Red Belly Pacu Diet!

[TLkmDN]

Red Belly Pacu grow slightly shorter then Black Pacu but the growth rate is still around the 1" p/month untill they hit 2ft, after that growth slows down a bit. Dont quote me on this though.

ooo interesting thats cool. mine also ate all the shrimps i threw in for the RTC...13'' fish out bullying a nearly 40'' RTC??? these pacu sure have attitude. at the rate they r eating id love to see how fast they grow.

 

[bolty]

^ agreed, i would feed them whatever the previous owner fed them, i know they naturaly eat vegtable type food, and some fruit, pacus are not meat eaters so avoid meat

Pacus are meat eaters, they will ea veg and such BUT at the same time if there is a fish they can get THEY WILL!

my 24inch Pacu crunched up my 6inch TSN cat, left not 1 bit.

I fed mine Grapes
Cucumber
Lychees [with the pip]
Water Melon
Plec Wafers
Pellets [he would eat any, even pond pellets for a change]
Cat Fish pellets
Raw & Cooked Prawns
Squid
Blood Worm Cubes
Garden Worms

had him from this

to this

 

[bolty]

ooo interesting thats cool. mine also ate all the shrimps i threw in for the RTC...13'' fish out bullying a nearly 40'' RTC??? these pacu sure have attitude. at the rate they r eating id love to see how fast they grow.

I did a thread with pics of my old pacu as he grew, from 1inch to 24inch in 11months bit more that 1inch per month

 

[TLkmDN]

Pacus are meat eaters, they will ea veg and such BUT at the same time if there is a fish they can get THEY WILL!

my 24inch Pacu crunched up my 6inch TSN cat, left not 1 bit.

I fed mine Grapes
Cucumber
Lychees [with the pip]
Water Melon
Plec Wafers
Pellets [he would eat any, even pond pellets for a change]
Cat Fish pellets
Raw & Cooked Prawns
Squid
Blood Worm Cubes
Garden Worms

had him from this

to this

wow ure pacu is beautiful man...on second though mine might actually be a black pacu because its skin is really really dark...almost black but its belly is still a redish tinge so im a bit confused...

 

[pacu mom]

wow ure pacu is beautiful man...on second though mine might actually be a black pacu because its skin is really really dark...almost black but its belly is still a redish tinge so im a bit confused...

Most red bellies lose their red color as they get bigger.

 

[mat_per]

I raised mine on peas (they loved them), koi pellets, and large TF pellets, and I admit the occasional feeder.