I got a WHAT!
- Thread starter Chad55
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Looks like he will go back to the store for a black rhom...or maybe I can have them get me a real brandtii! I really do like those.To the above poster, saying that they are a pacu that doesnt get huge, is that also saying they are not carnivorous
Red Devil;656473; said:
I would like to know this too. I don't mean to sound like a macho man or something but I am not really into having a peaceful fish/vegetarian in a single specimen tank. I was really looking forward to having a big brute piranha because I want to prove myself wrong about them. And it doesn't surprise me that they got the wrong fish in because I am about 98% positive TFD supplies my LFS.
Chad
Chad55;656508; said:
well then so far nothing is written in stone and i would get a positive ID to make sure it isn't what it is suppose to be..because it could still be a piranha because alot of people have had trouble with ID of the baby piranha..at least the people i know around here..
Dentics are definately not Pacus. They're rarer than brandtii's too from what I've noticed. They are not quite P's but they're still a cool fish to own. But, if you're looking for something that'll be a brute, you should buy a large serra species. They grow pretty slow, and having a single species pygo is pretty borring. Check out Piranha-Fury.com. You'll find a lot of information on P's. I believe they have species profiles too. Here's another link with some info on Dentics.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/genusPygopristis.html
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/genusPygopristis.html
I am about 99.9% this is a dentic. All of the things I have read point right to it. The head is not concave and the red fins ect. I am still not sure what I will do with this fish. I really wanted a big brute but who knows I may like it right? I have read that they can be kept with other fish but I don't have the room to. Also I have read they are very boring to keep on their own. Hmmm.....What to do what to do? Anybody have personal experience with them?
Chad
Chad
I didnt say it was a pacu I said it was like!! I just mean that like a pacu its a characin, its also an omnivour. My main point when I said its like a pacu I meant that, again like a pacu, looks like a piranha but is not.
i know what you meant, but they have a little more appeal to them than pacus. I never said that you "said that they were." I'm saying that they are nicer fish (in my opinion) to own than pacus. You read my post wrong.
