My new rescue....

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demjor19

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Found this guy in the basement of an LFS in a 55 gallon tank...He had been there for 2 years. Sounded like they fed him well, but he couldnt even turn in that tank. He is 21" long and I have him in my 180 for now....its atleast better then what he was in. I swore I would never purchase a baby one, but would resuce one someday, so here he is. Let me know what you think.

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^ lol my girlfriend for size reference....
 
oh i am so happy you rescued him..poor pacu ..he will be so awesome someday soon.. he will be a happy healthy smiling pacu... that is great!! Keep us posted!!!!!
 
Very rewarding fish to own. Make sure he doesn't injure himself on that driftwood. Good luck with him.
KNH
 
dmopar74;1418497; said:
good for you and the pacu. better up that filtration for that beast.

new filtration is in the works and i do 50% water changes at LEAST once a week...twice usually.
 
Red Devil;1418489; said:
oh i am so happy you rescued him..poor pacu ..he will be so awesome someday soon.. he will be a happy healthy smiling pacu... that is great!! Keep us posted!!!!!

thank you liz! he is already sampling some various foods. seems to be settling in nicely! what where some foods yours liked? we want to try and offer a variety of foods that he will like.
 
M|L;1418524; said:
A waste of tank space.

i guess i did ask what people thought...so i'll let it go.

i'll tell you one thing though...this fish was in the tank for about only 3 hours now and i have never seen a fish w/ more personality. it's more like a cat or dog.
 
sweet man what size is that tank?? looks like a ]v[onster to me. keep us updated.
 
jaws19;1418533; said:
sweet man what size is that tank?? looks like a ]v[onster to me. keep us updated.

thanks...see first post.
 
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