Can someone Pah-leeze answer me this question.

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I too wonder what people do with them. I understand they are raised for food elsewhere, but all the fish meds I have read the fine print on say not for use on fish for human consumption. Guess that don't really matter, but makes me wonder. I think it's horrible that they are so readily available, and that info on them is commonly false.

LOL I'd love to see video of someone raising a big stink and returning a foot long or plus pacu to a Wal-mart!! Look here's the receipt of the tank (20g), and the fish I was sold by your employees. I want my money back. LOL
 
i asked an employee why they kept on selling them, and he said cause most people think they are a type of piranha
 
We've actually been looking for another Black, but they're hard to find up here....see quite a few Red Bellies around. Our first pacu was an 'accidental' purchase...we didn't know what we were getting into, either...but he turned out to be the best fish we ever had!
 
maybe because they know people buy em,but they grow big fast and easily outgrow people's tanks.
so people go back to buy a bigger tank.
then another bigger tank.
then another.
 
Pacu Lady;1551049; said:
We've actually been looking for another Black, but they're hard to find up here....see quite a few Red Bellies around. Our first pacu was an 'accidental' purchase...we didn't know what we were getting into, either...but he turned out to be the best fish we ever had!
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call brian at ocean blue he had a bunch :)
 
Alot of the fish sold at petsmarts are out of the league of the average fishkeeper.Common plecos,tinfoil barbs,bala sharks even comet goldfish get too big for the 10 and 20g tanks that are mostly sold.Selling you a fish that will live happily in its tank for years is not profitable.Fish that outgrow thier tanks or die due to stunting cause more sales.Simple math
 
theheffners;1485404; said:
the lfs and walmarts around here all sell them too. but at almost all of the places they ae listed thast they only get 5-6 inches. or one place says between 5 inches to 1.5 foot.
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That shows you how long they expect their customers to maintain their pet's health. A pacu will hit 1.5 feet in less than 2 years. Misinformation keeps the pet stores in business. If everybody's fish lived for 20 years, how many would they sell?
Within those 2 years, one of three things will happen.
1. The owner will have reasearched their new pet and make necessary tank upgrades. Best case scenario. This means a tank sale.
2. A 1.5 foot fish in a 2 foot tank is going to take one sh** and fog out the whole tank and destroy any water quality there was. Not good for health. Fish will die from bad water parameters. This means another fish sale.
3. A very strong 1.5 foot fish in a 2 foot tank with 1/4 inch glass blows the tank apart destroying everything. This means a whole new setup, new tank, new fish. Or the hobbiest gets fed up and quits.

These fish (along with others like RTCs, common plecos, aros)are like trojan horses for the pet industry, especially when they tell you that a RTC will only grow to it's tank. A misinformed customer is a guaranteed sale at a later date.
 
gomezladdams;1552105; said:
Alot of the fish sold at petsmarts are out of the league of the average fishkeeper.Common plecos,tinfoil barbs,bala sharks even comet goldfish get too big for the 10 and 20g tanks that are mostly sold.Selling you a fish that will live happily in its tank for years is not profitable.Fish that outgrow thier tanks or die due to stunting cause more sales.Simple math
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You beat me to it while I was typing.:D
 
Almost every post here has some truth to it.. all of these reasons are valid reasons why the only pacus that should be sold are the ones you order yourself after you do your homework and after you get the home to house them..someday the stores will stop this practice ..it is not fair to the pacu and not fair to the unknowing public.. thats why every pacu thread on here is educational to teach you that those sweet awesome babies will grow huge.. and if you ever raise a pacu you will find out how difficult it is to give them up ..they tug at your heart in ways only a pacu owner can understand..so tell those stores what you know and tell them it is not right!! Then they will stop eventually if enough people complain otherwise they will continue making their profits ..
 
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