PACU...how fast it grows!

[Alan]

growing fast there mate

[Paul, The Engineer]

thank you fis people... indeed it grow too fast...

... however, i was told that any fish that grew that fast normally does not live long...

They naturally grow that fast when young so that's not an issue.

If I remember right, I thought they could live for 10+ years.

Try 20+...then there's always Butkiss. 41 years...Black Pacu,but lifespans run about same for both species.

Limiting feedings might save you money,but won't do squat for his lifespan...if anything you're holding him back.Perputual eating machines to the end.

OinKY, i had shown to my friend your input and here is his logical explanation:
"too much feedings makes fish grow fast especially to this kind of greedy specie... once it outgrown the tank, it will
be needing bigger tank and if not meet the requirement, will be prone to problem. once too big for the tank and expose
the top fin or body to the air, very susceptible to illnesses.... that is why it shorten the life span" partially right but
can be corrected with bigger tank in case may be....

[OinKY]

Sounds suspiciously like "fish only grow to size of your tank" mentality on their part. Logically,even limiting feedings,you only slow growth so eventually you'll need the bigger tank anyway...maybe not this year,but next year. Goes against nature not to feed a fish that constantly eats,and feed it a variety.
Simply put...if you can't meet the needs of a fish,don't get the fish.Manipulating growth rates to keep a species is unethical "hobby-wise",not much different than how people have tried to keep Goldfish for years and justified it "fish only grow to the container they're kept in".

[Paul, The Engineer]

just an with my pacu fish:

[OinKY]

Everybody looking healthy,even looks like smiling for the camera

[callen]

Everybody looking healthy,even looks like smiling for the camera

Lol...it does look like that.

[Paul, The Engineer]

indeed it is with the two teeth at the lower jaw ..
i never had seen if it has teeth at the upper jaw...

[callen]

i never had seen if it has teeth at the upper jaw...

Please find out and let us know

[OinKY]

Oh,they have teeth up there. Trust me.

They didn't get the nickname "Ball Cutter" by gumming anybody.

[Paul, The Engineer]

Oh,they have teeth up there. Trust me.

They didn't get the nickname "Ball Cutter" by gumming anybody.

so i should not go there without any short huh!

[Nathan]

I have a scar on my right hand where a pacu took a chunk out of it. Yes, they have top teeth, too.

[OinKY]

so should not go there without any short huh!

Anybody going "au naturale" in their fish tank's got bigger issues than whether a Pacu's going to castrate them

[TimP]

Looking great as usual there Paul! Are there even any aggression issues at all in that tank?

[Paul, The Engineer]

so should not go there without any short huh!

Anybody going "au naturale" in their fish tank's got bigger issues than whether a Pacu's going to castrate them

yeah it is... if i do that, something is wrong in my mental condition LOL!

TimP wrote:

Looking great as usual there Paul! Are there even any aggression issues at all in that tank?

so far, there is none except when the two female is jockeying for the slate but all other fish disrupted the process by just passingby..

[Ryan34]

that's an amazing growth rate paul.

those fish can be monsters. ... this pet store i used to go to had a large pool in the back full of feeder goldfish. and they had a "Black" Pacu in there. those are the biggest ones. this guy was like 2 feet long and massive. they told me it ate like 40 gold fish a day. lol