Could anyone please tell me if it's a good idea to add a Pike Cichlid (Crenicichla Lepidota) in with my Oscar's ???
Cichlids Pike and Oscar's
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I sued to have a pike cichlid in a tank with other big cichlids. it was pretty mellow - I think it would not bother an oscar if the tank was large enough .
i have had big pikes with oscars before and they got along great. but i put the same big pikes in with more aggressive fish than the oscars and when they tried to scrap the pikes they all got taught a lesson. pikes are tough customers. especially the BIG BOYS...i had a strigata and a venezuela and they both got to be brutal with mean fish yet didnt bother stuff that didnt bother them
The pike I had a few years back was the same way. He minded his own business but didn't take crap from anyone.
My experience also. Pike are smart, cool fish, they don't start fights, but they sure don't take any crap. I currently have a yellow pike. Not sure of the species.
MaJiKTeRRoR said:
That's what I would like to know!
I bought it in a Chinese supermarket about a week ago. On the first day both the pike and the Oscar picked on it a bit but now they are all good friends.
About a month ago I bought six big eels in the same supermarket and I still don't know what species. They are sold by the pound and cost less than a dollar each so when I ask what kind, they keep answering "common eel". They are cool fish, between 1-2 feet, all six live happily in a 40g with no filtration or heating and eat whenever I feed them, be it daily or weekly. They come out of the water to get their food and climb out if I live the tank uncovered but don't crawl far.