PIRHANA

[boris]

would like to keep these fish and have more success than i have in the
past! had a pirhana for two years but it only grew to about 2" in all
that time what did i do wrong? or what could i have done better? please
help as i love these fish cheers graham

[CanadianCray]

What species was it??? Some are not very large.

"boris" > wrote in message
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> would like to keep these fish and have more success than i have in the
> past! had a pirhana for two years but it only grew to about 2" in all
> that time what did i do wrong? or what could i have done better? please
> help as i love these fish cheers graham
>

[JG]

www.dontgointhewater.com piranha forum site.
"boris" > wrote in message
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> would like to keep these fish and have more success than i have in the
> past! had a pirhana for two years but it only grew to about 2" in all
> that time what did i do wrong? or what could i have done better? please
> help as i love these fish cheers graham
>

[dc]

"boris" > wrote in news:1138616063.351123.146620
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> would like to keep these fish and have more success than i have in the
> past! had a pirhana for two years but it only grew to about 2" in all
> that time what did i do wrong? or what could i have done better? please
> help as i love these fish cheers graham


It may have not been getting enough food or it may have just been a smaller
species of piranha. There are quite a few different species of piranha.

Only a few species will tolerate living in a shoal; most are solitary
animals. Even then, those that will shoal generally only do well together
if you buy and raise them together and keep them well fed. Introducing new
fish later on can often be problematic.

Piranhas appreciate densely planted slightly acidic black water with muted
light and top-cover. Some piranha (esp. black in my experience) will not
feed unless the lights are dim or turned off. Some will not feed unless
you leave the room. They are surprisingly shy fish despite their big
Hollywood reputation. Think of them like tetras with big teeth (or
characins anyway). They're scared of just about anything and everything
unless it smells good to eat.

Feed your piranha meaty vitamin rich food. Feeder fish are okay, so is
frozen krill and fresh shrimp and fish fillet from the fish market. I've
seen picky/stressed piranha ignore struggling feeder fish habitually, but
I've never seen one that could resist a piece of fresh trout fillet.