Piranhas - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

*PBucch* · 10-08-2008, 08:03 AM

Started a Piranha tank yesterday, got them off the internet, going to move them to other tanks when they get bigger. copy/paste from another board:

The fish showed up at 10:30am(we ordered at 8 last night) and the kid we had tasked to accept delivery just dumped them in after a couple minutes of acclimation so I was kinda worried. They seemed to be doing fine, we fed them two blood worm pellets, one for each side of the tank. They seem to have congregated in the foliage in the corners mostly, interacting with whatever those feed fish are.

here comes 10+ pretty boring pics:

shmiddy · 10-08-2008, 08:09 AM

lol fish are lame..

but paranhas are cool! they get pretty big dont they?

*future240* · 10-08-2008, 08:16 AM

I want a tank of these when I get a real job and a house

Erjay1 · 10-08-2008, 08:57 AM

Cool where did you get these? I want!

*PBucch* · 10-08-2008, 09:38 AM

I ordered them online from aquascapesonline.com I had to google that name to get a good link for some reason.

shmiddy, I am with you, I thnk fish are fucking lame. But there is nothing lame about carnivorous fish, especially ones that eat by tearing up their prey as a pack. are you with me on that?

they will grow to like 6 inches or more. they can only stay in this tank for another 2 weeks maybe before they start to eat each other. We split 20 fish between 3 friends so we will divide them up into scholls of like 5 or 6 then sell the rest.

I am also going to be setting up a tank this week for a largemouth bass. Theyre fucking savage as pets.

I got a cousin who lives in the everglades hes shipping me some gar.

if you guys want one of these piranhas or a gar let me know. the gar are free but the piranhas will be like 15-20 a piece depending on size. but you would honestly probably be better off just ordering from aquascapesonline. as far as the piranhas go, but the gar i can probably do for you, shipping is something like $40 overnight.

RedEvilRPS13 · 10-08-2008, 10:20 AM

my buddy had a paku....a cousin to the pirhana. very violent fish, and it got HUGE.

*PBucch* · 10-08-2008, 10:26 AM

Ive heard that sometiems people sell the pakus as piranhas, hopefully these are the real deal.

You want one Joe? I think Im going to take the road trip to dj buttons swap meet and bbq.

zaquanh · 10-08-2008, 10:27 AM

that site doesnt work

its

aquascapeonline specializing in piranhas, stingrays, cichlids, plecos, catfish and rare oddball tropical fish.

very cool site ima order crazy stuff as soon as i figure out how to take care of them lol

shmiddy · 10-08-2008, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBucch

I ordered them online from aquascapesonline.com I had to google that name to get a good link for some reason.

shmiddy, I am with you, I thnk fish are fucking lame. But there is nothing lame about carnivorous fish, especially ones that eat by tearing up their prey as a pack. are you with me on that?

they will grow to like 6 inches or more. they can only stay in this tank for another 2 weeks maybe before they start to eat each other. We split 20 fish between 3 friends so we will divide them up into scholls of like 5 or 6 then sell the rest.

I am also going to be setting up a tank this week for a largemouth bass. Theyre fucking savage as pets.

I got a cousin who lives in the everglades hes shipping me some gar.

if you guys want one of these piranhas or a gar let me know. the gar are free but the piranhas will be like 15-20 a piece depending on size. but you would honestly probably be better off just ordering from aquascapesonline. as far as the piranhas go, but the gar i can probably do for you, shipping is something like $40 overnight.

your right.. id love to see you toss a hamster in the tank or something .... oh man fuckin awsome

*PBucch* · 10-08-2008, 11:23 AM

soon my friend, soon.

ZilviaKid · 10-08-2008, 03:11 PM

out of curiosity, why do they start attacking each other after a few weeks?

MudRacer · 10-08-2008, 03:16 PM

Yea, I dont get that either. They grew up together. Wth u just turn on ur sibling?

Not cool. Taze em all.

