Hi guy's,
I was at my LFS marvelling at the sheer size he's got his private fish up to, I asked if I could take some pic's and he said sure, so here they are, and for anyone that doesn't know how big a pacu can get, this tank had 4 or 5 in it, my pic doesn't do the size justice, i'm 6ft2" and these pacu were as long as my arm and deeper than my forearm.
I don't know what the pacu's tankmates were, but I put in some shots anyhow.

Very cool, I'd sure be spending some time around that tank.
Must be huge indeed!

yea, pretty big.
Probably has 10-15 huge fish anywhere from 1-3ft plus countless huge pleqs, the glass is at least an inch thick!

Drool,drool,drool.
The RTC is still one of my favorites but after seeing them Fullgrown-in-a-big-as-can-be-Tank, and seeing them freak out , made me decide they're out of my league...(for now!)
But I'll keep on dreaming!

is that in one of those pics?

The fourth, it's called a Red Tail Catfish and they grow real big and real fat!
This is a video of the Zoo near to where I live.
There's a RTC swimming with those huge pacus.

gotcha,
the one he has is 3ft easy, not scared or freaked at all, he also has a similar one with no red and a sorta duck bill wiyh white and caramel stripes crossing its back!

Most likely this one:


A Tiger Shovelnose Catfish,

or a crossbred TSN x RTC.
You see those sometimes.
Get very BIG as well...

pacu can grow over 3 feet and easily 60 pounds. definatly not a beginner fish, yet you see them at just about every pet store... such a shame that these fish are so cute when small, yet turn into such large fish. people should be warned at the store instead of encouraged to buy them when the store owners KNOW they will get huge and will require a very very large tank.

Hey Noddy, thats the exact fish l was talking about.

Hey Win,
Every one of this guys black pacu are easily over 60lb thats why I put that warning at the beginning of the thread, I know most people should already know that, but i'm shure there are a few that like some Oscar keepers get a fish that they have no idea of the size it will get.
Although a pacu will get a hell of a lot bigger!

And they are eating nuts in the wild, and are equiped for that!
They can Easily snap of a finger or two!