Piranhas are hard work

I had six red belly piranhas and now i have two because when they get bored and hungry they kill and each other quite sadistic really haha this is the latest victim

Eww thats like a film! At least when the gold fish ate each other there where no remains! Xx

janey wrote:Eww thats like a film! At least when the gold fish ate each other there where no remains! Xx

      

This may not sound appealing to your wallet, but that often happens if there isn't enough room. Six adult piranhas would probably need (roughly) a 100 gallon tank - preferably more! They're extremely territorial and are pretty much always hungry, so being close to each other is often a big temptation to have a munch at a nearby tail.

Having said that, too much room and not a big enough shoal can also make them bad-tempered. All about balance with these fussy fishies!

You could also try upping their feed and seeing how that goes, to ensure that they're fully fed. It can also help to widen the variety of foods, to prevent boredom.

They do sometimes still fight though. Unpredicatable and territorial little monsters! Especially Red Bellies.

If you decide to add in new piranhas, make sure you rearrange the tank and substrate so that the territories are all mixed up. Otherwise, territories will already have been established, so the old piranhas will probably attack the new ones.

Why have big bitey things? Get a hamster lol Xx

janey wrote:Why have big bitey things? Get a hamster lol Xx

little bitey things , remember when we were kids me dad took us to the pet shop to get a hamster , they picked it out with a little cup on a stick thing and it escaped , my brother stuck his hand in to get the poor little fella and it came out hanging off his finger   needless to say we never got a hamster that day

janey wrote:Why have big bitey things? Get a hamster lol Xx

I quite agree!

I had hamsters when I was a child (many moons ago!), and they don't bite if they're handled properly. They certainly didn't try to eat each other! 

i have a massive tank eleanor and there well cared for i posted on the piranha forum before i got them so i got everything right theres just one of them thats really dominant it picks them off one by one ! theres only to left now and thats a number they say you shoudnt have because its inevitable your going to end up with one  

i had a couple of hamsters when i was a kid and one bit me haha and i liked the tv show river monsters the piranha one interested me so i decided to get some but there not what you think to be honest there really skittish and scared until they grow uo abit and then they just gte aggressive with each other

Fluffy bunnies for me not bites things, sock for your loss jack

Sounds like you just have little cannibals on your hands then! Little sods are notorious for it!

Any pics of your remaining two? I love piranhas! They look so comical!

i dont have any of them no but ill try get some after i have a couple of when they were all smaller on my photobucket ill post some up these are about 8 months old there massive now

Love the second one!

Blimey, pretty fish though