*future240* · 10-08-2008, 03:18 PM

check that out till he puts a video up YouTube - PIRANHA VS MOUSE (caribe piraya rb's)

*azndoc* · 10-08-2008, 03:34 PM

we had some at the office before.

the tank gets stupid dirty.

plus a lot of times they don't always finish up the whole meal, so you have to take it out and blah blah blah.

BustedS13 · 10-08-2008, 05:19 PM

i used to have a piranha tank. it's cool to say you have piranha but eventually it's just lame because they're silver dollars that aren't big enough to eat live feeders...

i want a stingray but i don't want to go bigger than a 55g.. grumble.

nice tank though

*Xbroke_kidX* · 10-09-2008, 02:22 AM

nice, fish tanks are cool.
my sister had a 300g, the only cool thing in it was an eel though.

*Fries* · 10-09-2008, 02:55 AM

Cool, must be a bitch to clean the tank with some fish that wouldnt mind eating your fingaah

luisgonz · 10-09-2008, 03:01 AM

They need to die. I had me pinky bitten by one of them fuckers.

ESmorz · 10-09-2008, 03:11 AM

Lol at all the PETA disciples on youtube comments.

SoguRacing · 10-09-2008, 03:30 AM

haha you could almost throw left over meat in there lol or scraps. as long as it isn't marinated.

LeftNutOfGowd · 10-09-2008, 09:57 AM

That's the kinda fish tank i would have nothing like having a school of Piranhas and feeding them feeding mice

*PBucch* · 10-09-2008, 10:08 AM

soon my friends soon.

I know internet loves pics so ill get some more of the little guys later on.

*piranhamatt* · 12-05-2008, 09:41 AM

I've been raising piranhas for years now for a supplemental income. I'll have to post some pics of my breeding pairs and the fry tanks. I've got about 600 piranhas right now. (I just sold most of them to a wholesaler)

If you guys have any questions about any of the piranha species, I probably have the answer, so ask away.

Oh yeah, to those that say fish are lame, you probably have a weak little tank. I've got a 180 gallon with a 12" Fahaka Puffer that is so aggressive he bites at the glass if you get close. That's the kind of fish you need to make you know fish aren't lame.

Edit: I wanted to make a fish thread anyway, so reviving this was a good option. Don't bitch about reviving an old thread. It's not that damn old.

Kalashnikov · 12-05-2008, 10:22 AM

Nice. I used to Have some R.B.P's.
I also had a Super Red Asian Arowana, sold it for $10,500.
I think I paid like $2,200 for it as a juvenile.

Piranhas are cool, but I like other agressive fishes.

1. African Wolf fish
2. Snakeheads
3. Spotted Aligator gar (one of my favorite)

I stopped with aquatics for a while because I just don't have time anymore. At one time I had 8 tanks!
Now I have a custom 180gallon with only 4 african cichilds...lol...no time anymore. I also don't buy anymore aggressive fishes because my family always say , "man, that's so cruel" everytime I would buy Feeder gold fishes for them to eat. I tell them "that's life, that's nature." but bleh...

What are you feeding them now? Bloodworms..I hate keeping live bloodworms in the fridge...and that was another problem with my moms, kicks my ass when she finds worms in the fridge! LoL.
GIve them time, and that goldfish is good as gone. lol.

They are cool, but nothing beats a Super Red Arowana. The Skyline GTR of fish.

*PBucch* · 12-05-2008, 12:43 PM

LOL nice post Kal...

I feed them mostly frozen blood worm cubes and Hikari Cichlid Gold pellets.

I am very thankful they have taken to the pellets, much cheaper than spending $1-2 a day on goldfish.

Im thinking about making my own frozen food cubes, we will see.

*PBucch* · 12-05-2008, 04:24 PM

real eco system and shit!

PLECO still alive

bloodworm everywhere, if it aint about the money puff i just dont care

Added some sweet ass moss, shit got fucking everywhere, dumbass idea.

