Flying Pacu story

[Tightdog1]

was changin water the other day and they broke my heater i was so pissed, it was the first time they did it tho so i guess im kinda lucky .

FISHCUBE: Im located in california, S/bay area to be exact.

HARRYTOLEN: yea i would like to give them to fishcube, my brother knows someone who has 2300g tanks in his garage and he only has 1 arowana and a oscar in each im gonna try to give em to him but if fishcube wants em and is close enough to me he can have them. and when i bought them i was an inexperienced fish keeper and was told by the aquarium staff that they only get like 6". but whatever i have em now at 8" and 9" respectively.

 

[cdawson]

on the topics of pacus, does anyone else's pacus REALLY jumping. I've got 3 juv. about 4 inches long and they're super jumpy. We can't even stand next to the tank while they're eating without spooking them.

 

[Tightdog1]

CDAWSON: what size tank are you pacus in?

 

[cdawson]

they're in a 30 gallon right now (they're only 4 inches right now). I'm going to put them in a 220 in about a month or two.

 

[Tightdog1]

good idea dont get screwed like i did. since the lady at the LFS said the pacus will only get like 6", and that LFS has lost all my business since then.

 

[cdawson]

I hate stores that do that, giving false information like that is just bad for business. It's no wonder you have to worry about a store not being there the next time you go.

 

[cacti]

Were you able to give them away? You could try calling many pet shops to see if they can temporarily take them until they can find someone with a pond.

 

[Tiburon]

My pacu is about 18" long and 12" tall. He can eat 3 hotdogs at a time.
6" limit my butt!

Pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/noisemak...order=&.view=t&.done=http://photos.yahoo.com/

 

[cdawson]

3 HOT DOGS!!!!! GOOD GOD!

 

[VoodooChild]

Could you get us a picture of pacu eating a hot dog Tiburon? Of course that isn't good for him at all (ichthyologist Mike)...but man, that's cool! (18 year old Mike)