Crenicichla Sp Cobra

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Peanut_Power said:
Main thing to look for is a white stripe in the dorsla fin......this is a clear indicator that its a female... ;).
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U mean at the last rear third of the dorsal?
 
Yes. It seems to start there (and in some species, the white band extends into the caudal fin as well) and progressively develops through the whole dorsal fin as the fish grows.
 
Peanut_Power said:
Might work...i've got Satanoperca jurupari in with my pikes right now...it all depends on the pike really. Some times pikes will pike on a fish, other times they will just leave them completely alone. Ya never know till you try. Guatopes aren't a great choice though...lol...cuz pikes love pickin a fight and hardly ever back down from one...so yeah, could get nasty. My xingu III would drag my jag around the tank...and seriously despised my oscar. But yeah. Give it a go bro....u'd be surprised what works. Just make sure the Geos are LARGER than the pikes.......height wise.....if it can even remotely fit in their mouth there will be trouble.... ;)

Hey, is that a H. pearsi in your avatar? Cuz I think i saw one at a LFS today...it was bout 8" or so...kewl lookin fish...never seen one before..tempted by it..but those rows of teeth look kinda intimidating...lol. BTW....I got offered a job at that LFS too! WOOT! haha!!
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If its a H. Pearsi its a big pussy cat and you should get it. If you love your pissitcus you'll love the Pearsi. Pearsi are relatively mellow laid back fish and they are always changing. Very cool fish. they do get big though.
 
you shouldn't buy salad shrimp or coctail shrimp since they are already cooked. Buy raw market shrimp from the frozen seafood section.
 
I'm loving the markings on these Crenicichla spec. Cobra Pike:

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wholly crap.. definately the hottest pike cichlid I have ever seen. Do you know if this is a male or female?
 
Won't know till its an adult or the final stages of subadult. Thats a subadult coloration, pretty much standard 'cobra' sudadult coloration...;). Very kewl pikes...the adults are rocket red...at least the female is...dunno about the male for sure....only seen females that i know of. Heres a picture of a very nice adult female from Rapps....you can see the white tipped dorsal...;)...as you can see...it doesn't have white in the caudual fin, so you can't use this trait as a clear identifier for all Lugubris pikes. The white in the dorsal is present in almost all of the Lugubris pikes though so its a more accurate way to tell them apart from males......and the pink/red abdomen/stomach...;)
 
I think I like the sub-adult colors better even though I like the adult colors as well.. Both of them are real tight.
 
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