New Member

Posts: 2
From:Montana, usa
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 12-28-2003 12:26 PM         

---

i just puchased 2 red bellied Pacus and I have been intrested in them for awhile they are currently in a 45 gal tank i know they will get pretty big but can anyone tell me any INFO on them i have 2 aquarium books but niether have info. So anything will help thanxs

IP: Logged

Member

Posts: 16
From:middlesex, nj usa
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 12-28-2003 01:21 PM         

---

i had 2 of them but they both died..i know that they are aggressive fish and you can feed them live food...but they should be good in a 45 gallon tank fora while...i had the pacu in with pirahnas and well im sure you can figure out what happened...opps...unfourtunately i had to learn the hard way
good luck

IP: Logged

Member

Posts: 83
From:APG, MA, USA
Registered: Nov 2003

posted 12-28-2003 01:28 PM         

---

they are aggresive and they like meaty foods I think they will grow out of your tank in a year. in

IP: Logged

Member

Posts: 200
From:canada
Registered: May 2003

posted 12-28-2003 01:54 PM         

---

PACUS ARE NOT AGGRESIVE!!!!!!
the two i had were big pussy cats.(lost them to a power outage)
They are Vegetarian they love peas, lettuce mine loved cichlid sticks. Feed them flakes and small floating pellets untill they are bigger,get them eating a variety of different foods. Like other fish they get spoiled easy.

Pacus are as wide as they are tall.

In fact they will out grow your tank in about a year, you will need a 300 gal for them to be happy when full grown.
this is a very good site for pacu info: http://kingsoftheaquarium.tripod.com/redbelliedpacu.htm

IP: Logged

Member

Posts: 37
From:michigan
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 12-28-2003 05:09 PM         

---

i currently have a red pacu in a 29 gallon tank with 7 oscars 5 are babies and 2 are 4 to 5 inches and the pacu IS NOT AGGRESIVE and eats tons of flake food and beefheart they like to hide so put something in there for them to hide behind and they get really big so you will need a big tank like 300 gallon.

IP: Logged

New Member

Posts: 2
From:Montana, usa
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 12-28-2003 07:02 PM         

---

thanx everyone for your speedy replies. If anyone else has any advice just post it ill check every day. Again THANK YOU ALL

IP: Logged

All times are ET (US)