Pacu

[The Duke]

Had two of these in lfs a while back, wow are they big!! They were eating cherry tomatoes haha strange looking things. Anyone kept any of these in a home aquarium?

 

[FishBlast]

Had two of these in lfs a while back, wow are they big!! Try we're eating cherry tomatoes haha strange looking things. Anyone kept any of these in a home aquarium?

^ One would need to have their own personal aquatic museum or something to keep these...

 

[simonas]

about 20 yrs ago I bought a piranha from my LFS and it turned out to be a pacu and ive never seen a fish grow so quick

 

[Wills]

I have seen adults in captivity twice - once at The Deep public aquarium in Hull and the other was in a specially built 12 foot x 12 foot pond in the back of a fish store. It was a rescue...

Unfortunately I have seen them in more than one fish shop and on more than one occasion in each...

Wills

 

[FishBlast]

I have seen adults in captivity twice - once at The Deep public aquarium in Hull and the other was in a specially built 12 foot x 12 foot pond in the back of a fish store. It was a rescue...

Unfortunately I have seen them in more than one fish shop and on more than one occasion in each...

Wills

I really am glad they don't sell them at the shops around here. People in Romania would buy those thinking they're some kind of tetra or something, only to find out the fish won't fit in the tank anymore at some point, LOL!

But the amount of saltwater fish the shop I got my swordies and snails from made me stare at them like this O_O They have so many awesome fish there... Too bad I didn't get to look at everything up close but for sure they didn't have piranhas or pacus.

 

[KkAaNnEe]

Man I hate those fish, only seen them in the London aquarium

 

[FishBlast]

Man I hate those fish, only seen them in the London aquarium

They look pretty creepy too... they have human teeth!
O_O

 

[FishBlast]

freaking internet made me double post. Sorry.

 

[FishFanatic04]

omg gross. The teeth really freaked me out.

 

[BigbruiserAl]

I had a pair about 15 years ago in a 6ft tank with just UGF. They were fantastic fish if a little boring, my nan back then killed htem by dropping a tub of talc in the tank and didt tell me

 

[minnnt]

I have seen adults in captivity twice - once at The Deep public aquarium in Hull and the other was in a specially built 12 foot x 12 foot pond in the back of a fish store. It was a rescue...

Unfortunately I have seen them in more than one fish shop and on more than one occasion in each...

Wills

Pretty sure i have seen them in Wharf?! Have you?

Al, how did you not notice a whole tub of talc in the tank?

 

[BigbruiserAl]

I have seen adults in captivity twice - once at The Deep public aquarium in Hull and the other was in a specially built 12 foot x 12 foot pond in the back of a fish store. It was a rescue...

Unfortunately I have seen them in more than one fish shop and on more than one occasion in each...

Wills

Pretty sure i have seen them in Wharf?! Have you?

Al, how did you not notice a whole tub of talc in the tank?

If memory serves (it was 15 odd years ago) I went to get something from my room and saw the fish belly up, they were huge so could not miss them floating. The water was cloudy and was perfumed so but of a give away

 

[minnnt]

What kind of perfume?

 

[KkAaNnEe]

Man I hate those fish, only seen them in the London aquarium

They look pretty creepy too... they have human teeth!
O_O

Er lol I now dislike them even more - didn't know that was possible.. Imagine that giving you a little side smile as you walk by

 

[FishBlast]

Man I hate those fish, only seen them in the London aquarium

They look pretty creepy too... they have human teeth!
O_O

Er lol I now dislike them even more - didn't know that was possible.. Imagine that giving you a little side smile as you walk by

Yeah, scares me a bit just like Lamprey mouths, although when I saw their actual faces, I found the Lampreys kind of cute.