So I pulled it out, left a little in the sand for the crayfish.

Richard Kimball, one armed crayfish.

So then i busted out some cheesecloth and wrapped the moss up and anchored with a rock, hopefuly this shit will carpet out.

Sup Pleco

240love · 12-05-2008, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by future240

check that out till he puts a video up YouTube - PIRANHA VS MOUSE (caribe piraya rb's)

holly crap that was crazy!!

BustedS13 · 12-05-2008, 09:49 PM

pbucch, best way i've seen to handle moss..... get some stainless steel mesh and spread out some moss on it, cover in netting, and then sew it all together. it'll grow and cover the whole panel, and then you have a little bed of moss. this ebay link describes it better.

Plant Net - Aquarium Plant Java Fish Co2 Moss Tank AQM - eBay (item 250334175769 end time Dec-06-08 11:00:00 PST)

i plan to have a moss bed in my new tank. i'm going to set up a 55g here sooner or later.

ss728 · 12-05-2008, 10:03 PM

Very cool.
I used to own some Piranha's back in the day. Got parasites from live feed, mostly goldfish feeders, cured the first time, 2nd time they got it, it was fatal

But make sure you have lots of a room. I had a 75gal tank and the max I was told was 3 Piranhas to the tank.

Bobafreak · 12-05-2008, 10:12 PM

i had one piranha for a yr and sold it it got really big as well and feeding it was cool. discovery channel in the making. My son loved it too i member him saying "ohh fishy gone?" after he couldnt find the one we got at petco. lol.

10-08-2008, 08:03 AM	#1
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	Piranhas Started a Piranha tank yesterday, got them off the internet, going to move them to other tanks when they get bigger. copy/paste from another board: The fish showed up at 10:30am(we ordered at 8 last night) and the kid we had tasked to accept delivery just dumped them in after a couple minutes of acclimation so I was kinda worried. They seemed to be doing fine, we fed them two blood worm pellets, one for each side of the tank. They seem to have congregated in the foliage in the corners mostly, interacting with whatever those feed fish are. here comes 10+ pretty boring pics: __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

10-08-2008, 08:09 AM	#2
shmiddy Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: nyc Age: 24 Posts: 1,280 Trader Rating: (2)	lol fish are lame.. but paranhas are cool! they get pretty big dont they? __________________ i fully de-volved

10-08-2008, 09:38 AM	#5
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	I ordered them online from aquascapesonline.com I had to google that name to get a good link for some reason. shmiddy, I am with you, I thnk fish are fucking lame. But there is nothing lame about carnivorous fish, especially ones that eat by tearing up their prey as a pack. are you with me on that? they will grow to like 6 inches or more. they can only stay in this tank for another 2 weeks maybe before they start to eat each other. We split 20 fish between 3 friends so we will divide them up into scholls of like 5 or 6 then sell the rest. I am also going to be setting up a tank this week for a largemouth bass. Theyre fucking savage as pets. I got a cousin who lives in the everglades hes shipping me some gar. if you guys want one of these piranhas or a gar let me know. the gar are free but the piranhas will be like 15-20 a piece depending on size. but you would honestly probably be better off just ordering from aquascapesonline. as far as the piranhas go, but the gar i can probably do for you, shipping is something like $40 overnight. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

10-08-2008, 10:26 AM	#7
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	Ive heard that sometiems people sell the pakus as piranhas, hopefully these are the real deal. You want one Joe? I think Im going to take the road trip to dj buttons swap meet and bbq. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

10-08-2008, 10:27 AM	#8
zaquanh Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: san antonio Posts: 772 Trader Rating: (1)	that site doesnt work its aquascapeonline specializing in piranhas, stingrays, cichlids, plecos, catfish and rare oddball tropical fish. very cool site ima order crazy stuff as soon as i figure out how to take care of them lol Last edited by zaquanh; 10-08-2008 at 10:53 AM.

