First pike pics

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azfishfool

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Not the best pic but here he/she is any idea on an I.D. LFS didnt seem to know much they never have pikes. prolly like 3-4inches like blood worms and chases ghost shrimp sorry for bad pics. Bought for $7 good deal or no?

in bag

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Scootin round bottom

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pokin head out

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looks to be the two spot pike cichlid/Crenicichla lepidota, however I'm IDing pikes isn't my strong point.
Might want to get that tetra in the pic out of there!
Seven doesn't seem bad.
 
the tetras are cycling/food fish so they can stay the tank is gonna be an oddball predator style tank has a tire track eel the pike and eclipse catfish. And the two spot is kinda what i found out while researching
 
Not lepidota, common Columbia pike, I'd go with C. gaeyi , belly crawler has thiner striations, they come in mixed together in Colombian shipments. Ken
 
I'm going with belly crawler as well, the 'striping' pattern isn't solid enough to be gaeyi (imo), unless I had two gaeyi and didn't know it.

Scroll down & check out the g a y e i photo (can't set a direct link as g a y is blocked:irked:
http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/photo.html

Odds are good that fishfarm ken, would know better then me, just looks like what I used to have.
 
Belly Crawler, IMO
 
NVM about what i said. After looking at it a little better it could go either way since i'm no expert in ID'ing. i see it has color in its fins that i don't normally see bellycrawlers have.
 
doesnt have the spot on his tail like the one from tangled up in cichlid, the two spot looks identical to mine. but this is my first pike so i have no idea
 
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