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A piranha was also pulled out of the Grand River near Caledonia, ON, a few
years ago. I believe some kids caught it while fishing. Ooops! Not quite
what you'd expect!!

Jacqui

"BenignVanilla" wrote:

Yes.

They turn up periodically, as people get tired of feeding them.

Which is why places where they _could_ survive in the wild usually have
laws against keeping them.

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"BenignVanilla" wrote:

Yes.

They turn up periodically, as people get tired of feeding them.

Which is why places where they _could_ survive in the wild usually have
laws against keeping them.

I wonder if they would survive the winter up here in Zone 6ish, MD. I am
seriously considering turning my Koi pond into a Pirahna pond, after some
reasearch to see if it would be safe for the fish.

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BV wrote I am
seriously considering turning my Koi pond into a Pirahna pond

Is that to take care of the rosie red minnows?




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BV wrote I am
seriously considering turning my Koi pond into a Pirahna pond

Is that to take care of the rosie red minnows?
snip

Ugh. I went back to the pond this weekend. There is one dead frog that I can
see. The Koi were swimming about, but stayed down low. The minnows...oh the
minnows. Just about every one of them has grown over the winter. I expect, I
will be able to walk across the pond on their backs by mid-summer.

Anyone in the MD area looking for feeders, I'll be having a sale in Spring.

BV.
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"BenignVanilla" wrote:

Ugh. I went back to the pond this weekend. There is one dead frog that I can
see. The Koi were swimming about, but stayed down low. The minnows...oh the
minnows. Just about every one of them has grown over the winter. I expect, I
will be able to walk across the pond on their backs by mid-summer.

Bass, Pike, Muskie, I think you get the idea.

BV

Sounds like you will have our problem when you hope for baby koi or
goldfish: too many predatory minnows. We have done the minnow trap route to
pull hundreds out. Will continue doing that for a while. We hope for baby
koi this year.

Jim

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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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"Ka30P" wrote in message
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BV wrote I am
seriously considering turning my Koi pond into a Pirahna pond

Is that to take care of the rosie red minnows?
snip

Ugh. I went back to the pond this weekend. There is one dead frog that I
can
see. The Koi were swimming about, but stayed down low. The minnows...oh
the
minnows. Just about every one of them has grown over the winter. I expect,
I
will be able to walk across the pond on their backs by mid-summer.

Anyone in the MD area looking for feeders, I'll be having a sale in
Spring.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
"John Hines" wrote in message
.. .
I wonder if they would survive the winter up here in Zone 6ish, MD. I am
seriously considering turning my Koi pond into a Pirahna pond, after some
reasearch to see if it would be safe for the fish.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Considering that Piranha's are tropicals (ideal temp range 75-80 F), I doubt
you'd have winter survival without a *big* pond heater.

We visited Brazil a while ago. Up in the Amazon they are generally amused
by our terror of these little guys. They can be a pain, but very seldom
are, even in the Amazon. I concur about our waters. Much below 60 and they
are...not toast...but frozen out.


Jim
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