I'm thinking of getting a shoal of 2'' pacus for my planted South American tank, but I worried the plants will become food for them... What do you think?
Do pacus tear/eat plants?
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The plants will become food but the easiest way, if you have space is to cheat and grow your plants in pots. Have 2 or 3 your show tank and grow on 6 or 8 in your plant tank so that you can rotate them. If you have a deep tank, switch the plants when you do a water change, otherwise you will need a snorkel to reach the bottom! also check that you are giving them enough of the right foods. If their dentition changes, so does there diet; mature fish will eat such things as unsalted almonds!
I'm aware that pacus can grow to 1 metre long. I'm just planning on keeping mine to about 10'' then sell or give them away.
The problem is that getting rid of a 10" fish isn't as easy as you would think. If that's your goal, go with a silver dollar. Too many pacus end up sitting at the LFS waiting to die or for a saint with a pond to come by, or dumped in a river which I'm not even going to begin to get into because I could rant all night.
Pacus don't make good pets unless yr ready to house them for their entire lives.
Pacus don't make good pets unless yr ready to house them for their entire lives.