These guys are tiny, so it may be difficult. They're only about 2" long, and they've each grown a good 1/4" maybe even 1/2" since I got them a week ago. I picked up 4 of them, they're originally from American Aquaculture, Inc. and were shipped in to the store I work in as "White-spotted pike cichlids," which seems to apply to pretty much every pike in the saxatilis group. They were also labeled "big!" and my supervisor was told they were all 3-4".
All four are EXTREMELY active, and are GREAT eaters. They're eating micopellets and they take down red wrigglers I drop in for my tire track eel, even though the pieces are 1/2 as long as the pikes themselves. They also could care less about longfin danios & threadfin rainbow fish and haven't shown any interest in the smallest porkchop rasbora I have in there, even though it's plenty small enough to fit in their mouths.
So, here they are-
And just to show it off, here's my jack dempsey who resides in the same tank. This guy's about 3" long, and I bought it at about 2" long. It's never black, always shades of grey & tan (was black when I bought it), and it's another one that does perfectly fine in the community tank. Check out how bright it is! I hope it improves as it grow, but if not, it'll still be a gorgeous JD. Any clue how big this guy/girl will be when it starts to show aggression? I've been told that by starting these guys out in community tanks & getting them used to lots of other fish they sometimes turn out less aggressive as adults. I'm hoping for this, as it's going in a tank with an extremely peaceful female green terror.
Thanks!
All four are EXTREMELY active, and are GREAT eaters. They're eating micopellets and they take down red wrigglers I drop in for my tire track eel, even though the pieces are 1/2 as long as the pikes themselves. They also could care less about longfin danios & threadfin rainbow fish and haven't shown any interest in the smallest porkchop rasbora I have in there, even though it's plenty small enough to fit in their mouths.
So, here they are-
And just to show it off, here's my jack dempsey who resides in the same tank. This guy's about 3" long, and I bought it at about 2" long. It's never black, always shades of grey & tan (was black when I bought it), and it's another one that does perfectly fine in the community tank. Check out how bright it is! I hope it improves as it grow, but if not, it'll still be a gorgeous JD. Any clue how big this guy/girl will be when it starts to show aggression? I've been told that by starting these guys out in community tanks & getting them used to lots of other fish they sometimes turn out less aggressive as adults. I'm hoping for this, as it's going in a tank with an extremely peaceful female green terror.
Thanks!
