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> Most aggressive piranha
Myles92
post Apr 8 2012, 06:36 PM
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What species do you guys think is the most aggressive piranha? weight_lift2.gif


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post Apr 9 2012, 10:46 AM
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In general? Food aggressive? Finger chaser? I favor rhoms myself.
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DonH
post Apr 9 2012, 02:28 PM
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IMO, geryi.


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post Apr 10 2012, 11:35 AM
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QUOTE(DonH @ Apr 9 2012, 02:28 PM) *

IMO, geryi.



Never owned a geryi, my black mask elongatus is pretty aggressive
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post Apr 10 2012, 03:27 PM
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I have owned several piranhas....Sanchezi,Red belly, Geryi,Rhom and compressus and not one was aggressive. If you are looking for an aggressive fish then get an Aba knife fish or Hoplias Aimara. I have both and they try to bite me every time I try to clean the glass. They also attack the gravel cleaner. All my piranhas basically just sat in one spot waiting for some food. You get the odd finger chaser but that is because they are probably just hungry or in a cramped tank. My geryi was never a finger chaser until I sold him to the lfs and they put him into a 20 gallon tank. Then he became somewhat of a finger chaser.
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post Apr 10 2012, 03:51 PM
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I measure aggressiveness by how willing I am to put my hand in the tank. I've kept a number of species many years ago. Here's my personal experience.

manueli - wuss

brandtii - finger chaser until you put your hand in the tank

elongatus - finger chaser until you put your hand in the tank

16" rhom - doesn't care if your hand is in the tank, just don't get too
close and your fine

shoal of pygos (rbp, caribe, piraya, ternetzi) - not much of a finger chaser, just waits for food. Will scatter when you put your hand in the tank then becomes inquisitive.

shoal of geryi - will aggressively wait for food, hovering around the surface. won't even wait to identify if it's your hand before hitting it. By far the best piranha tank I've ever had.


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post Apr 13 2012, 12:02 PM
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Good info. ^^
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post Apr 25 2012, 07:03 AM
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Ive had most species and would say my two meanest have been one of my gold spilos and a marginatus i used to have. A VERY mean fella. wink.gif

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