Originally posted by bobad:
I stocked my pacu a little late this year, but next year I'll stock at ~70F. I thing 6 Lbs is entirely possible given the usual warm water from early May-early October here. [/QB]
Bobad,
An interesting thing happened in my first stocking which really surprised me...I stocked my "A" team about April 1 in about 68 degree water temp this year mainly because I needed the open space in the hot tub. Around April 14 or so, we received an unprecedented snowstorm...grandchildren actually made snowmen for the first time in their lives... My water temps fell/plunged to 56 degrees. I fully expected the Pacu to die....but they didn't and as as we know they have actually thrived.
Any that I don't catch this fall, I plan to try to watch very carefully to determine what their fatal water temps are. I'd really like to hear what you may find along those lines also. I was told by aquarium experts that 60 degrees was the magic number...but they forgot to say "it all depends".
