Can you keep pacu with common carp?

[mybirthdateisfake]

I've got somewhere around 15 pacu in my pond. I'm thinking about going to a local fishing place that has pacus, large catfish, and common carp (where I live all those fish and commonly eaten, that's why those fish were chosen to be placed at the fishing place). For this reason, I am asking if common carp are good tankmates for pacu.

 

[tlindsey]

if common carp are good tankmates for pacu

The Pacu will eventually kill the Carp.

 

[Deadeye]

Welcome to the forum!
Though pacu are not as predatory as their piranha cousins, they will still eventually make a meal out of the carp. The only way I can see it working is with carp close to the size of the pacu.

 

[LukeOscar]

the main variable here was not listed. we need to know the rough dimensions of said pond.

 

[Dragon1234]

My pacu in the past was non aggressive but it's one of those thing where it could happen at some point.

 

[mybirthdateisfake]

went to a LFS and they had a large carp with pacu. I'm pretty sure as long as the carp is fairly large, it's fine

 

[mybirthdateisfake]

the main variable here was not listed. we need to know the rough dimensions of said pond.

300-400 gallons, still calculating as this pond is just a pond in my house. Largest pacu are only 1ft long, smallest at around 10-15cm. When they get larger than 2ft I'll only keep one pacu and rehome the rest.

 

[Deadeye]

Whether it’s 1 pacu or 15, a pond that small is barely a puddle for the fish. By 2 feet, and that’s an absolute minimum size for them, you’d be looking at something in the thousands of gallons to give one enough space.

 

[mybirthdateisfake]

That's why I'm planning to rehome all the pacu. I didn't buy them, my dad's friend gave it to my family. For that 1 pacu I'm keeping, it's going to be keeping the smallest one, so that by the time it grew to around a foot, I would already have a bigger, more suitable home built.