Cant help you, never kept pirhanas

Goodluck with them though

B)

thanks for that worthless info, haha

 

[juanveldez]

OH MY GOD YES.... you are going to have to up grade to at least a minimum of 55 gal and in a hurry but IMO a 75gal or bigger would be better. as far as the guppies I would have to say that it would be when they are about an inch to an inch and half I started mine on dead neons and then they graduated to dead goldfish and then to live fish but I would be surprised that they eat them sooner than that but also don't be suprised to see some heads in there mine didn't eat them for quite awhile.

 

[Kossy]

OH MY GOD YES....

Please refrain from using this sort of language it may offend viewers.

Cant help you, never kept pirhanas

Goodluck with them though

Like I told you yesterday please do not post stupid posts like this one.

To answer your question you will need to upgrade to a preferably 75g tank. They will grow quite large.

 

[Kossy]

Also the bulk if you would like could you at least research for peoples problems.

 

[knutty]

I keep two RBP in a 55 gallon tank. first of all, if you really want them to grow big and be healthy they need to have a good environment. RBP hate the light so propping shale up on pet. wood or rocks to make caves ia a good idea. using a cannister filter is optimum since it creates a light current and cleans up after these messy eaters. the warmer the water the more aggressive they become. keep it around 80 to keep them a little more docile. go over 80 towards 84 and they start to become super aggressive. i discourage the use of feeder fish as much as possible as it raises the chances of getting parasites. rotate chicken livers and earthworms. once they get a little bigger the blood worms are not going to do it anymore. keeping RBPs is a tricky science. first of all, you are dealing with a warm water tank which is hard to begin with. dealing with their temperment is another issue. one of your babies will become the alpha fish once he reaches 3 incehs or so. keep melafix and a separate tank ready as he will attack the others. they are very smart predators and can be a lot of fun to keep. provide them with the right environment and they get big fast. if u want any other info, feel lfree to ask.

 

[kevy]

Did they grow to full size in your 55 gallon knutty? How big were they and how many?

 

[smb]

What kind of piranhas do you even have? That matters a lot in how big of a tank you have to have.

If you do have rbp's, which others are saying and is the most common, you can't just have 2. I've kept p's for 16 years and have had hundreds of them. Having only 2 means you will only have 1 in the long run. The dominate will almost always kill the other with just 2. Like mentioned you should have at least a 75g for a shoal. rbp's are shoaling fish and need to be kept in groups of at least 3 and preferably a minimum of 5.

I have a post somewhere in here about all the piranhas I've kept and their needs but I can't find it.

Let us know what type of piranha you have before we can suggest anything as some like serras can only be kept by themselves and others like pygos can only be kept in groups etc.

 

[gdpirhana]

THey are red bellys does a 55g need a stand?

 

[smb]

Yea, a 55g needs a stand.

Did you read where I mentioned that 2 rbp's aren't compatable and where we all said that a 55g is too small for 2 p's? They are very territorial unless shoaling and grow to 12" and in such small confines the dominate will kill the other with just 2.

 

[gdpirhana]

KNUUTY i got some questoins how many reb bellies should i have? i have two now and i am pretty low on money so yea...55g thats pretty big to big for a bedroom? when you feed them chicken liver do you cook it or raw? thanks

 

[knutty]

never cook anything you give them. there are a lot of opinions about fishkeeping, it is a very personal and scientific hobby. you will see many different views here and none are wrong. what you will find is a unanimous concensus that harming or stressing the fish is NO GOOD. the time to ask questions is before you buy a new fish. I had 3 red bellies in another tank but the one got larger faster and had to be removed. I kept him at a friends house in a tank all by himself. the other two are in my tank ( 55 gal) and are doing fine. one gets pushed around a little but no harm is done. i have the tank setup in a divided manner so each claims his own territory. you must, and i repeat must, have time to clean up after them and feed them properly as well as have a good filtration system. they are not easy to care for. i spend nearly an hour each night feeding and cleaning up after them. the will shake chicken liver to pieces and make a complete mess of the water. worms are not bad. they tend to gobble them right up. never feed them any kind of beef as it contains too much fat and cholesterol. i stick to chicken livers , earthworms, and on occasion feeder fish. should you have them nipping at each other, and you will at some point, keep a bottle of melafix on hand. it speeds up the ehaling process. i have over 700 dollars in my 55 gallon setup, and i do noteven have a hood for the top. it is an expensive, yet rewarding hobby. if this is your first aquarium. i am new to this forum, but there are a lot of highly educated and experienced aquariasts here to learn from. i know i have. start from the beginnig and ask some questions. we wil do our best to answer them. =)

 

[gdpirhana]

thanks alot man how big our your rb's? are guupies ok to feed em or are they a feeder fish?

 

[AllusiveLife]

OH MY GOD YES....

Please refrain from using this sort of language it may offend viewers.

Cant help you, never kept pirhanas

Goodluck with them though

Like I told you yesterday please do not post stupid posts like this one.

To answer your question you will need to upgrade to a preferably 75g tank. They will grow quite large.

uhhh, post like this really bug me, but since you didn't intentionally mean to tick me off that's alright you're forgiven... This is an excellent example of who gives a crap if that person said "Oh My God"! If it offends someone who cares, it wasn't done intentionally, besides that if it offends someone that's their problem and by all means God won't punish the person who got offended if anything he'll punish their choice of actions towards what was said. But again I am not about to pass judgement. I have an Australian friend who you remind me of and I just want to wack her over the head with one of those fly things... I forget her name but who cares.. Alot of things offend people , people need to learn to get over it and move on. It's not the end of the world sin is sin but that's no justifacation for doing it.

That wasn't a stupid post, " Good luck though " that was more of an encouraging post...Yes someone is looking for help, but a little encouragement won't hurt...