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Location: Suspended | This was found dead in a freshwater lake in New Jersey and we have never seen one before. Any ideas on what it is? The plastic bag can fit a 5-gallon pail in it so it's a big fish, I'm stumped.
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| Looks like a Pacu to me. Freshwater fish from the amazon. Pretty common aquarium fish. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I agree with Twitcher. |
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Location: Suspended | Thanks Twitcher, I think you nailed it. Someone probably got tired of it, or it out-grew it's tank, and they dumped it in the lake. Jeesh! |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Too bad it couldnt make it, that fish might have been a HUGE surprise to the angler who caught it. Probably would have thought they had the world record panfish on their line!
A few things I found on the search for Pacu info:
Hi - I really enjoyed reading about all the other people who enjoy the Pacu.
We have a Half Black that we bought in 1979 - that makes him 25 years old!
He started out in a 10 gallon tank with numerous tank-mates, but soon
graduated to a 55 gallon, then to a 412 gallon, which he was in for the last
17 years or so. This spring my husband built a new home in our family room
for our Pacu - a 3240 gallon tank! It's 12' long x 6' high x 6' wide. We
use 3 swimming pool sand filters and a 3hp pump to run everything. The tank
is framed and sheeted with plywood, and sealed with fibreglass matting,
resin, and gelcoat. It has two 5'x3' x 3/4" window panes in the front. Our
Pacu loves his space! He's about 36"long, about 12" from belly to dorsal,
and weighs about 30 - 35 pounds. He eats beef heart, shrimp, Hikari
pellets, grapes, watermelon, strawberries, figs, carrots, and his favorite -
Milk Bones! He has a surprisingly good nature for his size - he shares his
tank with a 3' Tiger Shovelnose Cat, a 3' Black Arrowana, 4 full grown
Tinfoil Barbs, an 8" Tilapia, an 18" Iridescent Shark, four 12" Plecostamus,
3 Synodontis Cats, and what started out as about 20 African Cichlids, but
has turned into 50+ as they have been breeding like mad. Our Pacu
recognizes us and will swim to whatever side of the tank we are on. My
husband has to physically get inside the tank with a mask/snorkel to clean
the inside of the glass, and when he's in there, the Pacu is always right
beside him, will even let Miles pet him. He is truly our baby! We have
heard that the lifespan is around 60 years, so we are almost halfway there.
Our tank is quite a conversation piece and we always have people coming over
to see it - we believe it is the largest home aquarium in the province
Some more cool fishes: http://www.carpecarpio.com/exoticfishpictures.html
AVG. ADULT LENGTH:
• 20" for the Red Pacu
• 35" for the Black-Finned Pacu
• 40"+ Black Pacu.
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Location: Suspended | Lot's of info on the Net, it's a beautiful thing!
A few months ago a 15-year-old boy was fishing from the bait shop docks and hooked into a big fish but lost it. One of the guys working there caught a glimpse of the fish before it got off and knew it was something he'd never seen before. It must have been this same fish. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | I had a pair that outgrew a 55Gal tank in a hearbeat. That looks a lot like a Pacu.
ps. Hope that dude built that tank well becuase if 3,000gal of water hits the floor that house is going to be a mess. |
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