“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.”
-- Ulysses S. Grant
“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
They eat once every 10-14 days, and are agressive while hungry, but I used to own 4 eight inch piranahs (affectionately names INKY, BINKY, PINKY, and CLYDE) ... and I used to put my hand in the tank, and they would swim up to investigate, and I would actually rub their sides ... they were quite fond of this!
My putting my hand in the tank was actually a way of gauging how hungry they were ...
The 4 of them ate 2 dozen feeder goldfish every 10-14 days ... Because feedings made such a mess, you want to wait until they are good and hungry, so they actually eat the fish, and not just play with them and dirty the tank ..
By placing my hand in the water (and 'petting' them!) I would know if they were getting hungry or not. If they made no attempts to nip me, then I knew they were not at all hungry, as they began to get hungry, they get a bit more agressive, and would just lightly nip at the sides of my fingers ...
But as the nips start to actually leave marks grabbing my flesh, I knew that they were only a few days away from a feeding ... and I would not stick my hand back in the tank until 12 hours after they had fed.
You could also see their aggression increase in their swimming patterns too, but my interaction with them with sticking my hand in the tank, was the best method to gauge their hunger.
I bought those fish at 5 weeks old, and they were smaller than a dime, with no visable red markings at all ... and raised them for 3+ years .... I eventually moved into a new apartment with a girlfriend, and it was not possible for me to keep them, so I sold them to the same pet store I had bought them from 3½ years earlier.
I paid $5.99 each for them, and sold them back for $120.00 each! not a bad ROI considering the companionship I got from them also ...
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They eat once every 10-14 days, and are agressive while hungry, but I used to own 4 eight inch piranahs (affectionately names INKY, BINKY, PINKY, and CLYDE) ... and I used to put my hand in the tank, and they would swim up to investigate, and I would actually rub their sides ... they were quite fond of this!
My putting my hand in the tank was actually a way of gauging how hungry they were ...
The 4 of them ate 2 dozen feeder goldfish every 10-14 days ... Because feedings made such a mess, you want to wait until they are good and hungry, so they actually eat the fish, and not just play with them and dirty the tank ..
By placing my hand in the water (and 'petting' them!) I would know if they were getting hungry or not. If they made no attempts to nip me, then I knew they were not at all hungry, as they began to get hungry, they get a bit more agressive, and would just lightly nip at the sides of my fingers ...
But as the nips start to actually leave marks grabbing my flesh, I knew that they were only a few days away from a feeding ... and I would not stick my hand back in the tank until 12 hours after they had fed.
You could also see their aggression increase in their swimming patterns too, but my interaction with them with sticking my hand in the tank, was the best method to gauge their hunger.
I bought those fish at 5 weeks old, and they were smaller than a dime, with no visable red markings at all ... and raised them for 3+ years .... I eventually moved into a new apartment with a girlfriend, and it was not possible for me to keep them, so I sold them to the same pet store I had bought them from 3½ years earlier.
I paid $5.99 each for them, and sold them back for $120.00 each! not a bad ROI considering the companionship I got from them also ...
Awesome story, a local bar in my area is named after Pirahna's and they have a huge tank behind the bar with about 6 of them in it. You can pay $1 to watch the bartender feed them, they probably get fed so much they are never agressive, as I paid once and I actually got bored waiting for them to eat it, and 5 hours later I noticed the fish was gone, so one of them sooner or later ate it.
“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.”
-- Ulysses S. Grant
I have pacus! Well, now I only have one, but we used to have two. Not sure what happened but one day one of them had his face smashed in.
The one we have left is probably about a year old now. Not sure how big he is, at least 6". People always think he's a Piranha. Very nice red markings. He's a handsome boy but still a bit of an asshole.
Along with the pacu we've got 2 dinosaur eels, an african leaf fish, a few different kinds of danios, a few gouramis, and a tiger pleco.
I had an apple snail for a while, he was pretty awesome, loved feeding him lettuce. One day, after having him for months the Pacu set his sights on him and that was it. I was so bummed. I try not to get too attached to anything in the tank since you never know, but I really dug him. I want to get another one but am on the fence about it, would break my heart if he killed again.
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