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Watch out for the boys in Illinois!

Kamikuza - 8-7-2012 at 08:34 PM

And when I say "the boys", I mean The Boys.

http://goo.gl/etfR1

mougl - 8-7-2012 at 08:41 PM

That's nuts...

macboy - 8-7-2012 at 09:46 PM

Gotta have balls to keep swimming in that lake!

cheezycheese - 9-7-2012 at 02:54 AM

I had two of those Pacu in my fishtank. They were the size of dimes when I bought em. They were as big as dinner plates when I got rid em. The two of em would demolish a head of lettuce in a few seconds. They are cousins to piranha... :evil:

snowspider - 9-7-2012 at 06:41 AM

Some show on Animal Planet had guys looking for piranhas in a northern state based on fisherman reports. I'll bet it was those nut busters that were being caught. If those things eat zebra mussells they are going to do well!

PHREERIDER - 9-7-2012 at 07:21 AM

i have had a few of these . silver dollar size that grow in dinner plate size. did well with cichlids. they do look piranha -like . piranha AND this sp. really don't like the cold water and will not survive, not sure of the temp gradient for that area, seems a bit cold for thrive conditions.

cheezycheese - 9-7-2012 at 08:00 AM

These can actually grow to four feet in the wild....!!!

Drewculous - 9-7-2012 at 11:24 AM

had a few pacus... they outgrew my 55, so i gave them to a buddy that had some 375gal tanks.... last i knew they were still kicking!

that dude had some cool fish! I loved his snakehead and pirahnna .... scary a$$ fish! they'd "hunt" you as you walked through the outbuilding
:crazy:

snowspider - 9-7-2012 at 11:50 AM

More than a few "warm water outlets" (read nuclear power plants) make it "entirely possible". Who would have thought the industrial north could be so exotic.

PHREERIDER - 9-7-2012 at 12:19 PM

figured a warm spot somewhere in the mix.

carltb - 9-7-2012 at 02:59 PM

sounds like the premis to a bad 3d movie!!!

mutant fish from the nuclear plant!! mwwwwahhhhh

Bladerunner - 9-7-2012 at 04:42 PM

We just had to drain a small lake to get rid of the Snakefish somebody must have dumped in there. Mant species suffered so that these fish could be caught. They can travel OVER LAND !

Kamikuza - 9-7-2012 at 05:23 PM

And apparently - thanks to conservation efforts allowing the seal populations of Cape Cod to flourish ... you're now getting regular visits by rather large Great White Sharks.

pyro22487 - 11-7-2012 at 04:01 PM

There was an episode of River Monsters that featured these guys similar story too. Only I think it was in a rainforest.