i saw a video of a black pacu, they look great! was thinking about getting one, but i saw some info on the size it can get 60". some questions i am hoping to get answer. are some pacu illegal? i don't see anyone selling any species of pacu except for red belly. what max size of black pacu in captivity? what is another big pacu species that i can get that is not as big as the black pacu? but say around 24" max.
big pacu - some info on big pacu
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If you're talking Colossoma macropomum the largest ive seen was ~30" in captivity. Fishbase says max is 108 cm = 42". They're greedy ass fish.
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nice 30" max and they live so long so it take forever to get there? but when I google black pacu all I get is a bunch of testicle eating fish articles. I mean I understand they eat balls, I wont put my balls into the fish tank anymore once I own one. so are they legal? and where can u obtain one? there are just so little info on them. I remember back in the 90' red belly pacu became very popular here in ca because they look like piranha, but now a day I don't even see the red belly at all in LFS. I thought maybe someone release them and now they are banned. I search online and when I get pass the testical eating articles, only a few places have red belly even.
Not sure if legal in the states. I only saw em at the Vancouver aquarium never at LFS.
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I think there all in the uk 
seems to be big (12"+) pacu everywhere for sale/free , they have become petty problematic over here due to there size and lfs selling juvi's without warning , even places like blue planet aquariums have stopped taking them on board because people keep trying to palm off due to size
I recently re homed my pacu because the pecking order of my tank changed and my jag and pacu wouldn't stop fighting , mines gone to a mate who's got an 8x2x2 with two smaller pacu and a few Oscars I thought he'd prefer it over there without having to battle daily
As for the ball munching , all I can say is there not always vegetarian mines chomped a few fish in its time and they will eat meat if nothing else available, although ive never dipped my balls in my tank but I have seen the river monsters episode
They are stunning fish imo but just a bit to big for captivity unless big ponds are involved , also there's always a risk of tanks being smashed by these bad boys heads are like stone and easliy spooked
seems to be big (12"+) pacu everywhere for sale/free , they have become petty problematic over here due to there size and lfs selling juvi's without warning , even places like blue planet aquariums have stopped taking them on board because people keep trying to palm off due to size I recently re homed my pacu because the pecking order of my tank changed and my jag and pacu wouldn't stop fighting , mines gone to a mate who's got an 8x2x2 with two smaller pacu and a few Oscars I thought he'd prefer it over there without having to battle daily
As for the ball munching , all I can say is there not always vegetarian mines chomped a few fish in its time and they will eat meat if nothing else available, although ive never dipped my balls in my tank but I have seen the river monsters episode
They are stunning fish imo but just a bit to big for captivity unless big ponds are involved , also there's always a risk of tanks being smashed by these bad boys heads are like stone and easliy spooked
The ghetto local fish stores in my area, NorCal, still stock tons of red belly pacus and other monster fish. Rarely see any black pacu online and I've never seen one in person.
John PTC (Los Angeles) has black pacus
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?141004-pacu-lovers-only-house-of-sam
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?141004-pacu-lovers-only-house-of-sam
