Although everything we've read talk about being herbivores or omnivorous our baby prefers meat. Brine shrimp, cichlid food, snails which he has pretty much emptied the tank of and earthworms. We are curious if he will outgrow this and gradually become more of a herbivore? He has eaten some peas though. Thanks.
Baby Pacu 2"
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Yeah, I would say mine would prefer high protein pellets to most other foods, although I don't let it make up too large part of their diet. I would wean them to Hikari algae tabs or similar higher quality algae tab as a staple. Mine seem to like spinach, duck weed, carrots, peanuts, Brazil nuts, guava, raisins, small bits of banana, Nori strips and they love massivore(of course). Just limit sugary fruits to 4 times a month IMO. Be warned, if you get them on a high protein diet, the growth rate is extremely fast.
Pacu seem to be like goats.....soon they gonna be chewing on air line tubing...heater/powerhead cords....filter intakes....nothing off limits!
In nature, pacu species will consume about 95% vegetables. That is, when pacus are caught in the wild and they have their digestive tracts examined, it contains 95% vegetation.
It's of course possible that older pacu are almost exclusively vegetarian, while those at young ages will also consume invertebrates. Snails, earthworms and brine shrimp may indeed be similar to it's early diet.
It's also possible that a pacu (like children) will eat whatever it can if that's what it's offered. Human children will eat candy, sugar and corn syrup all day if that's what they're given despite the fact that they are smarter than pacu and that humans weren't designed to eat that way.
It's of course possible that older pacu are almost exclusively vegetarian, while those at young ages will also consume invertebrates. Snails, earthworms and brine shrimp may indeed be similar to it's early diet.
It's also possible that a pacu (like children) will eat whatever it can if that's what it's offered. Human children will eat candy, sugar and corn syrup all day if that's what they're given despite the fact that they are smarter than pacu and that humans weren't designed to eat that way.
