2 peronas in a 10 gallon tank?

Question

i wanna get 2 pet red belly peronas , is a 10 gallion tank to small??? and how often do i have to feed and how much?

Answer 1

Yes, that tank is WAY to small. Any members of the pirahana, or similiar fish (like red belly pacus) get VERY large. Red belly pirahnas need at least a 55 gallon tank for 3 or 4. Pacus need at least a 120 gallon tank, but even that tank gets too small for them

Answer 2

To small, your going to need at least 75 - 100 for two, and they start out eating minnows, now the eat gold fish.  They eat about 12 good sized gold fish each, every 3 days.

Answer 3

depending on where you live. piranna is illegal to posess unless you have a permit.. look into that before you spend all that money

Answer 4

Red bellied piranha are schooling fish.  You'd need at least at 3 in order for the fish to thrive with 5 or more being ideal.  A 10 gallon tank is far too small.  You need nothing smaller than a 125 gallon tank for piranha.  Also, you need heavy filtration for these fish.  Piranha do best on a diet of raw chicken, beefheart (defatted) and **rarely** live fish.  Pinky or hopper mice can be offered occasionally.

Answer 5

yes a 10 gallon is WAY too small. They actually get kinda big and will outgrow a 10g fast. not to mention they are messy eaters, and the water parameters in a 10g will be out of whack in no time.   Ive heard of them busting through the tank glass also, creating a nice wet mess of broken tank all over your floor. Please research how to care for pirahnas before you even consider purchasing one.