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Can easily get one of those lazy fish that clean the bottom and glass. Think they are ok in a tank of piranhas
A plec? Yeah mine was ok till they ate it.
Besides, you still need to put your hands in once in a while. A plec doesn't do everything for you.
[Edited on 04-11-2010 by loafofbrett]
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alan-g-w
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhOxslPKu7s
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Great fish imo. Not sure about them stinking? Hard work cleaning them tho imo as you're worried when you stick your hands in
[Edited on 04-11-2010 by loafofbrett]
It was a boy I used to work with, he wasn't great at the cleaning side of things.
That's the type of tank I'm wanting, wasn't sure how many you'd be able to have. I was talking to a guy at the local pet shop and got talking to him about them - he was saying he had a dozen in a big fuck off tank and he had to overfeed them to stop them from munching each other.
His ended up too big for him to keep and donated them to an aquarium, Deep Sea World up towards Edinburgh. It was a total coincidence that I was talking about how I went and said to him about the ones up there. Showed him this picture, the things were about 6 inches long:
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sc0ott
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I want red belly ones though.
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Brett
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Mine got too big for that tank. They're not big fans of lights or movement around the tank and tend to zip around a lot because they're scared or whatever. They've got so much power behind them they'd literally bang off the side. Until one night they must've done it and burst the tank. That was the end of the Piranha.
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sc0ott
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Can easily get one of those lazy fish that clean the bottom and glass. Think they are ok in a tank of piranhas
A plec? Yeah mine was ok till they ate it.
Besides, you still need to put your hands in once in a while. A plec doesn't do everything for you.
[Edited on 04-11-2010 by loafofbrett]
The dark coloured things. Ive read elsewhere piranhas dont attack them but if they get hungry they can become viscous.
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alan-g-w
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So there were piranha flipping around on your floor? Fuck that
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Brett
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Yeah, I read they're not supposed to as well
When they were babies they didn't bother with it. As they got bigger they just ate it.
The Piranhas are some of the fastest growing fish I've had actually.
Don't be thinking a fish is going to do all the tank maintenance for you. Don't be a bitch anyway, just stick your hands in.
[Edited on 04-11-2010 by loafofbrett]
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Brett
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So there were piranha flipping around on your floor? Fuck that
Na it wasn't that horrific lol
They broke one of the glass seals on the tank so the water just drained away over night all over my carpet.
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KerryP
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Will they bite hands if put into the tank?
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ssj_kakarot
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never seen the attraction to these fish, quite dull looking.
get a marine tank, much more variety and colour
and you can get some pretty aggressive fish if that floats your boat
much rather have a lion fish than a piranha
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Brett
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Cost is massive difference to marine imo.
They shouldn't bite hands either. They're more scared of you. They're quick tho so you can't help but worry lol
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alan-g-w
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Do you think this is Deuce Bigalow or something ssj_kakarot
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alan-g-w
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Not to mention the fact they're deadly if you touch them I thought?
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never seen the attraction to these fish, quite dull looking.
Dull?
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Cosmo
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Ive kept piranha for years now, had many different kinds from solitary ones (the bottom fish was mine, was largest of its type known in captivity), to shoals of 10+.
The tanks dont stink unless you dont clean them - but that goes for any fish.
They also do extremely well in shoals, in fact the most common Piranhas ARE shoaling fish so wont often attack each other unless one is weak or injured.
Would take ages for me to type what I know about them so any questions just ask...
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WATSON
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Scott ur local to me arent you? strictly aquatics in kirkcaldy sell these, where i get all my fish ect probley the best place about our area TBH
There easy fish to keep, you get people saying never stick a hand inside the tank ect its bullshit! clean the tank like any other fish tank and you wont have a problem keeping them!
do you have a tank for them? i could poss do you a deal on my 4FT rio tank will come with everything to get you started. all external pumps, heater ect.
Ive just started a marine setup hene the reson for selling my tank
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Do you think this is Deuce Bigalow or something ssj_kakarot
um you can get a lion fish for like £40 from most marine shops, theres not hard to look after
and the cost for marine isnt that much tbh, specially if you get second hand off unltimatereef or somewhere
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never seen the attraction to these fish, quite dull looking.
Dull?
yup dull to me
mandarin fish, about £18 from local marine shop, very easy to look after. much more attractive
then again each to there own
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Cosmo
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I didnt say they were more colourful/less dull than other fish available, I was more pointing out that they are not all plain dull colours and lots of them are extremely bright.
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WATSON
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SSJ do you have a marine setup?
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Dragonets are not very easy to look after as they are incredibly picky eaters and pretty much only eat live food such as copepods. I've had our marine tank up and running for about 9 months now and I've also been culturing copepods and phytoplankton for the last 2 months in preparation to get a dragonet at Christmas :-)
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and the cost for marine isnt that much tbh, specially if you get second hand off unltimatereef or somewhere
I've spent the best part of £6k in the last year on my tank 
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WATSON
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Yup marine setup aint cheap  running costs, buying the stuff ect!
Ive just spend £800 on a tank alone ive still got ALOT to buy!
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Do you think this is Deuce Bigalow or something ssj_kakarot
um you can get a lion fish for like £40 from most marine shops, theres not hard to look after
and the cost for marine isnt that much tbh, specially if you get second hand off unltimatereef or somewhere
Was joking mate, they do look like nice fish. Would just be a bit unnerving that the thing could kill you, fuck transporting it around.
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