PIRANHAS…………?
December 9, 2009 by
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i have 1 piranha and i want to know if i can add more piranhas with him ? and i have a 50 gallon tank
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It’s best to have more than one piranha because they are schooling fish (5+ fish in a group), although, are you sure it’s a piranha? Most pet stores sell red-bellied pacus. They look like piranhas, yet get MUCH larger. If yours was sold at a pet store in the US, it’s most likely a pacu and a 50 gallon tank wouldn’t even be sufficient for one of them.
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Do not listen to the first poster, some pet stores do sell red bellied pacu but a lot of local pet stores DO sell red bellied piranhas. I happen to have 4 of them in a 75 gallon tank. What you are speaking of depends on the size of the original piranha. If you can only get piranhas that are smaller then the one you have now I would NOT add any more because there is a high chance that the larger one will attack the smaller ones in a home aquarium. If they are about the same then there should be no problem adding more fish to the tank. Don’t feed them live fish BTW, live fish are bad for the piranhas, they do have frozen food that is a mixture of different things. Piranhas need a varied diet just like you and me.
yes you can as long you continue feeding them because they may kill each other your piranha most be very lonely you should give him some more company you should buy like 2-6 piranhas and if you buy cheap fishes to gave the others as food it would help you to keep them out of thinking of eating each other
great luck
Sincerely E