Acnodon Normani. Aka tiger sheep pacu.

[sunnysjourney]

I have noticed that they absolutely love strong current, which was surprising because I thought pacus preferred slow moving waters. This grow out has a turnover rate of about 55 (it's a 135gallon) and they always kick it with the GATF and the bambusa near an Eddie or right in front of the power head.

A few more pics of them I just took:

 

[Renegade Aquatics]

Even more surprising, they're serrasalmids

 

[justarn]

What does that mean?

 

[moe214]

What does that mean?

They're more closely related to piranhas.

I have noticed that they absolutely love strong current, which was surprising because I thought pacus preferred slow moving waters. This grow out has a turnover rate of about 55 (it's a 135gallon) and they always kick it with the GATF and the bambusa near an Eddie or right in front of the power head.

A few more pics of them I just took:

That's interesting, maybe that's why they have more of a elongated shape than other pacus

 

[justarn]

Want want want lol...

 

[kno4te]

They are a great sized dither and just not readily available.

They are usually collected from rivers with flowing water. Makes sense they like the current.

Awesome pick up!

 

[sunnysjourney]

Update:
The lowest ranking sheep pacu was killed by the other two guys a few months ago. I found it stuck to the powerhead . Thats when I realized that I needed dithers for my dithers lol. So I added 3 tiger scats in there as well now. They seem to have stopped growing at around 7". The two remaining ones don't fight much.

 

[krichardson]

Where did you get the tiger scats from?

 

[sunnysjourney]

Where did you get the tiger scats from?

I've had them for a while now. Got them back when jojo had them.

 

[krichardson]

I've had them for a while now. Got them back when jojo had them.

Oh okay,thanks for replying.