Daydreaming Pirarucu Pond

[JEAE21]

Hi I was dreaming about a Pirarucu pond for a 6' Pirarucu today..lol
but, I read that the corners of aquariums and ponds is bad for them..why is that?

and IF I build a pond, does it have to be all natural and have shorelines.
OR
can it be like a pond that has the same depth anywhere you walk on the bottom? So it's just like a big giant tank underground?

 

[Zoodiver]

They tend to freak out when they get nosed into corners. When that happens, they react quickly and tend to smack straight into opposite walls, breaking their neck and dying.

Shore-type edges are perfect, but not required by any means. I've got verticle edges on mine and a huge acrylic tunnel running right done the middle of it. Scrappy does pretty well with it, though I was worried at first.

And as a side note, an arapaima gigas will get much larger than 6 feet, so think big when doing this. Plan for at least a 10 foot animal.

 

[JEAE21]

yeah..i've seen a 15' Pirarucu in person at Japan. haha the thing was scary..

and when you say nosed into corners..are you saying when we peek at them from above when they're in a corner...or when a aggresive fish corners them?
What should I do to avoid this? Make a oval shaped pond?

 

[Zoodiver]

Even something as simple as them swimming into a corner face first can spook them. An oval shape would be best.

 

[pirarucu319]

haha...
dreamin a real monster is not easy as you thought..
do you have any paiche ??
GOD, that monster is really somethin.
instead curve shape for edge site that you construct,
you definitely must have a monster pond too..
don't underestimate these "slow and gentle" giant..
guod luck with ur plan

ANCIENT MONSTER RULEZ

 

[JEAE21]

hey pirarucu319, the dreaming part was pretty easy.lol
what's a paiche?

my "monster" pond would be a koi pond.lol the size of them makes them a "monster" though. i think the biggest is close to 4'..my great grand-pa's fish.

this will happen(IF it happens.lol)..in at the LEAST 20years or so..haha
i have no idea how much a 40' ponds would cost..and the monthly electricity/water/food bills with it too..

 

[pirarucu319]

oohhh..
brazillian called pirarucu as paiche..
that what i mean..
but pirarucu eat almost anything.
teach them from the very beginning
mine as you can see avatar almost everything.
just throw to him..
no more...
BUT..personally pirarucu is totally fun to kept.
sometimes they could be so funny
got any plan?
wanna see the dimension?

ANCIENT MONSTER RULEZ

 

[JEAE21]

no i don't have any paiche..yet..haha

yeah, what kind of set-up is yous in?

 

[pirarucu319]

just normal setup..
end of this year, i'll start build the pond..
i guess..

ANCIENT MONSTER RULEZ

 

[TLkmDN]

just normal setup..
end of this year, i'll start build the pond..
i guess..

ANCIENT MONSTER RULEZ

ooo really? wats ure dimensions gona be? r u gona build it ureself?