We need a good quality filter that is rated for at least 60-75 gallons to account for the extreme amount of waste that piranhas have.
2007-01-23 16:27:23 · 8 answers · asked by Justin K 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Ahhh gotta love it...My suggestion would be to grab yourself a used 75 gallon for these guys, really cool fish if you get a big enough tank to watch them hunt, 20 gallons, while will work for a couple of weeks it will be a losing battle. 20 gallons will get too messy even with an oversized filter on it, you will spend most of your time maintaining it, and the current will probably be too strong anyways. Get something bigger.
2007-01-23 17:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Flames Fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Piranha grow far to large for a 20 gallon tank. they are also very fast swimmers (to catch their prey) This means in a 20 gallon they are likely to damage themselves whacking into the sides of the tank. To have a few (they are a schooling fish after all) you need about 70 gallons or more (read preferably more) to have them happy As for filtration an aquaclear 70 is fine just don't overfeed them .
2007-01-23 16:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by john e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No filter is going to help because no pirahna is small enough for a 20 gallon tank. That is why you are having waste problems. The only things you can do to stopr the waste problems is to get a bigger fish tank.
If I put you in a 4 foot by 4 foot closet with only a bucket to go to the bathroom in, it does not matter how much air circulation there is, that closet is going to smell really bad in a day. For fish it's worse, not only do they smell it, they taste it, and feel it.
2007-01-24 04:30:35 · answer #3 · answered by fish guy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i've got used aqua clean potential filters for greater or less 15 years now and function purely had a million out of 6 supply up on me(that one lasted approximately 4 years) I nevertheless have the 1st one that I ever offered and it nevertheless works large. i could pass with the 50 because of the fact the 30 is at this is shrink and that i'm a company believer that the greater boi skill the greater powerful. i believe that maximum Piranha obtainable for aquarists are from south american rivers so the greater water pass from the 50 will do them some solid. I additionally upload bio balls (strung alongside with fishing line) to the surprising layer on the output for greater floor section for micro organism to enhance. This additionally helps whilst changing clear out supplies as I on no account wash them so which you in many circumstances have that greater micro organism. undemanding to scrub, Very quiet and intensely stable. For 20 - 50 U.S. Gal aquariums - optimal Output: 757 L/h (2 hundred U.S. Gal./h) - complete pass administration: 250 L/h (sixty six U.S. Gal./h) - potential intake: 6 W - optimal Aquarium skill: 189 L (50 U.S. Gal.) - AquaClear is sponsored by ability of a life-time assure - pass administration: purely shift the patented "pass Adjustment administration" on the the intake siphon. whilst the "pass Adjustment administration" is at its perfect blockage, AquaClear's enter and exhaust volumes are approximately a third of its optimal skill
2016-11-01 03:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Piranhas need a larger tank, for starters.
2007-01-23 16:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need a bigger tank. and id go with any filter that has a bio wheel
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2007-01-23 16:39:02 · answer #7 · answered by garidor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go and ask to shop keeper, they will give u best advice.
2007-01-23 20:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