Pacu's arnt necesarily peaceful
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yeah dont get me wrong i do like this fish (just ticked that he did that) ,its my first pacu so i had no idea (other then their pigs and grow fast) what to expect.I read theyll eat small fish ,but i was more worried of the pacu getting eaten by the catfish then the other way around .Well another lesson - actual experience is the best teacher (compared to bits and peices of random internet searches)
I suffered the same type of loss I had anTiger oscar that was only a year old but was already 12 inches long and I had him in with some pretty mean company I had a green terror that was about 9inches two Albino oscars that were about 10 inches and a 6 inch Butta that ruled the tank... Well I figured I need another big guy to maybe calm down the butta cause he was actully beating the mess out of my green terror... Well I got a 10inch Black Pacu, well my plan actually work the butta started beating on the BP instead, that only lasted a few hours maybe days but the BP started Beating on the Tiger Oscar I think he only lasted maybe a week... I tried bringin him back but to much damage I suppose.... But I'm Happy to say that my butta ended up killing him in about 3 months.... 
I hated that fish, I loved that oscar... But I guess thats what you get for not knowing what can actully go with what... (I was new at this hobby at the time)
I hated that fish, I loved that oscar... But I guess thats what you get for not knowing what can actully go with what... (I was new at this hobby at the time)My giant gourami grew a steady 1" (sometimes more) a month untill about 12" and shes slowing down a little (still growing though).Well I only had the pacu a little less then a month but he's at least a half inch bigger then when I first got him .So..so far seems like very similar growth rates.KNH said:
viciouspisces .My giant gourami is the one in my avatar-she (Beatrice I call her ) is a giant red tail said:
i don't know why anybody would consider pacus as peaceful....maybe because their huge mouth looks like it's always smiling? i had one, had to give it up by the time it got about 7 inches. it would eat anything that would fit in its mouth and terrorize anything that didn't.....and it was sharing a tank with an even bigger oscar and 6 rbpiranhas all about 4 inches
I guess my thinking was the pacu would be like a seriously big silver dollar -i was wrong on that 
.Update ~my GG and pacu are just fine together no ripped fins ,no problems,all is well w/ them lol .. they eat together ,swim together they even sleep side to side ! (dont know why the catfish caught hell, but Im not gonna put another any time soon 
) As far as my giant gourami is concerned I had doubts too when she reached about 8-10" as to weither she was a rtgg or another type of osphronemus .
.Update ~my GG and pacu are just fine together no ripped fins ,no problems,all is well w/ them lol .. they eat together ,swim together they even sleep side to side ! (dont know why the catfish caught hell, but Im not gonna put another any time soon ) As far as my giant gourami is concerned I had doubts too when she reached about 8-10" as to weither she was a rtgg or another type of osphronemus .
