View Full Version : my 6" northern pike (esox lucius)
aapl76
08-26-2005, 11:04 AM
with me for about 1 month already. grew abt 2" from 4". hope to pump her up to at least 10" b4 she join my the other monsters in e main tank.
unknownuza13
08-26-2005, 11:08 AM
Cool ass fish.. They don't need cooler water? Aren't your other monsters tropical?
Caveman
08-26-2005, 11:12 AM
Dang I did not know that you guys could get Pikes over there. That is gonna look sweet when mixed with other monsters.
aapl76
08-26-2005, 11:26 AM
Cool ass fish.. They don't need cooler water? Aren't your other monsters tropical?
yupz!!!! you are right..they need cool water...but i guess they had already climatised with the water temperature here( i hope). so far so good....will try to introduce her into my main tank when she is bigger. wish me luck... :D
aapl76
08-26-2005, 11:27 AM
Dang I did not know that you guys could get Pikes over there. That is gonna look sweet when mixed with other monsters.
kekeke....we have a LFS here selling lots of fishes from around the world.... ;)
nice :)
what have you been feeding it?
aapl76
08-26-2005, 9:50 PM
nice :)
what have you been feeding it?
thanxs.....she is on a diet of feeder platies..... ;)
Nate_N_Nicole
08-27-2005, 6:19 PM
NICE NORTHERN :thumbsup: :thumbsup: , I want to go pike fishing so bad I have never been...
Nate_N_Nicole
08-27-2005, 6:21 PM
Got any pics of the main tank? Post if you dont mind
aapl76
08-27-2005, 10:00 PM
thanxs...currently DC not with me....will take some full view pixs when i get my DC back. :)
kekeke....we have a LFS here selling lots of fishes from around the world.... ;)
Care to share the LFS or recommend a few good ones? I'm think of setting up a monster tank since CO rejected arowana com
aapl76
09-14-2005, 3:38 AM
Care to share the LFS or recommend a few good ones? I'm think of setting up a monster tank since CO rejected arowana com
no worries...my recommendation would be CF. a good starting ground for your monster quest. look for Jason from CF.
Shop Address:
Cichlids Forever
1024 Upper Serangoon Rd
Singapore 534762
+6598191848.
no worries...my recommendation would be CF. a good starting ground for your monster quest. look for Jason from CF.
Shop Address:
Cichlids Forever
1024 Upper Serangoon Rd
Singapore 534762
+6598191848.
Thanks! Pop over last night but seems not many stocks. Maybe no new shipments. Anything that I should look out if setting up with aro, such as PH, choice of members, etc. My tank is a 6x2.5x2.5 with sump
aapl76
09-14-2005, 4:11 AM
Thanks! Pop over last night but seems not many stocks. Maybe no new shipments. Anything that I should look out if setting up with aro, such as PH, choice of members, etc. My tank is a 6x2.5x2.5 with sump
CF is one of the place where you can get cheaper fish and a good place for you to start a monster fish com. ie. yishun 618 is selling e northern pike at $38 at 3" whereas CF is selling at $20 for 3".
you may wish to consider this few choices....they dun have much of a problem as they can adapt to the same water management as your aro.
1) endlicheri
2) M. tigrinus
3) peacock bass
4) Datniods ST
5) gars
6) pike
7) rays
9) snake heads
and etc...
the above mentions are mostly my favourites. just a gentle reminder, try to comm them at a juvenile stage and to ensure that they are all well fed. the theory is the same as aro comm.... :) i maintain the PH range from 6.5 to 7.2.
Simple and yet straight forward answers! To the point and to my needs. Thanks!
aapl76
09-14-2005, 7:08 AM
Simple and yet straight forward answers! To the point and to my needs. Thanks!
no worries...you are most welcome.... :)
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:09 AM
thanxs...currently DC not with me....will take some full view pixs when i get my DC back. :)
You offer DC rentals?
haha... time to update my tank... :grinyes:
aapl76
09-14-2005, 7:12 AM
You offer DC rentals?
haha... time to update my tank... :grinyes:
hahaha....whats new brudder????? :D CF has got a batch of C.orinocensis at abt 2"+..... ;)
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:15 AM
hahaha....whats new brudder????? :D CF has got a batch of C.orinocensis at abt 2"+..... ;)
Take update of my red's development and the rtg now that the injuries are abt 90% healed.
