Bderick67;4867877; said:Well, since it is now 2011, he is 41 years old as advertised
Curious where the OP got 39 from haha.
Remember Butkiss The 41 Year Old Pacu
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Curious where the OP got 39 from haha.
First warning, folks. No more suggestions of illegal acts. If you're capable of that, please keep that to yourself.
Jay88;4868063; said:
MOST of the fish that people keep here are not "wild" animals and were bred in a fish facility...
And If anyone knows where I can get a wild caught goldfish, or flowerhorn that would me awesome!
jlnguyen74;4869882; said:
The reason we don't see 36" Pacus commonly is because people put them in small tanks. Small Pacus are a consequence of, not at excuse for, small tanks. The record exists for a reason, because someone has measured a 3ft pacu, meaning they have the capacity to reach such sizes. Perhaps it happens with greater age, but it apparently happens.
Yes, a person could live in a closet for 39 years, if you fed them and cleaned their poop out regularly. Their unused muscles would atrophy, and they'd probably have some serious developmental problems, but they would survive. That Pacu definitely has developmental problems.
I feel bad for pacus everywhere. Very few are kept in proper conditions. I considered getting one for my new 210 gallon, but after some research i decided that not even that is big enough.
I rememeber seeing one of these fish at a pet store that was at least 20 to 30 inches long he was living in a 220 tank and I was shocked to see a fish that big before and that how he made the 220 fish tank look so small at the time when a 220 tank to me was the biggest tank you could buy in the world. At the same time the pet store owner said to me that he renting tank space at this pet store's fish tank while his owner was spending the next few weeks buying him a bigger tank while at the same the pet store owner watching the fish said that the fish's owner back at home was replacing his tank that was two or three times bigger then his 220 fish tank.
Now as for giant fish living in a small tank there is a used book store in the City of Charotsttisville in Vrginia that has two giant six and nine inch long fish that are eatch ten years old living in a 29 gallon bow front tank in the back of the book store. If it was me with these two giant fish I felt that my 75 gallon would still be to small for them and that something like a 220 would be good for them.
Now as for giant fish living in a small tank there is a used book store in the City of Charotsttisville in Vrginia that has two giant six and nine inch long fish that are eatch ten years old living in a 29 gallon bow front tank in the back of the book store. If it was me with these two giant fish I felt that my 75 gallon would still be to small for them and that something like a 220 would be good for them.
Juxtaroberto;4870752; said:
This^. Survival is not living, good water quality or not there is no need to subject this animal to such small quarters where it reaches a fraction of its potential. We all know stunting is terrible for a fish. In the UK this guy would be in front of a judge and fined for such acts of cruelty.
I am also wondering how so many fishkeepers seem to just take this guys word that this pacu is actually 41 years old when they know how much damage small tanks and their small water volumes do to large fish that are continually growing. Coupled with the enormous amounts of waste produced by it, even when young, this fish would be in trouble on a daily basis in 75 gallons of water. More so over a reasonable length of time.
I doubt daily water changes would be enough to keep a growing, but still quite large, pacu alive for 41 years.
I have a hard time believing that this fish is 41 years old, a sign on the wall and the owners assurances are hardly concrete evidence.
