Funny RBP & Pacu Story

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JayAllure

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I currently have 3 RBP's (3.5 inches) that I keep in a 75 Gallon tank...I've been trying my hardest to switch them over to pellets but nothing really worked. So randomly on Thursday I decided to get a 4th RBP, but that didn't turn out so well (half of the ones in the LFS tank had missing eyes...:eek:) so I decided to purchase a Red Bellied Pacu (5 or 6 inches). So this morning I decided to put a pellet in the tank to see what happened, not only did the Pacu eat it, the RBP's ate the ones I gave them...

Talk about peer pressure lol I've attached some photos of the Pacu below

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the old follow the leader trick! i've heard of it working with other type of fish.

a pacu? hope you know what you're doing. here's a quote about growth rate

IKeepPacu;3978655; said:
with half way decent water quality and food, you can expect a pacu to reach around 16" in that first year. at 6-8" expect them to hit an alarmingly fast growth spurt. they will balloon up from that 6-8 to a whopping 16+ in just a month or two. you can LITERALLY see them grow from day to day. ive raised 5 pacu from the size of a quarter, and 1 from around 6" with 4 more growing out right now, so i speak from first hand experience.
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ballinouttacntrol;4679928; said:
the old follow the leader trick! i've heard of it working with other type of fish.

a pacu? hope you know what you're doing. here's a quote about growth rate
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thanks for that tip, my friend & I are getting a bigger tank & putting both of the Pacu's in it together....hopefully they mate if we have male & female
 
i've heard they're like those instant monster things where you just add water and boom, it's 1000000 times it's original size. hahaha
 
ballinouttacntrol;4679963; said:
i've heard they're like those instant monster things where you just add water and boom, it's 1000000 times it's original size. hahaha
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Yeah I heard lol the one my friend has is huge as hell, it's a nice blue grayish color, looks real nice. I'm still amazed at how since I've had the Pacu the vibe in the tank has changed with the 3 RBP's I have....a very interesting thing to see.
 
My smaller columbian shark will only eat if the bigger one starts eating.
 
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