Sponsored Links
Remove these by purchasing a Premium Membership with Zilvia.net!

10-08-2008, 08:16 AM	#3
future240 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Statesboro, GA Age: 22 Posts: 4,622 Trader Rating: (0)	I want a tank of these when I get a real job and a house

10-08-2008, 08:57 AM	#4
Erjay1 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles Age: 24 Posts: 457 Trader Rating: (2)	Cool where did you get these? I want!

10-08-2008, 11:23 AM	#10
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	soon my friend, soon. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

10-08-2008, 03:11 PM	#11
ZilviaKid Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 20 Posts: 523 Trader Rating: (0)	out of curiosity, why do they start attacking each other after a few weeks? __________________ 93 240sx - Coupe - Ka 89 240sx - Hatch - Sr

10-08-2008, 03:16 PM	#12
MudRacer Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCali-IE Posts: 482 Trader Rating: (5)	Yea, I dont get that either. They grew up together. Wth u just turn on ur sibling? Not cool. Taze em all. __________________ Need: Kouki Grille, Fog Lights and Side Skirts + S14 5 Lugs

10-08-2008, 03:18 PM	#13
future240 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Statesboro, GA Age: 22 Posts: 4,622 Trader Rating: (0)	check that out till he puts a video up YouTube - PIRANHA VS MOUSE (caribe piraya rb's)

10-08-2008, 03:34 PM	#14
azndoc Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange County CA Age: 27 Posts: 8,720 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: azndoc	we had some at the office before. the tank gets stupid dirty. plus a lot of times they don't always finish up the whole meal, so you have to take it out and blah blah blah. __________________ -Jack www.azndoc.wordpress.com

10-08-2008, 05:19 PM	#15
BustedS13 In time-out for misbehaving. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: STL Age: 25 Posts: 7,862 Trader Rating: (0)	i used to have a piranha tank. it's cool to say you have piranha but eventually it's just lame because they're silver dollars that aren't big enough to eat live feeders... i want a stingray but i don't want to go bigger than a 55g.. grumble. nice tank though

10-09-2008, 02:22 AM	#16
Xbroke_kidX Forever Young Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SoCal 714 Posts: 604 Trader Rating: (8)	nice, fish tanks are cool. my sister had a 300g, the only cool thing in it was an eel though.

10-09-2008, 02:55 AM	#17
Fries Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Kansassszsz Age: 21 Posts: 900 Trader Rating: (0)	Cool, must be a bitch to clean the tank with some fish that wouldnt mind eating your fingaah __________________

10-09-2008, 03:01 AM	#18
luisgonz BANNED Join Date: May 2004 Location: los angeles Age: 26 Posts: 2,769 Trader Rating: (6)	They need to die. I had me pinky bitten by one of them fuckers.

10-09-2008, 03:11 AM	#19
ESmorz Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Peace Bruddah Mon Posts: 6,048 Trader Rating: (0)	Lol at all the PETA disciples on youtube comments. __________________ violentrunning.squidd.org/news

10-09-2008, 03:30 AM	#20
SoguRacing Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: (714) Age: 24 Posts: 2,885 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: SoguRacing	haha you could almost throw left over meat in there lol or scraps. as long as it isn't marinated. __________________ Pre Tune Checkup! Compression,LeakDown,Vacuum Test $80. Cams Install: $180

10-09-2008, 09:57 AM	#21
LeftNutOfGowd Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: O.C Age: 22 Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0)	That's the kinda fish tank i would have nothing like having a school of Piranhas and feeding them feeding mice

10-09-2008, 10:08 AM	#22
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	soon my friends soon. I know internet loves pics so ill get some more of the little guys later on. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

12-05-2008, 09:41 AM	#23
piranhamatt Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH Age: 24 Posts: 234 Trader Rating: (0)	I've been raising piranhas for years now for a supplemental income. I'll have to post some pics of my breeding pairs and the fry tanks. I've got about 600 piranhas right now. (I just sold most of them to a wholesaler) If you guys have any questions about any of the piranha species, I probably have the answer, so ask away. Oh yeah, to those that say fish are lame, you probably have a weak little tank. I've got a 180 gallon with a 12" Fahaka Puffer that is so aggressive he bites at the glass if you get close. That's the kind of fish you need to make you know fish aren't lame. Edit: I wanted to make a fish thread anyway, so reviving this was a good option. Don't bitch about reviving an old thread. It's not that damn old.

