Hi all. Could I do a Inirida pike in a 75? I was thinking just one and maybe a pair of some smaller pleco's. Trying to keep the stocking down. I heard they get to 8" is that true? this would be my first pike. Just spitballing!
Crenicichla cf. saxatilis ‘Inirida’ in a 75 gallon?
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A saxatilis type would be fine in a 75g. I would research which type of water it generally comes from, like clearwater vs blackwater. Also, pikes like a lot of flow when they are awake, like a wave maker at 1000 gph, forcing them to swim up stream for hours a day. The plecos would be fine with it to.
This Crenicichla would work in a 75, if you have soft, low pH water. (pH in Rio Inirida is sometimes as low as 4).
For this species, I would also add tannins, either in the form of soaking leaf litter in rain water, to use for in water changes, or
adding bags of peat moss in the flow) of filters to tint water brown.
If you have hard, mineral rich water, with pH above 7, a pike choice from a different area in S America might be a better option.
The C saxitillis from Uruguay are adapted to harder, more mineral rich water parameters.
Below some saxatillis from Uruguay I had, that did well in water with pH 7.8, 250ppm total hardness.
For this species, I would also add tannins, either in the form of soaking leaf litter in rain water, to use for in water changes, or
adding bags of peat moss in the flow) of filters to tint water brown.
If you have hard, mineral rich water, with pH above 7, a pike choice from a different area in S America might be a better option.
The C saxitillis from Uruguay are adapted to harder, more mineral rich water parameters.
Below some saxatillis from Uruguay I had, that did well in water with pH 7.8, 250ppm total hardness.
What about total hardness, and conductivity of your tap water?
These values can usually be found on the water quality section of your city's web site.
Sometimes pH can be neutral like yours, but the water is soft and mineral free.
Below, some collection point data from northern S America
This is an example (above), where pH is neutral, but the hardness and conductivity values are low.
And these can at times, be more important factors than the simple pH alone.
What book are you pulling all this information from? Are there more river systems in the book?
