Lacustris Itapamirin

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Good to hear about the appearance of the dorsal spot! How large is the fish that is showing that?

If they hate each other this much, makes you wonder how they manage to reproduce in the wild...
 
fish speaker;973535; said:
Good to hear about the appearance of the dorsal spot! How large is the fish that is showing that?

If they hate each other this much, makes you wonder how they manage to reproduce in the wild...
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In the wild they can always swim away and come back later. :)

The female is about 6" and is heavier bodied than the other two. But the other two are bulking up already.
 
Celtic Samurai;973408; said:
I don't have a digital camera because I spend all of my money on cool fish :grinyes: .

I have my three in different tanks, but two of them are in adjoing tanks and they spend all day trying to get at each other. :irked: . The good news is that the largest of my three is starting to show a dorsal spot; so I have at least one female. The bad news is that I will probaly need an 8ft tank to put them together.
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What size tank are you giving each for growout? Mine are considerably smaller, but are showing the same behavior: one is king of the hill, the other 3 are acting like crown molding. :D I'll need to separate them very soon to avoid damage, and to allow the 3 subs to eat.

I have a 625-gallon stock tank (8' round, 2' deep) outside that I use in the summer, mainly for growout. I have never considered putting pikes in it, but am wondering if that would at least give me a few months. How bad an idea does that sound? At this size, they wouldn't be a problem for the other tank occupants, but would at larger sizes.
 
It sounds like that would be a VERY wise idea...especially to help put on size quickly!! Probably help you out with pairin as well. In a tank of that proportions, you could probably put in more than just one pike species. Of course, you would want to make sure they are relatively close is size...lol.
 
I've currently got a group of juvies out there: temporalis, H. minckleyi, argentea, "Bahia red", S. acuticeps, Acaronia nassa, and an uaru. I'll probably add a few more fish, but there will not be anything terribly aggressive in there (assuming I don't put any motaguensis out there...I have a pair that has formed, and I need to get my 3 extras out of that tank...). My main concern with pikes has been jumping: last year I had 2 Aequidens diadema jump from the tank. At a small size, less of a risk, though. I'll have to think about that for a while...
 
I've got one, but that would require me to actually get it out and install it. :D Seriously, at their current size I wouldn't expect them to be big jumpers, and if they were, they could make it through the mesh. I think I'll take the chance.
 
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