12-05-2008, 10:22 AM	#24
Kalashnikov BANNED Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: So-Cal Age: 30 Posts: 243 Trader Rating: (8)	Nice. I used to Have some R.B.P's. I also had a Super Red Asian Arowana, sold it for $10,500. I think I paid like $2,200 for it as a juvenile. Piranhas are cool, but I like other agressive fishes. 1. African Wolf fish 2. Snakeheads 3. Spotted Aligator gar (one of my favorite) I stopped with aquatics for a while because I just don't have time anymore. At one time I had 8 tanks! Now I have a custom 180gallon with only 4 african cichilds...lol...no time anymore. I also don't buy anymore aggressive fishes because my family always say , "man, that's so cruel" everytime I would buy Feeder gold fishes for them to eat. I tell them "that's life, that's nature." but bleh... What are you feeding them now? Bloodworms..I hate keeping live bloodworms in the fridge...and that was another problem with my moms, kicks my ass when she finds worms in the fridge! LoL. GIve them time, and that goldfish is good as gone. lol. They are cool, but nothing beats a Super Red Arowana. The Skyline GTR of fish.

12-05-2008, 12:43 PM	#25
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	LOL nice post Kal... I feed them mostly frozen blood worm cubes and Hikari Cichlid Gold pellets. I am very thankful they have taken to the pellets, much cheaper than spending $1-2 a day on goldfish. Im thinking about making my own frozen food cubes, we will see. __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

12-05-2008, 04:24 PM	#26
PBucch lol pwnt Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Age: 24 Posts: 1,039 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: PBucch	real eco system and shit! PLECO still alive bloodworm everywhere, if it aint about the money puff i just dont care Added some sweet ass moss, shit got fucking everywhere, dumbass idea. So I pulled it out, left a little in the sand for the crayfish. Richard Kimball, one armed crayfish. So then i busted out some cheesecloth and wrapped the moss up and anchored with a rock, hopefuly this shit will carpet out. Sup Pleco __________________ section ef&ec changed my life www.yourshitsweak.net

12-05-2008, 09:49 PM	#28
BustedS13 In time-out for misbehaving. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: STL Age: 25 Posts: 7,862 Trader Rating: (0)	pbucch, best way i've seen to handle moss..... get some stainless steel mesh and spread out some moss on it, cover in netting, and then sew it all together. it'll grow and cover the whole panel, and then you have a little bed of moss. this ebay link describes it better. Plant Net - Aquarium Plant Java Fish Co2 Moss Tank AQM - eBay (item 250334175769 end time Dec-06-08 11:00:00 PST) i plan to have a moss bed in my new tank. i'm going to set up a 55g here sooner or later.

12-05-2008, 10:03 PM	#29
ss728 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 13 Trader Rating: (0)	Very cool. I used to own some Piranha's back in the day. Got parasites from live feed, mostly goldfish feeders, cured the first time, 2nd time they got it, it was fatal But make sure you have lots of a room. I had a 75gal tank and the max I was told was 3 Piranhas to the tank.

12-05-2008, 10:12 PM	#30
Bobafreak Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 909 Posts: 1,924 Trader Rating: (8)	i had one piranha for a yr and sold it it got really big as well and feeding it was cool. discovery channel in the making. My son loved it too i member him saying "ohh fishy gone?" after he couldnt find the one we got at petco. lol. __________________ vrt.squidd.org//bobablogn.blogspot.com// "Love is god, hatin is satin!"

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode