Cr. vitatta info?

[BigPic]

IMHO, Celidos will be best kept VERY crowded, the tank that Felipe has his in is stacked top to bottom with fish (anyone that has been can attest to that). . . they are mean SOB's and will kill each other without a reason LOL I have never kept them, price prohibitive for me (plus we never tried to get any when we were there) but, I think that you will find that most people end up with one. Not that I am trying to sway you either way, just my line of thinking. Plus, Vitatta are gentle giants of the pike world. . . food for thought

Ray

 

[edburress]

Celidos will be best kept VERY crowded, the tank that Felipe has his in is stacked top to bottom with fish (anyone that has been can attest to that). . . they are mean SOB's and will kill each other without a reason

Yep, they basically hate each other. They get along fine with other fish though.

 

[Cichlidgeek]

IMHO, Celidos will be best kept VERY crowded, the tank that Felipe has his in is stacked top to bottom with fish (anyone that has been can attest to that). . . they are mean SOB's and will kill each other without a reason LOL I have never kept them, price prohibitive for me (plus we never tried to get any when we were there) but, I think that you will find that most people end up with one. Not that I am trying to sway you either way, just my line of thinking. Plus, Vitatta are gentle giants of the pike world. . . food for thought
Ray

Yep, they basically hate each other. They get along fine with other fish though.

Thanks guys. I appreciate both of your valuable input. I don't want to pass up such an opportunity, but I am quickly running out of resources here. I have a few weeks to decide, so I am just going to take my time. Right now I have each species separated, and it will remain that way. In the past twenty five or so years that I have been keeping fish very little of that time was ever spent concentrating on pikes, but even then I always kept them in pike-species-specific tanks. Just always seemed like the right thing to do.

I have to think about this some more............

Thanks again,
--Brian

 

[fishfarm]

Not the biggest one we caught

 

[Cichlidgeek]

Yeah, that is a HOT vitatta!!

Please don't tell me you ate him.

Oliver always teases me when he sends me photos of big Cichla......he says, "what do you think of this one"? I tell him my thoughts, then he tells me that regardless of the species it tasted really good. Of course I cringe!!

LOLOLO

 

[BigPic]

Either way, both pikes are fantastic!!! Can't wait to see your choice

 

[MTN PIKE]

We've had Vittata twice (not currently) - a unique and colorful Pike aka 'Gator Pike'.
The females have more color. Our girl was 12"+ when attacked and killed by a smaller Atabapo I female. Don't know max. size altho Oliver told me of a giant 24" Vittata his friend saw while diving. If you can get a pair (or trio) - GO FOR IT!

 

[fish speaker]

This is my female vittata from last night. She's the only one that I have, and is the only pike in her tank. She's easily the best-looking pike that I've got right now (after losing my female celido a couple of days ago.

While she is fairly peaceful for a pike, she does have enough of an attitude that she's not a big favorite of her current tankmates.

 

[SUNFLOWER]

Hey did you guys see the Vittas on YouTube someone has a tank with about 10 of them in diffrent sizes they seem ok but you can tell there were fights.

 

[MTN PIKE]

This is my female vittata from last night. She's the only one that I have, and is the only pike in her tank. She's easily the best-looking pike that I've got right now (after losing my female celido a couple of days ago.

While she is fairly peaceful for a pike, she does have enough of an attitude that she's not a big favorite of her current tankmates.

Hey there Mr. Speaker ~ long time no hear.. glad you are still a creniholic!
Thx. for the Vittata pic - your lady looks about 11"? Nicely colored!
What happened to your celido - your last one? that's bad news....