3 Red Belly Pacus Are Attacking My Biggest Pacus!

[walkers101]

No one is having a go at you at all you came here for advice you can take it or leave it. The fact is the tank is far too small for one let alone four.

 

[ChilliPepper]

These fish get to 3.5ft long EACH, so a 2ft width is not big enough right away. How could they turn around? The tank is not big enough for one, let alone 4, hence why you are having problems.

You should rehome these fish a.s.a.p. As Nelly suggested, Silver Dollars are a similar looking fish but stay much smaller.

Red Belly Pacus are not suitable for your average home aquarium. If you cannot afford a massive tank then you should not have bought the fish.

 

[M.R Otter]

Oh come on guys rosalee is probably a biggenner so try to go easy on him!

 

[ChilliPepper]

Oh come on guys rosalee is probably a biggenner so try to go easy on him!

Rosalee has come on the forum asking why they are having aggression issues. The answer is they have fish that get too large in too small a tank.
You can sweet talk it however much you want, but the end answer is the same. Not being rude, or trying to offend. These fish get huge, they need massive tanks to keep one, let alone a group.

 

[M.R Otter]

Rosalee, chillipepper is right........ Pacus get enormous and large, there also some reports of specimens that are 90cm long!! And the reason why the small pacus are attacking the big one is because they are defending their territory against the bigger pacu and they are trying to drive away the bigger pacu but the big pacu has no where to go, he is forced to stay with them and he is also forced to be attacked!!