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posted 06-10-2003 04:16 PM            

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I bought what I thought was a Pacu last year. He is now 15 inches and has teeth. He lives with a Oscar, but has become quite aggressive. Could this be a Piranha or just an "out of character" Pacu?

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posted 06-11-2003 09:24 AM            

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Sounds like a piranha to me.

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posted 06-11-2003 06:59 PM            

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are the teeth flat or pointy?
flat = Pacu
pointy = Piranha

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posted 06-12-2003 05:52 AM         

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What's out of character? Sounds like a red-bellied Pacu to me. If he seems more aggresive than the normal red-bellied Pacu, he was probably shipped from the wild rather than raised in a Florida hatchery.

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posted 06-12-2003 12:27 PM         

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The pacu will be a grey color.
The pirhana will have silvery speckles almost like glitter.
Pacu can be agressive.

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posted 06-14-2003 01:33 AM            

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Pacu get to be 50+ cm if kept in a big enough tank. if he grows anymore u know its not a piranha. especially if its onyl been a year, my P's only grew to about 8" in a year.

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posted 06-22-2003 10:17 AM            

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hmm weird the size makes it seem like a pacu and the teeth make it sound like a piranha i hav a 20" pacu and i can barley notice the teeth

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posted 06-24-2003 06:31 PM            

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sounds like a pacu to me , like pacuguy said if the teeth are flat it's a pacu and if there sharp a piranha

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posted 06-26-2003 11:25 PM            

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To big to be a Piranha, and i have seen some pacus with quite noticable teeth.

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posted 06-28-2003 01:00 AM            

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well i do remember a 16" pacu that was with my pacu in the pet store that had very noticeable teeth

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posted 06-28-2003 08:53 PM            

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Simple, if your oscar is still alive it's a pacu.(probably a red belly)

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posted 06-28-2003 11:40 PM            

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i just found out my 18" pacu has pointy teeth
is it a mix in between?

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