Little-AL

I never would have expected Piranhas to be boring Always had this feeling that they would be attacking the glass to try and get at you lol....

Film feeding time!

foreigneRS

i was led to believe that they don't eat live stuff, that was just for the scary movies, only already dead rotting flesh

Redeye Jedi

Ive never heard that before, they are carnivores and extreme predators, although red bellies arent exactly top of the chain when it comes to agro fish but they will definately eat live food!!

Fiddy

Well they have had a nibble at there food over the night, gold fish has half its tail missing. defo boring fish, they just sit there and dont move much, but im not to bothered tbh, not like i was expciting them to do aquarobics in the tank lol, they look cool imo, and feeding time should be fun, so overall, very happy, cheers for the input everyone

paul16v

Its a good job that goldfish only has a 3 second memory or it would be shitting itself

G950KDT

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escos-jim

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Jeeez, seen this swim mousey swim!!!

when they get a taste they go mad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWILgmK_9qI

Redeye Jedi

This is what you want, proper predator!! Red bellies wouldnt stand a chance against this bad boy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGmvemG6fk

G950KDT

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bloomin heck, im staying away from acorn pet centres now!

Fiddy

It does look a bit confused ginge, like what the fcuk happend to my tail ?

Fiddy

Made short work of that didnt they

Fiddy

Was talking to the lad in the pet shop where i get my fish, he said he has a mate who had a big snakehead, it actually cracked the tank headbutting it


Naughty old fish.

Redeye Jedi

They are in another league!! Look for an Asian Snakehead if you want to see a proper fish!!

Maria.

I used to starve mine once a month... so they would go an entire week without any type of food.....

They would soon gobble it up then!

Its not cruel, it actually helps them keep that little bit of predatorial instinct.

mechanic28

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this is what ya want in ya tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2FInaOCqoo

stevenebm

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sick fuckers chucking live animals in and watching them get ate alive

Fiddy

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/predatory/snakehead.php


Looks a naughty fooker

Glenn_

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Bloody hell fiddy watch your fingers when feeding them lol.

mechanic28

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is the goldfish still alive?

Fiddy

Yes mate, got a big chunk out of its tail, but its still lively, flying round the tank, feeding etc. i came down this morning, and one of the shubumkins has gone, not a sign of it left, so they have eaten that over night.

Fiddy

Its all good glenn, i put fish in there for them to eat, they feed themselves, its cleaning the tank out that will be ' watch my fingers ' time lol.

XRdodgybird

Piranha........ I saw the film.... it was enough for me, I think I will stick to the lizzardy thing we have in the tank in the kitchen

RS Grant

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Two things that I'd steer clear dipping in the tank... dunno why you'd dunk your dick in a fish tank, but there are folk out there that shag their car exhaust so probably folk with a fetish for fish tanks too.


Cheers,
Grant

mechanic28

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poor thing so the goldfish had the last laugh then after having its tail attacked lol

Big G

Piranha's are hardy fish so can put up with crap water and temperature changes, dont feed them everyday and change their diet often,
I started off with 8 and last man standing over 3 years was Percy They got fed on speedy swiming fish, bacon, raw tuna, mackeral, chicken etc, and pretty much any meat that may be left over from mealtimes.
If you want to try it, starve them for a couple of days then put a mirror at 1 side of the tank, they may show their colours off abit more to it as a sign of machismo to what it thinks is another piranha.

When setting your tank up make a small den/hiding place big enough for 1 of them (pointless making it big enough for 2 as you wont see em then)

Fiddy

cheers big g


i sold all of my tropical fish i had in my big tank to my mate yesterday, moved the piranha i had into my big tank, and went and bought another three bigger piranha last night, so now my big tank is a piranha tank. i did keep my large sail fin plec, ive give him the small tank to himself, couldnt bring my self to get rid of him, its only a fish, but im quite attached to him


heres a few pics of the new piranha

Stu.H

Quote of the thread!

KSA-Cossie

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My thoughts too.

Fiddy

+1

Made me chuckle

Maria.

Get a plastic plant in there for em to hide behind... the like to huddle... but ultimately it'll bring their confidence levels up!

PeterD

Surely not on each hand?

cool thread, honestly thought Piranha would be angry vicious things, another one of life's disappointments.

mechanic28

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ask the goldfish and blue shubunkin what they think of them

Fiddy

Will do maria, cheers for the advice. i had a big castle and and barrel in there when i had the tropical in it, but they would just get in the way. i know what you mean about them liking to huddle, as soon as one moves away from the pack so to speak, the rest are straight after it. i was a bit concerned that the three i got last night wouldn't settle with the two i got the other day, but as soon as i put them in, they all huddled up, was also concerned as the three are bigger than the first two, but they all seem to be getting on swimmingly (no pun intended)

Fiddy

I think most think that mate, as it says on wikipedia, the film ' piranha ' did for the species what jaws did for sharks.

Big G

You can get a catfish to go in there, forgot its name but its got a hardback and is abit of a nasty bastard itself, but can live with Piranha's due to its sorta shell like back,
After a while then Piranha's leave your tank looking like a public toilet

Fiddy

Was reading on wikipedia about the fish that can go in with them, think ill just keep it piranha tbh. They do make a mess of the tank fella, ive cleaned out all the bits of dead fish today, and done a little water change, its still a bit messy. ive just bought the new Fluval U3 filter today, have been using a Fluval 3+, had it a while, so i was due a new one, and apparently the U3 is meant to be really good.

jameswrx

I was thinking they looked pretty brave anyway..

Mine used to be scared as anything, I certainly couldn't have photgraphed them like that.

The only time mine didn't mind seeing you was feeding time, they would get a bit carried away.. they seemed very wild.

mechanic28

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so the goldfish is dead now as well?

Fiddy

Yes mate, they knacked the subumkins and the gold fish. i got some frozen little fish today for them, cant remember what there called, skinny little things. gona try them as i dont want to feed them live food only.

Glenn_

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They look fooking horrible mate








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