i have a 55 gallon, i want to go and get a 30 gallon fish tank and set it up. but in my my 55 gallon fish tank i got a tiger oscar. i think i might move the oscar into the 30 gallon, ( petsmart says oscars can live in 30 gallons.) but in my 55 gallon i want to put in some red bellied piranhas. how many should i get for this size of tank?
2007-03-04 14:15:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
I agree with magic man, please don't move your oscar into a smaller tank. Four seems like a good number to keep pirhanas in, and they would do ok in a 55 gallon tank, but they would outgrow a 30 in no time. When I worked for an aquarium store, I had customers who kept south american ciclids like oscars (and even some expensive africans, which always made me cringe) along with their piranhas, so it can be done. My advice would be to get a bigger tank for all of them though, if you have the space.
ps, its best to get the pirhanas when they're babies and let them get bigger. that way they get used to eachother and the other fish in their tank.
2007-03-04 14:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by grunge_girl17 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petsmart (or actually Pet-not-so-smart) is very wrong. An Oscar does not belong in a 30 gallon tank! Keep the Oscar where he is, 55 gallons is even a bit small for him but far better than 30 gallons. a 30 gallon tank is also too small for more than 1-2 piranha and they don't do well at all in that small of a group.
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2007-03-04 22:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't move the Oscar check with your local pet store to see if they will take him. if you want to put piranhas in a 55 you probably will only be able to fit 2 in there or 1 piranha in the 30.
2007-03-04 22:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by mastergamer254 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
red bellys get huge !! I have 3 in a 55 gallon and they need bigger homes. I would suggest 2. yes the oscar is ok in a 30 gallon had 1 of those too.
2007-03-04 22:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by sandria z 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i think you should think about accomidating the species instead of having the fish you have do the accomidating
oscars need space, he should be in no less than a 55, ideally a 70, they get big and heavy bodied for a cichlid
pirahnas are stupid, literally they are like swimming deli slicers
and i would keep maybe three in a 55gallon until they outgrow it, but most likely if your taking advise from petsmart youll kill them anyway.. they arent very hardy especially babies
2007-03-04 22:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by drezdogge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought 2 piranhas (small) & put them in a 15 gal. tank. They did great & were growing nicely. I was about to move them to a bigger tank, but one day I came home from work & 1 of them had eaten the other. About half of it (the back half)! They were fed feeder goldfish every day, so I know they weren't hungry. I'd keep just 1 of them in a tank. Too teritorial.
2007-03-04 22:41:25 · answer #6 · answered by barbara m 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