Red Belly Piranaha or Pacu?
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I have 2 RB Pacu 9" and 7". I feed them cichlid pellets and sticks and they love them. As a treat I feed them peanuts and they go crazy! I tried shrimp and they didn't care for them. I also have a 6" pleco and when I feed him algae discs I have to hide them from my Pacus because they eat em up. I don't know if that is good for them or not.
alexis said:Here is a picture its not a very good one but maybe it will be enough.
PACU Piranha has a bigger mouth with row's of sharp teeth you can clearly notice a piranha because it's lower jaw extends out more than the top jaw it's lower lip is also thicker.
my pacu is stupid and only eats when theres other fish in the tank to show him theres pellets ontop of the water!!!
Pudge is pretty smart he sees you come near his tank and open the tank he "assumes the position", poised and ready for food to come his way. I dropped in an aglea wafer for the hundreth time yesterday and for the first time he munched down. He also ate a handful of the pellets so its seems at last I have made some progress!!!!! YEahhhhhhhh!!!
I tried that one time because someone told me to see how he reacted. I poked my finger and let a few drops of blood fall into the water. He ate them and went nuts swiming erraticly around the aquarium . I mean he freaked!!!!!http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=58961#
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Both can bite but the piranha cuts and the pacu mangles. A neat row of sharp triangular teeth means piranha.
I had a gorgeous red-bellid pacu, who was a DELIGHT. We were both very lucky in that I wa able to find him a good home with a cichlid breeder with huge tanks. My guy LOVED red or green grapes, apple, lettuce, squash, raisins, carrots, oranges, broccoli, cauliflower, and walnuts. Hope this helps -- and that you have a HUGE tank ready for him. (Experts I consulted recommended a 2,000-gallon set up for a RBP, who can live 25 years and reach 100+ pounds. GOOD LUCK!alexis said:What should i try to feed him?
