Grass pike info please???

[ermgravy]

hey all.. was yet again pondering my childhood desires of keeping a northern pike... when i came across grass pikes... but cant find to much info???
my main q's are as to there compatibility with other fish? and growth rates? i read they top out at 20" mark but how quick do they grow???

Anyone knows where to source one in the uk???

 

[BushFishRox]

all I can find is that a Grass Pike is just another name for the Northern Pike I guess because Northerns are a kinda green color...

 

[ermgravy]

nah dude.. their different, Esox americanus sp, grass pikes are found in north america only and max out 20"ish there is also a subspecies of Esox americanus sp called redfins after their red fins...... there are also chain pikes: Esox niger sp. that max at around 24"... but i was more interested in what if any tankmates they work with and if anyone had seen any in the uk or new how i could source one???

 

[BushFishRox]

nah dude.. their different, Esox americanus sp, grass pikes are found in north america only and max out 20"ish there is also a subspecies of Esox americanus sp called redfins after their red fins...... there are also chain pikes: Esox niger sp. that max at around 24"... but i was more interested in what if any tankmates they work with and if anyone had seen any in the uk or new how i could source one???

LoL you are thinking of a Grass Pickerel not a Grass Pike, Grass Pike is just a Northern Pike...

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Esox_americanus.html

And I really dont think you will find one in the UK, I think they would be illegal there...

 

[ermgravy]

pikes... pickerel.... aren't they same thing??? all Esox sp. variants... but thanks... il have to do some more research...

 

[BushFishRox]

pikes... pickerel.... aren't they same thing??? all Esox sp. variants... but thanks... il have to do some more research...

they are from the family but common names are what makes everything confusing.