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This pacu carries the real thing, seed-cracking molars and gentle temperament included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCare level: Easy · Temperament: Peaceful · Max size: ~24\"+ · Min tank: 250+ gal (adult) · Diet: Omnivore, pellets + veggies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Aquatics","offers":[{"title":"Medium\/Large (3.5-4\") \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50338973876461,"sku":"FSASS5253","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/Piaractus_brachypomus_Zoologischer_Garten_Berlin.jpg?v=1785642467"},{"product_id":"red-pacu-small-medium-2-5","title":"Red Pacu (Piaractus brachypomus)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePacu are famous for a set of flattened, disturbingly human-like molars, but the real ecological story is what those teeth are for: cracking open the nuts and seeds pacu swallow whole while foraging through flooded Amazonian forest, then dispersing viable seeds elsewhere in the process. 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A fun, gentle giant we occasionally place with New Milford customers who have serious pond or tank space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCare level: Easy · Temperament: Peaceful · Max size: ~24\"+ · Min tank: 250+ gal (adult) · Diet: Omnivore, pellets + veggies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Aquatics","offers":[{"title":"Small\/Medium (2.5\")","offer_id":50338973941997,"sku":"FSASS5553","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium (3-3.5\")","offer_id":50338973974765,"sku":"FSASS5554","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/Red_Pacu.jpg?v=1785198939"},{"product_id":"red-hook-metynnis-large-nice","title":"Red Hook Silver Dollar (Myloplus rubripinnis)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetynnis, like the silver dollars it's closely related to, belongs to family Serrasalmidae, the same taxonomic family as the piranha, and carries genuinely similar-shaped teeth built for shredding rather than a piranha's flesh-tearing bite, here put entirely to work on plant matter instead. The red-orange hook-shaped fin extension that gives it the common name shows up strongest in well-conditioned adults. Peaceful, active, and a good centerpiece for a planted or unplanted community tank, though it will happily browse any live vegetation offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare level: Easy · Temperament: Peaceful, shoaling · Max size: ~7\" · Min tank: 55 gal · Diet: Omnivore, flake\/pellet + veggies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Aquatics","offers":[{"title":"Large Nice \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50338974040301,"sku":"FSASS5756","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/1920px-Myloplus_rubripinnis_Natural_History_Museum_University_of_Pisa.jpg?v=1787398676"},{"product_id":"silver-dollar-small-medium-1","title":"Silver Dollar","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetynnis and Myleus silver dollars sit in family Serrasalmidae right alongside the piranha, sharing a similar tooth shape built for shredding rather than tearing flesh, evolutionary cousins that took a strictly herbivorous path instead. That plant-shredding dentition means live aquarium plants are genuinely at risk in this tank, a silver dollar will browse soft-leaved species down to stubs given the chance. 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Every bit as committed a plant-browser as its relatives, so live aquatic plants need to be an afterthought in this tank's stocking plan, not a centerpiece. 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