Building a tank...

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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NetMax wrote:

In a large tank in larger numbers (7), they get understandable larger
and bolder. They will still shoo away, but they are much more daring
and quicker to return. The OP wants a 300-1200g river tank with them
as the main fish!

Undoubtedly true. The fish I mentioned were in a fairly small (4'?)
tank and there were only three of them.

Come to think of it, since I wasn't interested in fish at that time, I
had only her word, and their general appearance, to say that they were
pirhanas.

IOW, maybe all should disregard my previous post on the subject.

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It's turtles, all the way down

lol, but there is enough real variation in experiences to sometimes allow
seemingly contradictory appearances. I think the expression is something
like : "the only thing fish-keepers can all agree on, is that fish need
water, and even that has its exceptions" ;~).

To the uninitiated, the common red belly Pacu
http://www.elmersaquarium.com/image_...u_RED_pair.jpg
might pass as a red breasted Piranha.
http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/ndb.w...l/i000452.html
except for the teeth ;~)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe....piranha.reut/
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www.NetMax.tk

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:26:18 -0600, NetMax wrote
(in article ):


To the uninitiated, the common red belly Pacu
http://www.elmersaquarium.com/image_...u_RED_pair.jpg
might pass as a red breasted Piranha.
http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/ndb.w...l/i000452.html
except for the teeth ;~)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe....piranha.reut/

Piranha are illegal in Texas since local waters are warm enough that they
might survive if released. There was a recent scare a few years ago when a
local fisherman caught a pacu and reported it a s a piranha.

I don't see what all the fuss was about. The lake where he caught it is chock
full of 'gators, how much worse could a few piranha be?

-E

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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:26:18 -0600, NetMax wrote
(in article ):


To the uninitiated, the common red belly Pacu
http://www.elmersaquarium.com/image_...u_RED_pair.jpg
might pass as a red breasted Piranha.
http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/ndb.w...l/i000452.html
except for the teeth ;~)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe....piranha.reut/

Piranha are illegal in Texas since local waters are warm enough that they
might survive if released. There was a recent scare a few years ago when a
local fisherman caught a pacu and reported it a s a piranha.

I don't see what all the fuss was about. The lake where he caught it is
chock
full of 'gators, how much worse could a few piranha be?

-E


The danger lies in the fact that its a species that was not meant to be
there, and could be the detriment of all the other fish and wildlife that
live in or near the body of water.

Sean