I'd keep a Northern over most so-called "Monster fish" if I could.... They are honestly just as food aggressive as snakeheads... Or at least a close second for sure.
Longest kept Northern pike
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I'd keep a Northern over most so-called "Monster fish" if I could.... They are honestly just as food aggressive as snakeheads... Or at least a close second for sure.
My main personal issue with people keeping northern pike is that i think they just get too big for aquariums and they cant swim circles that well.
My main personal issue with people keeping northern pike is that i think they just get too big for aquariums and they cant swim circles that well.
Agreed. Most, if not all who try keeping them aren't keeping them in optimal conditions. Just because they survive doesn't mean they're happy. Pike need ROOM. Lots of ROOM. I can't imagine even an Olympic swimming pool being enough. People will argue, but I really don't think most here have the money to keep the fish they do, thus lowering the living conditions for the poor fish.
Agreed. Most, if not all who try keeping them aren't keeping them in optimal conditions. Just because they survive doesn't mean they're happy. Pike need ROOM. Lots of ROOM. I can't imagine even an Olympic swimming pool being enough. People will argue, but I really don't think most here have the money to keep the fish they do, thus lowering the living conditions for the poor fish.
Cool opinion. Has zero to do with conversation. Not helpful.
I feel its got alot to do with the conversation, Northern pike aren't adept to living in aquariums at all. All the northern pike found in bass pro shops etc are caught big not grown, i'd be suprised if anyone here has ever had a northern pike for longer then 2 years.
Cool opinion. Has zero to do with conversation. Not helpful.
This thread is about keeping northern pike in an aquarium...his comment was about keeping northern pike in an aquarium...explain to us how that has zero to do with this conversation? Your post is the least helpful one I've seen in this thread.
I asked how long people had kept them successfully. This is monster fish keepers after all and I could possibly be buying a 500-600 gallon tank in the near future and cmon "olympic sized swimming pool" thats an absurd over shot.
He was exagerating, but the point he was trying to make is that they do need a very large tank. My primary concern is that, they are a long fish, needing lots of room, and unlike most monsters on here they need alot of food and high quality food ie. not store bought pellets (large minnows and live fish) "Adults are almost entirely fish eaters"- Page54 http://books.google.ca/books?id=l9ZwEPc8y5cC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=food+requirements+of+northern+pike&source=bl&ots=Q07n0WO8Uk&sig=3PRNpLipJ9RqPkL6ZtJmnLF4b9s&hl=en&ei=RqHQTq7mFsTh0QHErvwR&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=food requirements of northern pike&f=false
The graph on page 63 shows various size lengths of northern pike compared to age. A year 1 northern pike appears to be around 25cm area which is about 10 inches
. Year 2 appears to have an average of 45cm which is 17.7 inches. Year 3 appears to be about 55 cm which is 22 inches.
Northern pike grow pretty fast and i assume they need alot of nutrition. Northern pike often appear to be cannibals too; I've once pulled a 8" almost digested pike out of a 20" northern pike i caught. I'd think that you would have a very hard time keeping anything alive with a northern pike, and keeping a northern pike alone doesn't seem to be like a good option either.
The graph on page 63 shows various size lengths of northern pike compared to age. A year 1 northern pike appears to be around 25cm area which is about 10 inches
. Year 2 appears to have an average of 45cm which is 17.7 inches. Year 3 appears to be about 55 cm which is 22 inches.
Northern pike grow pretty fast and i assume they need alot of nutrition. Northern pike often appear to be cannibals too; I've once pulled a 8" almost digested pike out of a 20" northern pike i caught. I'd think that you would have a very hard time keeping anything alive with a northern pike, and keeping a northern pike alone doesn't seem to be like a good option either.
MA also requires a permit to transport live fish.
Im not sure why people seem to want to keep huge northern pike when there are other fish related to Northern pike which make much better aquarium pets, such as redfin pickeral and grass pickeral.
Im not sure why people seem to want to keep huge northern pike when there are other fish related to Northern pike which make much better aquarium pets, such as redfin pickeral and grass pickeral.
Okay I have a stream behind my house where I can catch them and bring them back. I feed all live quarantined feeders and worms to my gars and I'm guessing in an aquarium a Northern wont get as big as it would in the wild. That was a main point of the thread was to see how big peoples have got and how they did... Why wouldnt it be good to have a northern as the only fish in the tank???? And I havent caught a pickerel in years but I can catch northerns at will and they are more beastly!
