I just won an auction on 10 crenicichla sp. "pacaya" babies. Any tips on how big a tank these guys will need, what you think I should feed them etc? They get round 6" max.
thanks,
georgio
thanks,
georgio
Pike cichlids
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Georgio, I just had a breeding article about them put on www.aquarticles.com Check it out. Who did you get them from? Aquatico?
Well, I've raised several Crenicichla Strigata( I think), and let me say that I look high and low for any and all types of Pike Cichlids. Nothing has been more enjoyable than to watch a Pike feast on feeders. I know it sounds sick, but come on...it's incredible. These fish have a ferocious appetite and tolerate NOTHING from other species. I don't care what kind of wild, crazy cichlid you have, a full grown Pike will win a tank war. OK, maybe the only competitor would be the African Fighting Fish or a Payara, but nothing else.
Actually, I'd like to know what other fish people think would be more dominant and ferocious that a full grown Pike?
Actually, I'd like to know what other fish people think would be more dominant and ferocious that a full grown Pike?
a full grown human 
my one pike that was started on feeders before I got him is fun (in a gross way) to feed. I put in a goldfish and night and woke up to find the top half of the goldfish attempting to swim and breat without the bottom half, which had been bitten off.
my one pike that was started on feeders before I got him is fun (in a gross way) to feed. I put in a goldfish and night and woke up to find the top half of the goldfish attempting to swim and breat without the bottom half, which had been bitten off.
Aquatico???
I am very new at this, so can you explain aquatico (address and basic premise of site) to me--this sounds like a great thing if you can get 10 Crenichla through auction!
I am very new at this, so can you explain aquatico (address and basic premise of site) to me--this sounds like a great thing if you can get 10 Crenichla through auction!