Building a tank...

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Keep children away from your tank and ENJOY! :-))
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Oi, I will.

Sean

"spiral_72" wrote in message
oups.com...
1200 gallons....... hehehehe
At 4 foot deep, make sure you account for the cost of scuba gear in the
"investment". Ya' gotta clean it sometime!


No biggie. I don't mind gettin in with the fish.

Sean

Sean wrote:
"spiral_72" wrote in message
oups.com...

1200 gallons....... hehehehe
At 4 foot deep, make sure you account for the cost of scuba gear in the
"investment". Ya' gotta clean it sometime!



No biggie. I don't mind gettin in with the fish.

Sean


I'd be a little hesitant if it was getting in with Pirhanas - eek

"Sean" wrote in message
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Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/



Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money.
Basically I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene.
Piranha are going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish
from the same type of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the
Piranha are going to nip the fins of the other fish but that's what I
am trying to do, re-create the river in my house. If I can I am going
to try and have a large number of aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.

Sean


If piranhas will be your main fish, then you'll probably find your other
fish choices severely limited. Piranhas do not 'nip' fins. They assume
a position above and behind the victim and lunge, turning their body 90
degrees so that they can wrap their teeth around the adipose fin (or the
area behind the dorsal fin). The will then do a quick twist and swim
away with a chunk of fish the size of their jaw. If their prey take to
the upper waters, then the Piranhas repeat the behaviour aimed at the
anal fin. Whatever fish you have, if they survive the assaults (and
large fish frequently do) they will have chunks missing behind the dorsal
fin (even losing the adipose and dorsal fin completely), or chunks
missing underneath them (though as soon as the intestines start pouring
out, they don't usually live longer than about 2 weeks).

Another minor point, is that humans are not compatible with deep Piranha
tanks which require people to climb in to do maintenance. Do you think
they are just going to watch you? Are you aware what their eventual size
is? (which they *will* achieve in a 1200g tank). Of course you'll be
feeding them a lot of meat to get them to that size ($$$), and if you
don't, they will simply eat each other (problem solved). I think you'll
have a lot of research ahead of you, and it certainly sounds like an
interesting project.
--
www.NetMax.tk

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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Sean wrote:
"spiral_72" wrote in message
oups.com...

1200 gallons....... hehehehe
At 4 foot deep, make sure you account for the cost of scuba gear in the
"investment". Ya' gotta clean it sometime!



No biggie. I don't mind gettin in with the fish.

Sean
I'd be a little hesitant if it was getting in with Pirhanas - eek

Why? People who live near them swim in the rivers with them all the time.
Children swim with the fishes literally. They don't see us as a food source
unless they are straved to the point where anything is food, even each
other.

Sean

Actually there has never been a recorded case of Piranhas killing a human.

"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
...

Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/



Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money.
Basically I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene.
Piranha are going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish from
the same type of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the Piranha
are going to nip the fins of the other fish but that's what I am trying
to do, re-create the river in my house. If I can I am going to try and
have a large number of aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.

Sean


If piranhas will be your main fish, then you'll probably find your other
fish choices severely limited. Piranhas do not 'nip' fins. They assume a
position above and behind the victim and lunge, turning their body 90
degrees so that they can wrap their teeth around the adipose fin (or the
area behind the dorsal fin). The will then do a quick twist and swim away
with a chunk of fish the size of their jaw. If their prey take to the
upper waters, then the Piranhas repeat the behaviour aimed at the anal
fin. Whatever fish you have, if they survive the assaults (and large fish
frequently do) they will have chunks missing behind the dorsal fin (even
losing the adipose and dorsal fin completely), or chunks missing
underneath them (though as soon as the intestines start pouring out, they
don't usually live longer than about 2 weeks).

Another minor point, is that humans are not compatible with deep Piranha
tanks which require people to climb in to do maintenance. Do you think
they are just going to watch you? Are you aware what their eventual size
is? (which they *will* achieve in a 1200g tank). Of course you'll be
feeding them a lot of meat to get them to that size ($$$), and if you
don't, they will simply eat each other (problem solved). I think you'll
have a lot of research ahead of you, and it certainly sounds like an
interesting project.
--
www.NetMax.tk

I have had tankfulls of Piranha & always cleaned the tank with my hands &
arms in the tanks. They never came near me.

"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
...

Someone in another group posted this link

http://www.oregonreef.com/



Nice. My tank is going to be freshwater. Saves a pile of money.
Basically I want to re-create a section of a junglescape river scene.
Piranha are going to be the main fish with some frogs and other fish from
the same type of aquascape living amoung the Piranha. I know the Piranha
are going to nip the fins of the other fish but that's what I am trying
to do, re-create the river in my house. If I can I am going to try and
have a large number of aquatic bugs too. The list goes on.

Sean


If piranhas will be your main fish, then you'll probably find your other
fish choices severely limited. Piranhas do not 'nip' fins. They assume a
position above and behind the victim and lunge, turning their body 90
degrees so that they can wrap their teeth around the adipose fin (or the
area behind the dorsal fin). The will then do a quick twist and swim away
with a chunk of fish the size of their jaw. If their prey take to the
upper waters, then the Piranhas repeat the behaviour aimed at the anal
fin. Whatever fish you have, if they survive the assaults (and large fish
frequently do) they will have chunks missing behind the dorsal fin (even
losing the adipose and dorsal fin completely), or chunks missing
underneath them (though as soon as the intestines start pouring out, they
don't usually live longer than about 2 weeks).

Another minor point, is that humans are not compatible with deep Piranha
tanks which require people to climb in to do maintenance. Do you think
they are just going to watch you? Are you aware what their eventual size
is? (which they *will* achieve in a 1200g tank). Of course you'll be
feeding them a lot of meat to get them to that size ($$$), and if you
don't, they will simply eat each other (problem solved). I think you'll
have a lot of research ahead of you, and it certainly sounds like an
interesting project.
--
www.NetMax.tk

"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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Actually there has never been a recorded case of Piranhas killing a human.
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Can that be because they were very well fed pets? I saw a piranha attack on
an adult water buffalo on TV. They took it down in minutes and in no time
at all it was reduced to a skeleton. :-(( I mean even the entrails were
gone!!!
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CanadianCray wrote:
Actually there has never been a recorded case of Piranhas killing a human.


But they DO bite and draw blood. I learned that the had way when I
worked in a fish store.

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I had 3 myself and never ever had a problem. I often had my hand in
the tank with them..........
There is no such lasw as their being illegal to own inthe USA.Its more
a state by state thing....not an overall ban on them by any means.


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