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Fish Guy  Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004   | I was wondering if I could put 3 young piranha in a 55 gallon with my walking catfish? I have lots of plants, caves and adding wood aswell, if so what would be good dithers for them? |
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swiftshark88  Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 143 Votes: 61 Registered: 17-Apr-2005  | I thought in gerneral they should only be kpet in species tanks? Nick  "Impossumable- unable to play dead" |
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Sponge_Bob Banned Posts: 171 Kudos: 176 Votes: 11 Registered: 16-Dec-2005 | As stated in the PROFILES section of this web site, piranha will/might tolerate a tank mate in a large aquarium. Otherwise, all tank mates are welcome. Please tell them to bring a bottle of wine... Dinner TIME !!! Sponge  |
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djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003 | Piranhas in general do best in 6+ schools in 100 gallon + tanks. The tankmates they go best with would be the tough-as-nails catfish like shovelnoses or plecos. They literally have armor-bodies so they won't get that hurt if the piranha's try to take a nip. |
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Natalie    Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003   | At a public aquarium, I saw a school of Piranha being kept with some Doradids and Plecos, and the cats looked perectly healthy and happy.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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bettachris  Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | agrees with dj, pirhanas dont really belong in small tanks, and on an off topic, dont walking cat fish get big, and in some states are illegal, but i think that should be by itself. with RBP the math is pirhanas + schools + big fish = big tank. |
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| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | If a piranha wanted to, it could easily make short work of any loricariid, doradid, or otherwise that would be unlucky enough to find itself in such an environment. However, if well fed, most of the less aggressive species tend to keep to themselves, with the occassional tankmate casualty, but nothing serious. |
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| Fish Guy Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | All that was said makes sense, and I dont want to lose my pride and joy ( walking catfish ). I guess I'll have to figure something else out to go with him. Are there any african schooling fish that could go in with him? |
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| djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003 | congo tetras |
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