If you go to www.aquamojo.com its under fish Pics (top left)and then there is a picture that says the pond(down 3 right 3)....its very nice if you got time. Also you can see his RB Pacu and his Black one.
Pacu Problems
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Nice to hear from another pacu enthusiast!! There's so few of us--we need to stick together to fight the forces of spouses that don't understand our fondness for these intelligent fish! (This is going to sound nuts, but I'm convinced my pacu loves music and will dance along, and I've undertaken training him to swim according to arrows pointing in random directions.)
Re: lunches for your pacu.....ours has only eaten tankmates that bother him (ie:algae eaters that try to suck onto his sides), ghost shrimp, and snails. Figure the last two are merely because their swimming habits resemble food that falls to the bottom, which my pacu prefers. Oddly enough though, he is now developing a taste only for protein. Feeding time is getting expensive, we're starting to cook an extra albeit small portion for the fish! Your guy is only a few inches under ours.....what do you feed?
By the way, if your wife is highly motivated for you to get rid of your pacu, has she found any takers that will give him a home?? If so, please pass it along. Untill we can resolve the problem of space for a large tank, am keeping my eyes open for other solutions
Re: lunches for your pacu.....ours has only eaten tankmates that bother him (ie:algae eaters that try to suck onto his sides), ghost shrimp, and snails. Figure the last two are merely because their swimming habits resemble food that falls to the bottom, which my pacu prefers. Oddly enough though, he is now developing a taste only for protein. Feeding time is getting expensive, we're starting to cook an extra albeit small portion for the fish! Your guy is only a few inches under ours.....what do you feed?
By the way, if your wife is highly motivated for you to get rid of your pacu, has she found any takers that will give him a home?? If so, please pass it along. Untill we can resolve the problem of space for a large tank, am keeping my eyes open for other solutions
cloud said:
Pacus have been known to "remove" keepers fingers quite frequently. Just recently at a bio dome in the UK a small child lost it's finger to a pacu in a pond. A friend of mine also had his pinky "detached" by a pacu at the vancouver aquarium when the black pacus were in the caiman exhibit and there was no guard rail.
yep. realise that now. the ones at the aquarium must not be bacl pacus and when feeding time came they were given peas and lettuce
Debra Mark
Wench Boots!
Our Black Pacu turned 25 years old in July of this year! When we got him he was about the size of a half-dollar and he started out in a 10g aquarium. He soon progressed to a 55g, then spent the last 20 years in a 412g. He now resides in a 3240g tank. He is about 36" long, 12" from belly to dorsal and about 6" thick and weighs about 35 pounds. We recently added a "baby" Pacu who is about 5 years old and about 1/3 the size of our big Pacu. He has already doubled in size and will probably out-grow the big Pacu because he has a lot more room initially. Anyone contemplating getting a Pacu should know that this is a long-term commitment (I have heard that they can live up to 60 years) and that these fish just keep on growing! They are one of the most enjoyable fish and have distinct personalities!
cloud said:
They feed them apples, lettuce, fresh cut fruits and almonds at the vancouver aquarium.
Hi Debra,
A 3240g tank! Sounds like a mini eco-sysyem. Is it actually in your house? That must be the coolest thing ever. Would love to see some pics if you have any.
Scott
p.s. Mine tank is 33g. But it's only a few months old. Maybe when it grows up it'll be as big as yours
A 3240g tank! Sounds like a mini eco-sysyem. Is it actually in your house? That must be the coolest thing ever. Would love to see some pics if you have any.
Scott
p.s. Mine tank is 33g. But it's only a few months old. Maybe when it grows up it'll be as big as yours
Debra Mark
Wench Boots!
Hi Cloud!
We are working on getting some quality pictures to post, but nothing yet. Yes, the tank takes up one wall in our family room in the basement. It pretty much is it's own ecosystem - smaller fish breeding, larger fish eating them....
We are working on getting some quality pictures to post, but nothing yet. Yes, the tank takes up one wall in our family room in the basement. It pretty much is it's own ecosystem - smaller fish breeding, larger fish eating them....
