I've had this girl a little over 2 years. She was a about 6" when I got her.
She hates everything except my big managuense. She will follow him around and hang out with him all the time. For the most part he ignores her.
I have been keeping fish for 51 years and have had several pike but hadn't had any in about 10 years. My daughter saw this johanna listed as a red pike in Chinatown in Boston and thought I should have it . She bought it and brought it home for me.
She was about 8 - 9" in this shot at a guess about 1 1/2 years ago. Hanging out with her big buddy.
Their is a catfish in the tank that I measured 2 years ago at 13" she is bigger than the catfish so I know she is over 13". I didn't think a johanna female would get that big.
Her colors can change almost completely depending on her mood. She will be kind of dark and drab then lighten up with a orange/reddish belly depending on her mood.
Alot of times if the fishroom is dark she will flare at me and slap the glass when I get close and look in (my kind of fish).
This is her now.
I have 9 aquariums in the fish room running now. I have 4 new tanks to set up. 2 x 90, 1 x180, 1 x 270. I have had them for 3 years and not set them up. I am setting up the 180 right now. It will have my 13"-15 year old red devil, a 10" managuense that is mean as hell (not my big guy), a pleco and some kind of colorful pike. Maybe a cobra. Any thoughts on a colorful pike that would work in this tank.
She hates everything except my big managuense. She will follow him around and hang out with him all the time. For the most part he ignores her.
I have been keeping fish for 51 years and have had several pike but hadn't had any in about 10 years. My daughter saw this johanna listed as a red pike in Chinatown in Boston and thought I should have it . She bought it and brought it home for me.
She was about 8 - 9" in this shot at a guess about 1 1/2 years ago. Hanging out with her big buddy.
Their is a catfish in the tank that I measured 2 years ago at 13" she is bigger than the catfish so I know she is over 13". I didn't think a johanna female would get that big.
Her colors can change almost completely depending on her mood. She will be kind of dark and drab then lighten up with a orange/reddish belly depending on her mood.
Alot of times if the fishroom is dark she will flare at me and slap the glass when I get close and look in (my kind of fish).
This is her now.
I have 9 aquariums in the fish room running now. I have 4 new tanks to set up. 2 x 90, 1 x180, 1 x 270. I have had them for 3 years and not set them up. I am setting up the 180 right now. It will have my 13"-15 year old red devil, a 10" managuense that is mean as hell (not my big guy), a pleco and some kind of colorful pike. Maybe a cobra. Any thoughts on a colorful pike that would work in this tank.
