"Nikki" wrote in message
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since I am always asking things I thought I would add something.
I have noticed some people on here are setting up new tanks or are
stopping by and are new at keeping fish, a few anyway, and have had
questions about certain fish fitting in tanks when full grown, along with
some other things, I always check Elmer's web page they have a list of
fish with the size they grow out to, along with some other info, but if
you want to know if a fish will fit later on its a good web page for that,
I don't know if Elmer's is worldwide but I have one in pgh, pa
http://www.elmersaquarium.com/nav/freshwater/index.html
anyway here it is if anyone is getting new fish and wants to know size,
temp ect.
Nik

Ps: I thought about it because it been brought up (fish size) also back
when I got my first 2 Black Pacu's, and a few Oscar's about 15 years ago,
The store did not mention how big they would get or how long they would
live, as a matter a fact they gave me the info for a red belly, but they
were wrong and I think that happens a lot, I found out, not long after
while at the zoo, I seen one and showed my husband he talked to the people
at the zoo and got the correct info on them, which was our own fault for
not being informed about what we were getting and depending on a teenager
at a store. We had those two for many years..... but had to get much
bigger tanks then we first thought, and I know a few stores now that don't
sell them (which I think is a good idea), I know people also who get them
and want to get rid of them when they get to big, or throw them in our
river which is not such a good idea at all.
quick note, its not that i dont think people should get pacu's, they are
great and fun to have, they just should understand what they are getting
into, after i read that post it sounded like i did not think people should
get them. Nik