Help: What to do with a 14"x10" Pacu?

[ooosparkeyooo]

What to do with a 14"x10" Pacu

I am buying a 125 gallon fishtank and stand for $250 although I have to take the guys 14" long by 10" high Pacu Pirahna, I know they need about a minimun 250g tank, and I do not want this fish. I live in Topeka, KS. The pet stores in this city do not even have a big enough tank set up for one of these guys. I also do not know of any aquarium around.

What can I do with him? I have some ideas (bellow) but was wondering if any member on here has had experience with this before.

(On fishlore I am up to this so far and need to know if anyone has a better means to this)

The very fist thing imma try to do is contact the owners of the local fish stores here (I personally know two of them) and ask if anyone of them have a personal set up and may want Mr. Pacu or have any ideas.

Next imma try to check the Kansas City stores, I've herd there quite amazing. Or the smaller towns of Manhattan or Junction City to see if the owners may have a home for if.

If all of that fails I will contact the NorthEastWildLifeRescue.com and see if there is any help leading up to my final try the Ohmaha Zoo and Aquarium a whoping 3.5hr drive but they may pick him up or arrange something.

Anyone else have any ideas that I may try to home Mr. Pacu?

 

[brcacti]

I would make the drive to the public aquarium and donate him, mine is nearly that size now and the new public aquarium in Phoenix wants him

 

[Red Devil]

Also put a classified ad here on mfk that you have a pacu you want to rehome... there just might be someone in your area that wants a big guy.. i had pacus in the past and they are the best personality fish to own.. they are vegetarians.. you can hear them chewing carrots through the glass on the aquarium.. do all you can to find this pacu a good home.. because if you knew him you just might fall in love with him too,

 

[ceeej31]

I would make the drive to the public aquarium and donate him, mine is nearly that size now and the new public aquarium in Phoenix wants him

your particular case is the exception to the rule, most public aquariums are overrun with people asking if they can take an overgrown fish off of their hands and in the vast majority of cases will not accept the fish

 

[kdrun76]

Put an add on Craig's list.

 

[D12DetroitD12]

eat it.

 

[Cookie*]

It sounds like you got everything pretty well covered, better than I could have suggested. If all that fails, I would put down the fish. You cannot say you did not try to find the fish a home first. Chalk that one up to crappy fish stores selling fish they shouldn't be selling in the first place.

 

[_Jessica_]

I would put an ad on here, and screen the replies for appropriate sized tanks...you might even get interested responses from this thread.

It sounds like you got everything pretty well covered, better than I could have suggested. If all that fails, I would put down the fish. You cannot say you did not try to find the fish a home first. Chalk that one up to crappy fish stores selling fish they shouldn't be selling in the first place.

I can't imagine trying to "humanely" euthanize a healthy 14"+ fish...how do you even do that? You would need a hell of a lot of clove oil! Or a shotgun...

 

[jclyde13]

What to do with a 14"x10" Pacu

I am buying a 125 gallon fishtank and stand for $250 although I have to take the guys 14" long by 10" high Pacu Pirahna, I know they need about a minimun 250g tank, and I do not want this fish. I live in Topeka, KS. The pet stores in this city do not even have a big enough tank set up for one of these guys. I also do not know of any aquarium around.

What can I do with him? I have some ideas (bellow) but was wondering if any member on here has had experience with this before.

(On fishlore I am up to this so far and need to know if anyone has a better means to this)

The very fist thing imma try to do is contact the owners of the local fish stores here (I personally know two of them) and ask if anyone of them have a personal set up and may want Mr. Pacu or have any ideas.

Next imma try to check the Kansas City stores, I've herd there quite amazing. Or the smaller towns of Manhattan or Junction City to see if the owners may have a home for if.

If all of that fails I will contact the NorthEastWildLifeRescue.com and see if there is any help leading up to my final try the Ohmaha Zoo and Aquarium a whoping 3.5hr drive but they may pick him up or arrange something.

Anyone else have any ideas that I may try to home Mr. Pacu?

If I were you, I wouldn't buy the aquarium if I had to take the pacu with it. Pacu are nearly impossible to get rid of unless you live in an area with a lot of extreme fishkeepers (like SoCal). I have a very large pacu that I tried (and gave up on) to get rid of, and no one would take it. (I tried all of the LFS in my area as well as both the local zoo and the aquarium).