Should we ban the pacu?

[le patron]

indeed I do

 

[12 Volt Man]

personally, I think as hobbyists we would be shooting ourselves in the foot if we campaigned to ban a particular fish.

its the begining of a slippery slope, next thing you know, almost all our popular hobby fish are banned..

its bad enough with the PETA crazies out there..

 

[mr.reef24]

we actually ban selling them red-tail catfish, and iridescent shark's in my LFS because of there size issue. I feel it's a step in the right direction, however we will sell it to someone with the mean's to keep it when they reach adulthood.

mr.reef24

 

[sostoudt]

we should ban koi because people think goldfish are getting huge.lol

ok i will vote so im not a total jerk

 

[Freezekougra]

I voted "NO we can find a solution"

Solution = Edumacate(ed-u-ma-cate) people before they buy the fish

 

[Amazon_Addict]

They should be banned from wal mart.

 

[Knowdafish]

No! They are great BBQ'd!

 

[frnchjeep]

I don't think they should be banned. They just shouldn't be available for 5 bucks. Take rays for example. They are rare and expensive, so more often than not, the proper research is done before dropping that much coin on a fish. If pacus weren't affordable by any moron that can afford a ten gallon tank, I'm sure there would be far fewer that were mistreated. Same goes for RTCs, TSNs, aros, ID sharks, etc. Common myths are part of the problem, too. Like "a fish will grow to the size of it's tank". Where did that even come from?

 

[sostoudt]

Take rays for example.

cough* cough* still banned in some states cough*

 

[frnchjeep]

cough* cough* still banned in some states cough*

Thats true...didn't think of that, but I doubt it is because of their size. It's because they are dangerous.