I have a pacu pond and a gar pond. Don't think I'll ever mix them. Pacus are mad! And I don't understand why people feed live to their pacus. I feed them pallets and the way I see them swim, they'll probably hurt my gars more then my gars will ever hurt them. Pacus if kept in numbers will gang up as packs, like wolves. They will bite when they feel like it. Gars on the other hand are chilling fishes. So I don't recommend.
They are closely related to piranhas, so that could explain the pack behavior.