Pacu tank mates

[pacu mom]

New member reading up on pacu made a comment. Not too many pacu threads any more.....a good thing. Perhaps people are reading up on pacu and not buying them--a very good thing. I wonder how many of the original posters still have their pacu?

 

[Red Devil]

Thanks for the info but I already know ALL of this. I did plenty of research and planning before I bought my monster and I bought him because he is monster. I want him to get HUGE. We have already planned our future housing endeavors for this infamous tank buster. Seeing as you have TWO of these beasts would you care to tell me the best mates for this guy?

that's awesome that you did all the research about pacus before your purchase... I had a red tail shark in with my two pacus.. the little shark would get between them and act like they were his body quards.. they were together until the red tail shark got old and gray... it was so neat seeing such huge platter size pacus protecting their baby shark.....

 

[pacu mom]

that's awesome that you did all the research about pacus before your purchase... I had a red tail shark in with my two pacus.. the little shark would get between them and act like they were his body quards.. they were together until the red tail shark got old and gray... it was so neat seeing such huge platter size pacus protecting their baby shark.....

Liz, the OP was last on MFK nearly 8 years ago. I bet his pacu died years ago.

 

[M@T!@$]

Liz, the OP was last on MFK nearly 8 years ago. I bet his pacu died years ago.

When's the new monster tank getting set up?

 

[Red Devil]

Liz, the OP was last on MFK nearly 8 years ago. I bet his pacu died years ago.

thanks for letting me know.. I hope not though.

 

[Repinscales]

The only aggressive pacu I have read about were fed live food. Being omnivores, they can be "trained" to attack anything in their tank. Why people would want their pacu to behave like piranha is beyond me. Ours would never attack another fish in their tank. When we had oscars with them, the only threat to the oscars was when the pacu spooked. In their frightened panic swims to escape some imaginary threat, the pacu could have hit anything in their way.

I am glad you have found nice ones, but check other posts on this site and you will find I am not the only one that has lost fish to the Pacu!

 

[Marie320]

New member reading up on pacu made a comment. Not too many pacu threads any more.....a good thing. Perhaps people are reading up on pacu and not buying them--a very good thing. I wonder how many of the original posters still have their pacu?

 

[Marie320]

My neighbor gave me his Pacu 7 years ago when he couldn't take care of him anymore. He is in a 75 gallon tank and is 20" long. I don't have room for a larger tank. He lives alone. He is high maintenance, but I do my best to keep him healthy. There is nowhere else for him to go, so I just hope he is content.

 

[Hidan]

My Pacu Hannibal was the sweetest soul around. He grew to two feet & was the tank boss. Nobody picked on him, well more accurately if anyone picked on him or challenged his position as tank boss, ended up with a quick demise.He lived happily with Green Terrors, Oscars, Giant Gouramy with no issues.
We always found it hilarious that we used to buy fish (usually cichlids) that looked large at the aquarium shop and when added to the tank looked smaller than his lower fin.

He used to come to the top of the tank and get spoon fed and luckily didn't like snacking on his smaller tankmates. By far the most personable fish I have had and off course my favorite.

 

[lookyloo]

Mr. Big will be 18 this yr and I will looking for someone to care for him/her as I myself am getting old