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Had to euthanize Pacu's over the weekend
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Hey Jagarundi, Im so so sorry to hear about this horrible experience. Thank you for sharing your experience with us, in such an honest post. Im sure it has helped some people realise how important it is to find out the proper information before purchasing fish. Im glad your TV is working again and hope you havent beaten yourself up too much about it. You know, eventhough you had to put your fish down and that is unfortounate, its good to know that you really did care about them and tried your best. Once again, thanks for sharing your post
jagarundi said:
Hey, not sure where you live but you could have tried donating them to a local aquarium... I have two within a two hour drive and I never have a problem.
not everyone has a local aquarium...my "local" aquarium would probably be in Miami...unless you count Sea World in Orlando as an aquarium, but thats still over 4 hours away. thats why i would NEVER buy a fish that would outgrow me. but those pacus sure are cool looking...and i do want a tank of bala sharks one day.
in instances like this, euthanization is usually the only solution. this is the same thing that happens to thousands of puppies and kittens everyday...people buy them not knowing or thinking about the long term and the pet ends up in the pound. and the pound euthanizes them. it's very sad.
in instances like this, euthanization is usually the only solution. this is the same thing that happens to thousands of puppies and kittens everyday...people buy them not knowing or thinking about the long term and the pet ends up in the pound. and the pound euthanizes them. it's very sad.
I didn;t read all the replys here, but I skimmed through some of it, I don;t think of fish as part of my family, But I have a Spotted Rapheal I have had for 12+ years,
It;s not the what we think of our fish, it;s how we take care of them,
How would any of us like to be caged like a lion at a zoo and never have a cage cleaning, the right food, or even fed everyday, or ever worse, just killed when they didn;t want you anymore,
Don;t dare say that;s different, becuase it is not.........
Fish are a creation of life, it;s our job to give them the best living condistions as we can and that fits their needs.
There is always someone someplace who has a bigger tank and wants the bigger fish we don;t have room for.
I don;t trade or sell my fish like cats or dogs, I keep them as long as I can or as long as I can keep them the way they are reqiured to be kept, if I can't I find someone who can.
It;s not the what we think of our fish, it;s how we take care of them,
How would any of us like to be caged like a lion at a zoo and never have a cage cleaning, the right food, or even fed everyday, or ever worse, just killed when they didn;t want you anymore,
Don;t dare say that;s different, becuase it is not.........
Fish are a creation of life, it;s our job to give them the best living condistions as we can and that fits their needs.
There is always someone someplace who has a bigger tank and wants the bigger fish we don;t have room for.
I don;t trade or sell my fish like cats or dogs, I keep them as long as I can or as long as I can keep them the way they are reqiured to be kept, if I can't I find someone who can.
thats horrible! why did that tv have to die! WHHHHYYYYY!*sobb sobb* :sad:
but i hat pacus. i saw 1 of them shatter a 40 gal wall when it ran from 2 end to the other when it was frightened. terrible fish to ever own.
but i hat pacus. i saw 1 of them shatter a 40 gal wall when it ran from 2 end to the other when it was frightened. terrible fish to ever own.
There's one person in this forum who owns 2 fully grown pacus who are very happy....but.....she has a tank that is over 3,000 gallons built right into her livingroom wall. She has another fish in there as well, but I don't remember what kind it is..but it's another big one...lol....
I was at a large petstore in Daytona area recently...called Mr Petman..nice store...LOTS of tanks and fish....they have a line of 200 gallon tanks up near the ceiling that are show tanks and there are a variety of fish, large and small in these tanks. There is one tank with 2 large pacus...but not fully grown yet...along with a bunch of other kinds, types and sizes. They were selling this tank, fish and all..lol...poor saps who end up buying this one !
On a side note...this store had the best variety of fake aquarium plants that I have ever seen !! Very real looking and interesting...and also reasonably priced. Too bad I didn't have room to bring any home...lol....
I was at a large petstore in Daytona area recently...called Mr Petman..nice store...LOTS of tanks and fish....they have a line of 200 gallon tanks up near the ceiling that are show tanks and there are a variety of fish, large and small in these tanks. There is one tank with 2 large pacus...but not fully grown yet...along with a bunch of other kinds, types and sizes. They were selling this tank, fish and all..lol...poor saps who end up buying this one !
On a side note...this store had the best variety of fake aquarium plants that I have ever seen !! Very real looking and interesting...and also reasonably priced. Too bad I didn't have room to bring any home...lol....
Pretty cool tank whatever she has in it....lol.......She posted a pic of it a while back on the picture thread.
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