Hey boss changing the subject a lil bit but wondering if you ever had anchor worm on your pike before...I just got him yesterday I never had to deal with it before but it looks like it could be anchor worm
Sorry never had anchor worm on any of my pikes. Most pikes are quite resilient, the most common condition I hear afflicting them is HITH. Your pics unfortunately aren't clear enough for me to be sure what's happening but anchor worm should be easy to spot as their body hangs out of the body and are thread like. How ever I will note that from what I've heard Multispinosa can be very hard to maintain for a pike. Not given to the resiliency that others of their kind have.
I made a mistake and put "him" this one is a female and she is from Wes/Rare fish. I could be mistaken it might be nothing but it's does look white n jus slightly hanging out of its nose.. the pike is very active and already eating pellets (nls)
I was always told the males had the spots while females didn't. Maybe I heard wrong. Do you think it could be fungal? Does it look cotton like? Fungal infections often happen as secondaries to an injury. Any fish fighting? Or perhaps he crashed into an ornament.
She had a small scratch when I got her but the white on its face is not the same spot... no fighting since I got it no scratches obtained after either.... I jus hope if it is a parasite I can fix it fast so I have a chance.... I haven't had a fish die on me on a long time haha don't want this to one of them. Being male or female I wouldn't know the difference either just going off Wes saying it is a female. Wes knows better than me so Its female haha
Sorry jumpin back and forth between this and another forum. I wish I could help more but my fish usually die of predation by a tankmate if anything. Try the disease section, you might find some better help. And try to take a clearer picture to help it get diagnosed correctly. In the past i would've sent you right to
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but he isn't as active as he once was. Still hopefully he'll come on see the tag.
Will do thanks.Sorry jumpin back and forth between this and another forum. I wish I could help more but my fish usually die of predation by a tankmate if anything. Try the disease section, you might find some better help. And try to take a clearer picture to help it get diagnosed correctly. In the past i would've sent you right to
I have mine as a bonded pair in a 180 with wild discus and wild altums. They are just about a foot long right now give or take.
Nice score. I was gonna scoop them both up but I like keeping my pikes as pairs and usually try to buy groups. These are touchy to keep as kolt mentioned. A guy on this site up in Canada has a group and you may reach out to him to see how he acclimated his. Good luck. Gorgeous multi!
