"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Mark Stone" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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To be devil's advocate, I buy commercial volumes of fish from
multiple
suppliers including two major importers, and none of them offer any
Pacu
variants, other than the 2 color morphs which both grow to obscene
sizes.
I also don't see any commercial interest in supplying a small Pacu,
as
that's called a Silver dollar (from a retail perspective). The is
also a
further disinterest in supplying yet another silver fish, as there
is
already a glut of them available. Commercially, almost any colour
is
preferable to silver.

Would the vendors you mentioned have access to different farms
which
were
harvesting a fish to compete with the already established Silver
dollar
contrary to the existing non-interest in more silver fish..... ya,
sure,
whatever ;~)

Go take a look at their listings and tell me what you think
(www.fishbase.com). As far as "small Pacu", the 10 to 16 inch sizes
for some of these other variations are certainly small compared to
the
biggie Pacus, but in context to Aquaria that is quite large.

--Mark


One of my transhippers got back to me today. He has been told that the
fish he sells is Metynnis maculatus, and if this is true, then fishbase
reports it as growing to 7". I'm waiting for my other transhipper to
reply. I know that I have sold Pacus which are today (1 year later)
about 7", so their growth rate suggests that are not done growing yet,
but I might be completely wrong. Other Pacus (12"+) I've encountered
in
the store were purchased by customers before we were open for business,
so perhaps the trade might have moved to a smaller variety. You might
be
right. I believe the expression is "If you have to eat crow, better
that
it's young and tender rather than old and tough" ;~)
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www.NetMax.tk

Another transhipper got back to me today. Probably just muddies the
water, but they offer Colossoma Macropomum (108cm or 42") and usually
sell Colossoma Brachipomum (20-25cm? or 8 to 10") under the name 'Pacu'.
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www.NetMax.tk