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They should be kept in groups of 4 or more and in at least 55 gallons for 4 of them. The temp. should be 75 to 80 degrease, you NEED a heater for this fish! P.H should be between 6.0-7.5. You should have double the filtration for your tank, so if your tank is 55 gallons you should have at least 100 gallons of filtration. They can be trained to eat pelets, flakes, live things(goldfish,rosy red minos,minos,tetras,worms,anything like that. Also they should be feed blood worms every once in a wile. Dark bottom substrate(perferably gravle) will show your fishes natraule colors. You should have dim lighting, and many hiding places because these fish are very skiddish, and scardy cats. Keep them weel fed or they will eat each other.

Nothing really besides large plecos, and larger tetras,and tinfoil barbs can be kept with the pirhana. anything els would end up in their mouth.

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