Didnt u see the 8-9" one for sale in the other forum?
2+" is kinda hard to tell if its the real thing...
all the best in your pike rearing...
aapl76
09-14-2005, 7:25 AM
Take update of my red's development and the rtg now that the injuries are abt 90% healed.
Didnt u see the 8-9" one for sale in the other forum?
2+" is kinda hard to tell if its the real thing...
he guarantee the real thing leh....and its not cheap..... ;)
aapl76
09-14-2005, 7:26 AM
all the best in your pike rearing...
thanxs....cheerio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:32 AM
he guarantee the real thing leh....and its not cheap..... ;)
i already have mine... hahaha... and it was cheap.
Still waiting for my 6" Esox from Rocky... its still stuck in one of the tanks....
aapl76
09-14-2005, 7:39 AM
i already have mine... hahaha... and it was cheap.
Still waiting for my 6" Esox from Rocky... its still stuck in one of the tanks....
gd....mine hitting 8" liao....lol.... :D
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:53 AM
gd....mine hitting 8" liao....lol.... :D
ok la... last i heard was 6"... bit tt was 2 weeks ago... :naughty:
Besides CF, are there any more LFS around that may be a good source? I remembered chancing upon one months back at Sims Ave named Fish Pet World. I wasn't into monster yet but remembered being quite amazed.
ok la... last i heard was 6"... bit tt was 2 weeks ago... :naughty:
You mean they can really grow that fast :eek:
aapl76
09-14-2005, 10:36 AM
Besides CF, are there any more LFS around that may be a good source? I remembered chancing upon one months back at Sims Ave named Fish Pet World. I wasn't into monster yet but remembered being quite amazed.
kekeke....fish pet is a gd place for monster fish as well...but what i did mention above was normally e LFS i normally frequent...you know lah...lazy man like me dun really like to travel far....kekeke :D
aapl76
09-14-2005, 10:38 AM
You mean they can really grow that fast :eek:
i had mine abt 1 mth+ ago at abt 3"...now abt 8"...actually depending on how you pump them lah...i pump mine to the max....if you do some control feeding, and with the limitation from your tank, they can't out grow that fast.... :)
aapl76
09-14-2005, 10:40 AM
ok la... last i heard was 6"... bit tt was 2 weeks ago... :naughty:
yupz...when i saw her that time, she was already abt that size...gd luck and pump her to the max....be careful of fungus...i think mine kenna already...now on anti-fungus medication.... :(
i had mine abt 1 mth+ ago at abt 3"...now abt 8"...actually depending on how you pump them lah...i pump mine to the max....if you do some control feeding, and with the limitation from your tank, they can't out grow that fast.... :)
Just curious aapl76, what's the tank size that has your aros, ST, PB, etc. And what filteration is it on? And hey, your this thread helps me hell of a lot! I can view pictures now :headbang2
managuense-fury
09-14-2005, 5:08 PM
Cool Pike dude are they very active?
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:31 PM
You mean they can really grow that fast :eek:
you bet..... :naughty:
yupz...when i saw her that time, she was already abt that size...gd luck and pump her to the max....be careful of fungus...i think mine kenna already...now on anti-fungus medication....
tt sucks bro.... like SH?
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:32 PM
Just curious aapl76, what's the tank size that has your aros, ST, PB, etc. And what filteration is it on? And hey, your this thread helps me hell of a lot! I can view pictures now :headbang2
he's having a 6ftr tank w sump if i'm not wrg....
