Could you share your experiences with these fish? I just bought a juvenile pair (4 or 5 inches) & they're very charming. I understand that they're supposed to lose all of their orange flourescent coloration when they get to about 8 inches, which is a bummer, but that's about all I know. That & the head first eating habbit.
I haven't quite figured out what a good sustainable food source is for them. They love to eat goldfish, but i'm not going to feed them feeders every day. I bought frozen blood worms & they nipped at them, but didn't seem anywhere as interested in them as the green terror & angelicus loaches they're in with. I understand they're supposed to have a huge meat hungry appetite like an oscar. I'm going to try freeze dried krill as my next food offering tonight.
They seem to stick to the substrate & enjoy hiding below my Bolbitis heudelotii fern leaves away from the light most of the time. They pal around pretty cute.
2007-02-20 08:06:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Best article I found so far.
http://www.aquariumfish.com/aquariumfish/detail.aspx?aid=315&cid=3780&search=
Photo resembling my new creatures for better Identification.
http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/detail58_17209.php
2007-02-20 08:21:18 · update #1
I have kept and bred these really cool fish. They are not at all hard to keep but breeding was a royal pain in the tail. They are a very meat hungry fish as you noted. I made a deal with my local fish monger and bought a few fish fillets, shrimp, scallops, mussels and the like when it was 1 day past the sale date. They would sell this stuff to me for a dollar a pound instead of the other choice of throwing it away. Some I chopped fine for other fish, some I mixed with greens and liquid vitamins to make frozen foods for small fish and some I left in large chucks for fish like these guys. They didn't eat it at first, it took several days to a week (can't recall exactly) before they would accept it as food. You can use a bamboo skewer or something similar to move it around a bit if they don't learn to take it in a few days.
Give them a fair sized cave or pipe to hide in. They will like that and if by some chance you happens on a pair that is where they would eventually spawn as well.
MM
2007-02-20 09:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just be careful not put to many feeder fish in the tank at once. I did this in the past and the pike fish ate so many fish that his stomach popped and died. So needless to say, I didn't have him too long for me to give enough experience as to their care...
Here are some information on pike cichlids (as they call them):
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_creni.php
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/intro_pike_cichlids.php
http://www.geocities.com/napaValley/5491/art-lugubris.html
2007-02-20 16:23:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This linkmight provide u with some help:
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,%20Pike.htm
2007-02-20 22:29:32 · answer #3 · answered by hhhhhhh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know regular northern pike, but not that one.And all fish eat head first.
2007-02-20 16:12:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