Photo of my geayi and my first post

[jb12288]

Hey guys. This is my first post here on MFK. I have your typical columbia pike in my 100 gallon. He/she is at bout 4". I just got it last weekend so he is just now settling in well. ATM he only eats live foods, he absolutely refuses frozen and prepared foods. Without further ado:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii122/jb12288/fryh011.jpg

He has some missing tail in this photo, but over the past week it has healed almost 100%.

[darth pike]

Ah Rome ... The coliseum, the pantheon, the fishing ... :nilly:

Welcome to MFK ... you could not have picked a better folder to do you first post in!!

Wow, no frozen even? What live foods are you providing, and what frozen have you tried?? I've given up on pellets for my pikes, the best I have been able to get them too is freeze-dried.

[jb12288]

I have tried krill, bloodworms, brineshrimp and beefheart. Maybe it just needs time to settle in. But he gladly takes live shrimp and guppies.

[HiImSean]

nice to see another georgian :D nice pike where did you get it from. i got one just like it from marine and tropical a few weeks ago, prolly about the same size. mine will take any type of food, never tried live though. its most likely a sveni though, i've seen them at almost every fish store in the area

[Ullopincrate]

Nice pic. Welcome to MFK

[invisyblegypsey]

:thumbsup:

[T-Hbrand]

what up with his tail

[Yanbbrox]

Welcome to MFK, nice pic

[Peanut_Power]

Hey hey hey! Welcome to MFK!! :D Crenicichla are totally awesome aren't they?! Just can't get enough of them! Be patient, sveni is really easy pike to get onto prepared foods thankfully, so just keep at it :D

[jb12288]

nice to see another georgian :D nice pike where did you get it from. i got one just like it from marine and tropical a few weeks ago, prolly about the same size. mine will take any type of food, never tried live though. its most likely a sveni though, i've seen them at almost every fish store in the area

I got him at Atlantis, my favorite shop. His tail was nipped at in the tank he was in at the shop, it is healing nicely now to almost 100%. He has found a nice rock to hide underneath. Sooner or later I will post a full tank shot, this is, when I get my camera back.

[HiImSean]

are you on the atlanta area aquarium association forum? they're having an auction next weekend. you can usually get some fish for really good prices

[jb12288]

are you on the atlanta area aquarium association forum? they're having an auction next weekend. you can usually get some fish for really good prices

No, but I should join. I have been wanting to join a local fish club.

[HiImSean]

no cost to join. here's their forum
http://www.atlantaaquarium.com/forum/index.php

[FSM]

No cost to join the forum, and no cost to go to the auction. Its $15 to be a member of the association though.

[HiImSean]

you gonna be at the auction FSM?

[jb12288]

I joined the forum, I will join the club here in a few weeks as soon as funds come up.

[fishfarm]

Hi JB, hope to see you at a meeting, All my pikes eat pellets, I just don't give them a choice, Even wild pikes I bring back from collecting trip eat pellets within a week. Ken

[HiImSean]

they will eventually turn. mine wouldnt eat pellets or frozen foods at first. then he saw the other fish eating them and ever since has been eating what ever i put in the tank.

[jb12288]

I guess I havent been trying hard enough, yesterday it ate some frozen bloodworms. I will fast him for a few days then offer pellets.

[jb12288]

Well the pikes fins have healed up 100% now and it is looking nice:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii122/jb12288/gtandpike008.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii122/jb12288/gtandpike010.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii122/jb12288/gtandpike004.jpg