Pike cichlid is gonna pike cichlid. That's what they are good at.
The pike could have done it, or it's equally possible that the Fire Eel is in the gravel/ sand, up an intake tube for a filter, who knows. They can be pretty cryptic and vanish and re-appear when they feel like it.
I’ve lost peacocks for months before they turned up. They are crazy!Yup. Just chilling on the driftwood now lol don’t understand how they do it
congrats on the purchase!ind sharing where you acquired the 6.5”er?