People on craigslist are unbelievable

[BarroomHero]

According to this guy on craigslist 3 red belly pacu need a minimum of a 60 gallon tank, lol. I tried emailing him to tell him that he needs to try and find someone with a very very large tank/pond. I feel bad for all these poor pacu.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/pet/1173177433.html

 

[Finalfire9]

Omfg is that a 10g nice i bet thats going to last another 3months unless he feeds them flakes the rest of there lifes

 

[BarroomHero]

Omfg is that a 10g nice i bet thats going to last another 3months unless he feeds them flakes the rest of there lifes

Yep, 10g. At least he knows they need a bigger home, but 60g isnt going to cut it.

 

[cichlid2006]

the guy only knows what he was told about them. i would bet he is one of a large group of people that believe what the lfs say to you. and i dont just mean the large chain stores.
of course, it wouldnt hurt the guy to look it up on the net just to be sure he can provide the care needed. but not everyone has such common sense.
at least you tried to tell him, i told a guy on ebay he was selling a red terror as a GT and that he is misselling his fish to someone who is gonna get a nasty surprise when they put it in their tank expecting mild aggression. i got a polite f-off.

 

[cowboy8411]

haha thats ok we had a lfs by us sellin dovii as beginner fish for their ten gallon tank set ups gives you lots of faith

 

[Circa4190]

People around here arent TERRIBLY stupid, but some take the cake.

 

[polish]

I saw like 7-8 Pacu in a 55g on CL the other day... They were good sized too.

 

[BarroomHero]

I saw like 7-8 Pacu in a 55g on CL the other day... They were good sized too.

There is a guy here in town who has a store that sells aquariums with some sort of gimmicky filtration system that lets you never do water changes, he doesnt sell fish but he has a lot of aquariums setup with fish in them. One of his setups had like 15 pacu at probably 16" each in a 180 gallon.