Are pacu to aggressive to keep with zebra danios and glolight fish?
2007-04-04 15:34:55 · 8 answers · asked by rickstsi 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
The Pacu is a cousin to the Piranha, but generally lacks the very aggressive quality. This fish can reach 60 cm or more and thus needs a huge tank. Some say 700 liters minimum. Usually this fish is kept in public aquariums. Why they are common in pet stores...who knows. They will make a mess of a tank if the tank is too small. They are very fast swimmers.
These fish are also somehow similar to the looks of silver dollars, but grow way too large for most home aquariums, and are tough to sell, or even give away when they outgrow their tank. They should otherwise make a good tankmate for severums only, don't even think of putting danio or glofish with them...it will just disappear!
2007-04-05 01:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are but...if your willing to take a big risk you "might" be able to get away with it. If you have a goodly sized tank, big enough to support 5-9 danios and another 5-9 glolights. plus 3 or 5 pacu's and you add the pacu's last plus overfeed them (requireing way more water changes) you can sometimes mix aggresive fish with community fish.
I always recommend keeping several of each species in odd numbers. This helps keep any one fish from getting too picked on. Also having the larger numbers of community fish makes it harder for the pacu's to single out one and confuses them when they school away from an attacker then "break apart" This is also why i recommend odd numbers of Pacu's with a minimum of 3 but 5 or 7 is even better if your tank is that large. Keeps one fish from being on the harsh side of constant abuse.
Once the Pacu's go in i would not recomend adding any other fish at all.
It's a big risk like i said but it there is a chance for it to work.
Good luck and don't forget to balance out the water quality for all types you'll have in there.
2007-04-04 15:46:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Pacus are mainly vegetarians and when they are small they will get along with almost any mild mannered fish like the ones you mention. The problem begins when they get larger, and they will, and eat pretty much anything they can get in their mouths.
They are not carnivorous like their cousins the pirahna, but are opportunistic and will eat small fish when they get big. They can grow to 24" in the right environment, but rarely get beyond 12" in the home aquarium.
Oscars of the same size, large plecos and large catfish can be kept with them as adults.
2007-04-04 16:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pacu's cannot be with community fish. They are in the semi aggressive category of fish.
If you want to get a pacu, be very careful!! They can get to be 24 inches long...They need A LOT of space...
2007-04-04 15:48:48 · answer #4 · answered by KaylaByrd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, they danios and glolights would be lunch on the run for a pacu fairly quickly. Please don't consider getting a pacu unless you have at least 180 gallons to give him, once mostly grown they need at least that much space.
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2007-04-04 15:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 06:16:36 · answer #6 · answered by ledebuhr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Pacus are related to piranhas and are extremely aggressive. They will eat anything that fits into their mouth, and tear up and eat bigger fish.
They also get huge. Reconsider getting them at all. In just a few months they will be too big for the average home aquarium.
2007-04-04 15:41:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call the pet store or read the descriptions on the tanks at the pet store
2007-04-04 15:47:24 · answer #8 · answered by fishermanatedogg 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