Anyone Keep Piranha

[smit8361]

Friend of mine thinking of keeping some piranha in his aquarium, anyone here kept them or had any exprience with them..???

[Rawwr]

WHY!?

[RemaL]

why not

[smit8361]

Why - Thats what i'm trying to find out. It says they make interesting pets..!!

[SpydieNut]

smit8361 said:

Why - Thats what i'm trying to find out. It says they make interesting pets..!!

interesting pets....





interesting....





yes, i suppose the daily chance of losing a finger or 2 would qualify as interesting.

[sadako]

I got rid of mine when they ate my white persian cat.

[smit8361]

Certainly more interesting than your average goldfish..!!!

[horton]

They will annoy you.

You buy expensive tank plants, they bite through the stems just to mess with you.
Unless you have a nice sized tank, they will constantly fight and take small bits of fin and the occasional eye off the smaller one.
They are messy eaters, so you need a really nice filter.
Oh and don't get too deep a tank, you don't want to have your arm in the tank past your elbow to clean, when they get a decent size.

Having said that, they are fun to watch - no matter what people tell you, they don't need live food and they are pretty easy to look after.

The main consideration is tank size VS how many fish.

[magpie215]

I kept a pair for a while then one day I woke up and there was only one??

[smit8361]

magpie215 said:

I kept a pair for a while then one day I woke up and there was only one??

Perhaps someone stole it...!!

[SpydieNut]

magpie215 said:

I kept a pair for a while then one day I woke up and there was only one??

did you have it steamed or grilled?

[horton]

magpie215 said:

I kept a pair for a while then one day I woke up and there was only one??

They are not the worst for that, I had Malawi Ciclids, I started with 6 and ended up with 1 - I used to get furious with those little bds constantly fighting.

Piranha are chilled out most of the time and they are big enough to survive being nibbled on by the other piranhas.

[mat205125]

Can you have them fitted with frickin lasers?

[Rawwr]

smit8361 said:

It says they make interesting pets..!!

I'm sure a bengal tiger high on PCP would make for an 'interesting' pet or maybe a pack of rabid wolves. I know, scatter a few hornet nests around the house and keep a jar of redbacks in the fridge! That'd qualify as 'interesting'!

[horton]

mat205125 said:

Can you have them fitted with frickin lasers?

fool.
only sharks have lasers.

[smit8361]

Rawwr said:

smit8361 said:

It says they make interesting pets..!!

I'm sure a bengal tiger high on PCP would make for an 'interesting' pet or maybe a pack of rabid wolves. I know, scatter a few hornet nests around the house and keep a jar of redbacks in the fridge! That'd qualify as 'interesting'!

Apart from the fact they are in a tank and can't really survive out of water attacks u numpty

[horton]

Rawwr said:

smit8361 said:

It says they make interesting pets..!!

I'm sure a bengal tiger high on PCP would make for an 'interesting' pet or maybe a pack of rabid wolves. I know, scatter a few hornet nests around the house and keep a jar of redbacks in the fridge! That'd qualify as 'interesting'!

well, its not as if they are going to jump out of the tank and savage you.

you have more chance of being scratched by your pet cat, than bitten by your pet piranha - and the cat scratch is going to hurt more. (assuming you get red bellied piranhas)

[SpydieNut]

smit8361 said:

Rawwr said:

smit8361 said:

It says they make interesting pets..!!

I'm sure a bengal tiger high on PCP would make for an 'interesting' pet or maybe a pack of rabid wolves. I know, scatter a few hornet nests around the house and keep a jar of redbacks in the fridge! That'd qualify as 'interesting'!

Apart from the fact they are in a tank and can't really survive out of water attacks u numpty

do you *really* want to be the first to test that theory?

[Rawwr]

They'll evolve rapidly once they see the tasty treats asleep on the armchair. Once they've grown legs and a way to breathe, see how cocky you feel then.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Edited by Rawwr on Monday 29th December 14:08

[Boozy]

Not a great fish to be honest, don't swim around too much, spook quite easily and as mentioned, will generally pick at each other - ie, eyes and so on. There's plenty of more interesting fish you can keep than Piranah.