It is hard to underestimate what a pike cichlid thinks is food. I remember buying a young Xingu I pike, and shortly after releasing it into my aquarium he pursued and caught my youngest female Festae. Couldn't get her down, but he killed her. I couldn't believe it, she looked too big for him to think of as food. Or so I thought. Sorry about your loss.
It is hard to underestimate what a pike cichlid thinks is food. I remember buying a young Xingu I pike, and shortly after releasing it into my aquarium he pursued and caught my youngest female Festae. Couldn't get her down, but he killed her. I couldn't believe it, she looked too big for him to think of as food. Or so I thought. Sorry about your loss.
YOU GOT THAT RITE CAUSE NOW THE COBRA IS MESSING WITH THE OTHER NEW GUYS BUT I CANT PUT THE COBRA IN THE 90 CUZ IT'S TO FULL ALREADY AND HE WOULNDNT MAKE IT IN THERE WITH ALL THE OTHER BIGGER PIKES
That's what happens when you try smaller fish with larger predators with big mouths. Sorry about the loss, but lesson learned I hope. Next time try to keep the miniature pikes in their own setup instead of putting them with other pikes who will easily dwarf them.
ive noticed with pikes that the width of a fish makes a big difference on whether or not they consider the fish food. the pikes are slender do they can easily fit in the mouth. in your looking for more notophthalmus, shark aquarium has a bunch, altho i think there are some svenis mixed in the tank to just make sure to get the ones with the big horizantal bar and not the vertical blotches. also there small so ud need a grow out. and they might be carrying lymphocystis as well. so on second thought maybe u should pass. but jsut an idea