IoStrisciare
09-14-2005, 7:33 PM
Cool Pike dude are they very active?
these buggers only move when its time to eat.
rumblesushi
09-15-2005, 2:46 AM
I've always wanted a pike, it's ironic that they are a native fish here in the UK but not for sale anywhere.
aapl76
09-15-2005, 6:55 AM
Just curious aapl76, what's the tank size that has your aros, ST, PB, etc. And what filteration is it on? And hey, your this thread helps me hell of a lot! I can view pictures now :headbang2
having a 6*2*2....with a 4*1.5*1.5 sump. no worries...hope tat you enjoy your stay here.... :)
aapl76
09-15-2005, 6:56 AM
Cool Pike dude are they very active?
thanxs....they are rather stationary fish...just hover around the same position.... :)
aapl76
09-15-2005, 6:58 AM
tt sucks bro.... like SH?
more prone to kenna fungus than SH....
aapl76
09-15-2005, 6:58 AM
I've always wanted a pike, it's ironic that they are a native fish here in the UK but not for sale anywhere.
take it easy..... :)
IoStrisciare
09-15-2005, 8:37 AM
I've always wanted a pike, it's ironic that they are a native fish here in the UK but not for sale anywhere.
Fish one out then! :naughty:
IoStrisciare
09-15-2005, 8:37 AM
more prone to kenna fungus than SH....
That bad?
when i kept previously had not probs w fungus... hmmmm
rumblesushi
09-15-2005, 8:47 AM
I don't have a fishing rod, I'd just like to buy one :D
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
IoStrisciare
09-15-2005, 8:53 AM
I don't have a fishing rod, I'd just like to buy one :D
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
well... think of it this way... you could always put it back if you found it boring...
hoplias lie on the bottom... pikes generally stay around the middle levels... don't move around much save to stretch and stalk prey. But activity level around the same, pike being slightly more active
I just read a state study done in South Dakota thats said the average weight foe a female northern pike at age 2 was one kilo and at age 3 was 2.25 kilos.
Point De Riz
09-15-2005, 3:24 PM
I don't have a fishing rod, I'd just like to buy one :D
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
I own a pike, ( called Pikey ) :) it's about a foot long now, and it's amasing the reaction you get when you tell people or even better show them it.
If you own a large catfish or cichlid from the likes of South America a lot of people think that is cool, but I have found that a lot of the BIG fish owners never think of keeping a native BIG fish here in the UK.
Chris.
Fish Finder
09-18-2005, 10:28 PM
very nice fish
rumblesushi
09-19-2005, 6:25 AM
chris - did you fish for yours or buy it?
It is surprising that you don't find any in the aquarium trade, I mean why not? You'd have thought they'd be easily available being a native fish. Easy to look after predator that doesn't even need a heater.
For example - look how widely available America and Asia's native fish are, gars/arowanas respectively etc etc
I wanna pike :D
IoStrisciare
09-19-2005, 6:30 AM
chris - did you fish for yours or buy it?
It is surprising that you don't find any in the aquarium trade, I mean why not? You'd have thought they'd be easily available being a native fish. Easy to look after predator that doesn't even need a heater.
For example - look how widely available America and Asia's native fish are, gars/arowanas respectively etc etc
I wanna pike :D
i just had mine delivered! :grinyes:
rumblesushi
09-19-2005, 6:55 AM
Ask your pike delivery man if he can deliver to the UK please :D
IoStrisciare
09-19-2005, 6:59 AM
Ask your pike delivery man if he can deliver to the UK please :D
haha.... then u can ask Rockygoldy. It was he who delivered.... :grinyes:
hope pike does fine... devoured a baby c.micropeltes already.
rumblesushi
09-19-2005, 8:14 AM
damn - you let your pike eat a poor baby SH? :D
What was the size difference?
IoStrisciare
09-19-2005, 11:03 AM
damn - you let your pike eat a poor baby SH? :D
What was the size difference?
the SH was a feeder i bought earlier today in prep for the pike's arrival.
it was abt a third of its body length.
rumblesushi
09-19-2005, 11:08 AM
crazy, baby SH feeders. Are those feeders bred or caught? How much for a little red feeder in Singapore?
joeytoe
09-19-2005, 5:56 PM
Great Looking Pike, I used to catch Huge ones a few years ago. Havent gone fishing for them lately though, There Awesome fighters when you catch a big one.
