pacu bit electric cord for pump

[Dan F]

what u have there in your picture is what we call wabeen what i have in the picture is a mountain wabeen but i will eventually get some good shots of a mountain wabeen so that someone can identify its true name

Cool. I don't know if this will help at all, but this is where I found the species name for the wabeen:

http://fish.mongabay.com/data/Trinidad_and_Tobago.htm

 

[triniyute]

umm that is a different species altogether well at least i know that fish as a wabeen and the fish im talking about as a mountain wabeen

 

[Dan F]

umm that is a different species altogether well at least i know that fish as a wabeen and the fish im talking about as a mountain wabeen

Yes, that is the problem with common versus scientific names.

Anyways, check out the link - the list might give you some species to research. Even though it doesn't list "Mountain Wabeen", there are several fish that they don't have a common name for.

I hope you can figure it out, I am very curious!

 

[triniyute]

yea i will definitely figure out the "wabeens" proper name but this is my stock


2 albino O's 10-12inch
2 tiger O's 16inch and 8inch
1 peruvian O 16inch
2 "mountain wabeen" (pic posted above) (soon to be addded)
1 cascadura
4 of a unusual schooling fish pale orange and looks similar to a barb


hoping to add 2-3 bigger fish vieja or peacockbass still deciding exactly what

but my 400gal tank has a 480 gallons an hour submersible "little giants" pump pumping into a bucket filled with "dacron" as the filter media (they use dacron to stuff pillows on boats) a few holes in the bucket to provide more aeration and thats my filter system im beggining to wonder if it is adequate never did any kind of water quality tests should i be worried or hould i be upgrading the filter system????
help.

 

[triniyute]

i do not beleive that mountain wabeen is listed i looked through most of the fish listed in the link howevr can anyone identify it from the pic tht i posted

 

[joshDJM]

sorry for your loss

 

[triniyute]

anymore ideas for stocking or suggestions for my filtration?

 

[CClump]

anymore ideas for stocking or suggestions for my filtration?

How you made it this many posts in with people not going crazy Over your stocking is beyond me.
Youve got 5 full or nearly full grown Oscars some 6 inch schooling fish and looking to add more and you have only roughly 1 time turnover.
I would at least double your current filter set up and probably still lose 2 or 3 of the oscars before adding anything else.
I would probably add a strong powerhead as well to help get all the crap oscars make to where your pump(s) are at

 

[triniyute]

i thought i should beef up my filtration system and i do not think i am nearly overstocked i measured the schooling fish they're closer to 4 inch

 

[Yellow_Perch]

very tragic .... so sad.. maybe if you send this out to enough people who have pacus they will take precaution by putting wire inside some kind of cylinder that he cannot bite through..

x2 but im just gonna say you got to be careful of pacus..