a pacu in 14 gallons of water. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. thats hilarious. i get your idea, but a little misleading to the neophyte's out there, i mean maybe 14 gallons of space in a huge tank. but come on. pacus get bigger than most people could ever hope to manage.
by smaller fish he was probably referring to the mbuna they are a good starter for the aggressive cichlids... I would say get some Labidachromis and or haplichromis specifically some form of Obliquidans...
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