IoStrisciare
09-19-2005, 10:13 PM
crazy, baby SH feeders. Are those feeders bred or caught? How much for a little red feeder in Singapore?
its abt $12 for 200pcs...... :grinyes:
rayman45
09-19-2005, 10:32 PM
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: devoured a baby c.micropeltes already.
so many pikes around nowadays
Cool..I didn't think you'd be able to get pikes out in Singapore. :headbang2
I did have a couple of lucius in my tank but it started eating everything.
I usually just net them out of a river by a local beach.
HeADNIC321
09-22-2005, 12:43 AM
Where did you get this fish? Can i keep it in a pond? im so dumb i no you can but like what else can i keep it with.
aapl76
09-23-2005, 8:04 AM
Cool..I didn't think you'd be able to get pikes out in Singapore. :headbang2
I did have a couple of lucius in my tank but it started eating everything.
I usually just net them out of a river by a local beach.
great....care to share some pixs with us???? :)
aapl76
09-23-2005, 8:06 AM
Where did you get this fish? Can i keep it in a pond? im so dumb i no you can but like what else can i keep it with.
i got it at a LFS in Singapore....i kept her with my pike cichlids and oscar...so far so good....as for pond, there shouldn't be any problem at all.... :)
Piker
09-27-2005, 10:14 AM
Heres a pic of my most recent catch.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/jlarr/IMG_0979.jpg
In a tank I had previously there were two pikes, 4 walleye, a couple rock bass and some bullheads. Eventually the pikes were the only ones left.
I remember one time I only threw in one feeder and they both grapped it at the same time and started wrestling each other for it...like how dogs jerk there heads back and forth. So cool!!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/jlarr/IMG_0978.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/jlarr/IMG_0980.jpg
This set-up at the time was too pink for my taste, so I took out the gravel and added sand and live plants. Looks much better now.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/jlarr/IMG_1454.jpg
Piker
09-27-2005, 10:21 AM
Also that bass there is a white or silver bass...can't remember.
Cool ass fish.. They don't need cooler water? Aren't your other monsters tropical?
you could acclimate them to warmer waters. i have had pike and pickeral that i kept with my oscars and dempseys. just have to do it slowly. water temp was 83 degrees
aapl76
09-28-2005, 7:09 AM
Great pixs you have there Piker..... :thumbsup: hope that you can share with us more pixs in future.... :)
marshy
09-28-2005, 12:44 PM
Bro.. I'm collecting my Northern Pike next week when I get back home.... any tips? I only have one tank so gonna isolate it in a small isolation containment tank in the main tank...
IoStrisciare
09-28-2005, 1:43 PM
Bro.. I'm collecting my Northern Pike next week when I get back home.... any tips? I only have one tank so gonna isolate it in a small isolation containment tank in the main tank...
Bro, bad news... the pike committed hara kiri.... :(
marshy
09-29-2005, 5:32 AM
Bro, bad news... the pike committed hara kiri.... :(
Eh?! You're bro Disturb?
What happened really?
aapl76
09-29-2005, 7:51 AM
Bro, bad news... the pike committed hara kiri.... :(
whoa!!!! thats bad mannnnn....... :(
aapl76
09-29-2005, 7:52 AM
Bro.. I'm collecting my Northern Pike next week when I get back home.... any tips? I only have one tank so gonna isolate it in a small isolation containment tank in the main tank...
are you still keen to know????? :(
marshy
09-29-2005, 10:55 AM
are you still keen to know????? :(
Yah ... in Tokyo now and was suppose to collect it next monday when I get back. Was really looking forward to it... :cry:
IoStrisciare
09-29-2005, 8:57 PM
Eh?! You're bro Disturb?
