Anyone Have Piranha Fish....
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Absolutely YES!
I needed bottom-dwelling scavengers to help "clean" the tank and thought crabs would be impervious to the piranha. I picked up some beefy Thai Devil crabs, about 4-inches in width, and they lasted about three months. The fish bit through the shell, gutted them, and left a some legs for me to clean up.
I ended up sticking to little cory catfish to scour the bottom. Cheap and expendable.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by tokyo_james
[B]Can a piranha actually eat a crab?!?!?!
Aren't
I needed bottom-dwelling scavengers to help "clean" the tank and thought crabs would be impervious to the piranha. I picked up some beefy Thai Devil crabs, about 4-inches in width, and they lasted about three months. The fish bit through the shell, gutted them, and left a some legs for me to clean up.
I ended up sticking to little cory catfish to scour the bottom. Cheap and expendable.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by tokyo_james
[B]Can a piranha actually eat a crab?!?!?!
Aren't
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From: Portland
Originally posted by cloudnine
Murder Death Kill - 187
we had a really nice kill last night.....a Yoyo loach was desimated in about 2-3 minutes....
Murder Death Kill - 187
we had a really nice kill last night.....a Yoyo loach was desimated in about 2-3 minutes....
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From: Wheeler Army Airfield, HI
Originally posted by bryons2000
Damnit! You need to put them in a different tank, starve them a bit, then call me over for beer and a feeding frenzy!!!!!hahahaha, I have got to see this in person!
Damnit! You need to put them in a different tank, starve them a bit, then call me over for beer and a feeding frenzy!!!!!hahahaha, I have got to see this in person!
They ate a couple fish while we were away this weekend. Two of the crabs are now KIA as well.
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heh heh heh.....we have a friend who comes over and brings this little rat dog with him. We keep teasing him about feeding it to the 
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Last night they ate another fish. This time it was one of the sharks. I happened to look over and see all the other fish freaking out. Then I noticed some of the piranhas thrashing a bit........they had some flesh hanging out of their mouths. We did a head count and one of them were gone.
. Last night they ate another fish. This time it was one of the sharks. I happened to look over and see all the other fish freaking out. Then I noticed some of the piranhas thrashing a bit........they had some flesh hanging out of their mouths. We did a head count and one of them were gone.
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