Belly crawler pike in planted aquarium?

[Galactik]

I was wondering if anyone has had success keeping a pike in a heavily planted tank before.

I'm looking for a larger fish that will not destroy plants like jungle val and some stems. Preferably an odd ball, not really looking for angels or the sort.


Any ideas?

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

Burmese archerfish? They have been known to get to 25cm, which is a pretty good size.

 

[Deadeye]

Rocksor
duanes
Pikes are primarily carnivores, but any large cichlid can uproot plants.

 

[Deadeye]

I should add that most stem plants that can be fastened to rocks and wood would most likely be safe. Root plants can be dug up though.

 

[duanes]

Are you looking for something geographically correct or not, if so what area?
One sort of largish non-common new world fish I have been able to keep with vallisneria, is the Goby Eleotris picta.



One caveat (not unlike belly crawler pikes), these are fish that don't spend a lot of time in the open.
I have kept belly crawlers, but not in "planted tanks" , so don't know if they'd uproot them or not.

 

[L3CTR0N]

Burmese archerfish? They have been known to get to 25cm, which is a pretty good size.

Do you have a source for this? Haven't seen one over 6 inches long. The only species I've seen close to a foot long are Toxotes jaculatrix and Toxotes chatareus.

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

This is where I read it from: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/archer-fish-with-polys.732620/page-3#post-8261838
While these were imported at that size, I don't see why they couldn't reach that size in the aquarium with proper care.