What happened really?
fellow jumped over the partition into the big fish area... got hammered.... :(
rumblesushi
09-30-2005, 3:03 AM
fellow jumped over the partition into the big fish area... got hammered.... :(
Damn, if I don't move my wolf soon this is what I'm scared will happen - that my little albino channa will jump over and get hammered by the wolf or maybe the oscars.
Did he get eaten or just beaten up?
marshy
09-30-2005, 3:38 AM
fellow jumped over the partition into the big fish area... got hammered.... :(
So it got killed? Haiz... was looking so forward to it... :cry:
IoStrisciare
09-30-2005, 5:31 AM
So it got killed? Haiz... was looking so forward to it... :cry:
sorry bro... lost both pikes in a space for 2 days. :cry:
IoStrisciare
09-30-2005, 5:32 AM
Damn, if I don't move my wolf soon this is what I'm scared will happen - that my little albino channa will jump over and get hammered by the wolf or maybe the oscars.
Did he get eaten or just beaten up?
beaten like a penguin gets thrown abt like a killer whale on those nature shows... :cry:
rumblesushi
09-30-2005, 6:33 AM
which monsters were responsible?
IoStrisciare
09-30-2005, 7:04 AM
which monsters were responsible?
namely my Peacock bass... cobra SH and possibly my asian red aro.
aapl76
09-30-2005, 7:30 AM
Yah ... in Tokyo now and was suppose to collect it next monday when I get back. Was really looking forward to it... :cry:
take it easy brudder.....Qh has got some if i am not wrong....
rumblesushi
09-30-2005, 8:27 AM
Io - do you have photos of that community? I'd love to see a corba channa, p bass and red aro living together :)
IoStrisciare
09-30-2005, 9:17 AM
Io - do you have photos of that community? I'd love to see a corba channa, p bass and red aro living together :)
right now no... have no DC at the moment...
steveny311
10-02-2005, 2:14 AM
it'd be my dream to have a northern chillin in my living room. do you eer hear anything about folks keeping muskie??
seighten
10-09-2005, 12:19 PM
wow, that would be soo cool being able to go to the lfs and purchase a northern... here in the us it is illegal to sell natives. yes, living in michigan i am "surrounded" by northerns but in all my years have never seen a 6 inch pike in a lake TO net or capture...
oh, nate... i actually caught my first pike this summer at a lake near ithaca (near mt. pleasant)... was about 18-19 inches. was cool, but was nowhere near the fight like a sizeable lg mouth bass...
Conagher
10-14-2005, 7:47 PM
NICE NORTHERN :thumbsup: :thumbsup: , I want to go pike fishing so bad I have never been...
I used to go a few hundred miles north of Wawa, Ont., Canada every summer after northern pike and walleye. The northerns were very aggressive feeding fish. and oh! they tasted sooo good. btw, average size of the northerns was about 32"
:D
Gamefishin
11-01-2005, 8:39 PM
This bring back memories :cry: :cry: :cry:
My 10" Northern Pike I caught jumped out of my tank and died. I miss watching him eat up feeder minnows and gold fish. I swear they are strong, he popped out of my glass top, had to jump so hard that the top raised enough for him to fit. I couldn't believe it till this day. The only reason why I know he jump ( not my little cousin taking him out ) was because the first time he almost died but the second time I found him too late.
Northerns are nice but they stay motionless for a long time, it's when you feed them that they're very good to keep.
warmouth
08-31-2008, 6:29 PM
I couldnt agree more I would love to have a northern.....but i would diffinately need a bigger tank setup! I have 2 greenies in a 46 gallon setup at the moment and would love to build a 300 gallon for some northerns!
hairdog
11-23-2008, 11:40 AM
I used to have pickerel which is a miniature version of a northern pike probably about 6 inches then my 12" pacu ate all of him except for his head
hurricane_redbone
11-23-2008, 12:03 PM
they can handle like 24-25 celcius. In colder areas the water gets to that temp in the summer and they do fine... they just have to eat alot... n give them lots of oxygen by adding extra air pumps