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Piranhas

  • 18-07-2010 10:45pm
    #1
    the big cheese 01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭


    i am in the market for some new fish and i was wondering what the deal is with Piranhas, are they legal?
    wer do you get them? (ive never seen them in a pet shop)

    are they easy to keep?
    are they cheap to keep?

    i would appreciate answers to any of the above questions :D


Comments

  • #2
    Ricardo G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Ricardo G


    After watching some vids on Youtube these are scary bloody fish lol.
    There was a place in Waterford city had them for sale about 3 yrs ago but he's closed now, not too sure where you;d source them now tho.


  • #3
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Yes they're legal.

    Yes they're available.

    They're also very boring to keep, although the Red Breasted is nicer IMO.

    You can keep them on a veggie diet, but I'd prefer to give them small bits of meat or even cheap fish, whiting etc.

    They're not very sociable so you won't be keeping one in a community tank.


  • #4
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,959 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    This guy has them

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055964626


  • #5
    the big cheese 01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭the big cheese 01


    thanks for the info guys!:D

    any ideas wat kinda prices they are?

    wat makes them boring???


  • #6
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    the big cheese 01 wrote: »
    wat makes them boring???

    Well for me at least, they're not particularly colourful or sociable. They'll tear up and eat any plants you put in, and whatever cover you provide they'll use it as they're pretty shy too.

    As a curiosity thing they work I guess, they can devour dead things :pac:

    If you want interesting I'd suggest a Malawi cichlid tank.


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  • #7
    Rojo25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Rojo25


    Know a chap big into his exotic fish, has afew piranha, they cant be kept in tanks with other fish or even plants. He has to keep 3 in one tank and 4 in another as if they were all together they would feel crowded attack each other, and from time to time they do.
    You have feed them constantly cause of their massive appetite, if underfed they will eat each other.
    Alot of work for a fish, and be honest they verly ugly uninspiring creatures, sit motionless in the tank until you throw food in, throwing a dead mouse can be great craic, they go bananas. I think they are considered pests in the countries they occur in.


  • #8
    the big cheese 01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭the big cheese 01


    thanks for the help guys

    i dont think ill get them anymore, they seem pretty cool in theory but after hearing all tht they sound like too much work,

    wat about sharks?? :p


  • #9
    AutumnComission
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭AutumnComission


    the big cheese 01 wrote: »
    thanks for the help guys

    i dont think ill get them anymore, they seem pretty cool in theory but after hearing all tht they sound like too much work,

    wat about sharks?? :p

    LOL :D


  • #10
    clairebearxxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭clairebearxxx


    newlands garden centre just out from clondalkin village stock them.
    they can be hard to keep and you would really want to be sure you want them before you get them. also it is recommended that you keep more then 1 but not 2 or 3. as 2 they will fight each other, 3 means 2 usually gang up on 1. i know this sounds weird but its speaking from experience. so 5 together is a good number. they people who work in newlands do know alot so be woth going up and having a chat with them. hope this helps.


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