red bellie and black pacus

[Chuck & Veronica]

Does anyone know why we don't get yellow belly pacu, the caranha, (Piaractus mesopotamicus)? I bet there is a market for them, they only get to 16" and are mainly fruit and nut eaters.

Dang, Guppy, thanks for posting this. I never knew about this species of Pacu. It's a beauty, for sure. I think the RBs are pretty too, but this one has the added advantage of not getting insanely big. I like that. I worry about when my two monsters are full grown. I'll probably have to build an indoor pond or something for them.

Here's a pic of our babies:

They're only three-four months old.

Chuck

 

[Chuck & Veronica]

black pacus are my favorite

THE TRUE MONSTER OF MONSTERS!!!!

sucks that their sold infrequently

I'm glad they're hard to find. Because if they weren't, unsuspecting fishkeepers would be buying these all the time, and then having to kill them when they outgrew people's 10g tanks. Frankly, this species can only be housed in something only approaching the size of what's built in a public aquarium.

I know one fishkeeper who had one, but she's got a 2,400 gallon indoor pond built for the sucker. I think it's something like 25 years old now and over three feet long.

Chuck

 

[guppy]

Unfortunately, there is a lot of bad info and unaccurate pics out there. Ex: in the OPEFE site I pulled up, it stated that the fish only grows to 400mm , these things get huge (4'+).

Yeah, even fishbase mises a few errors, as examples they have a salmon picture in the cyprinids listings and a characin in with the gar pics.

 

[crazy clowntang]

i wish they still offered the yellow belly pacus

 

[dreamandscheme]

isn't there a blue pacu that stays under 20"?

 

[bigspizz]

I thought Del was back...This thread is a toddler. Although I have no problem with 3 year old threads getting bumped.

 

[dreamandscheme]

wow, i didn't even notice the date

 

[fishlover88]

Yeah this is a cool thread. I thought it was kinda weird i havent seen guppy in awhile now.

Anyways there is a sheep pacu (Ossubtus xinguense
)that is really cool looking and only grows to 6-7" according to fishbase. But im not sure if these are closely related to Red, black, or yellow pacus.


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18015&highlight=sheep+pacu

 

[catfishlover106]

wow this is interesting the yellow bellied pacu looks so cool and don't grow into the tankbusters as the Red bellied and Black pacu