My pikes. Id and question about gluttony

[mmurry]

Ok guys. Hoping you can help with the Id on the striped pike? I know the on the one is a speckled pike. Also wondering if all pikes are as gluttonous as these guys are? I have them in with my ornate bichirs and I feed the tank chopped tilapia shrimp beef heart and anchovies. The pike will gorge on what ever I feed that day. The meat will be poking out of their mouths.. They really get after it. Never had a fish so gluttonous. Are the all this way? I would feed less but need to be sure rest of tank gets a chance to eat. They both have doubled in size 3 to 6 inches in just a few months. How big will the eventually get? Thanks mike.


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[clgkag]

sp. venezuala

 

[robmcd]

sp. venezuala

+1 and the other is some type of saxitillis species. The 1st one will get up to 15''+, the other one no more than 10-12''...

 

[mmurry]

thanks for the info... do all pikes eat so much... every time i feed these guys they end up so stuffed that food is hanging out of their mouths... would feed less... but need to get my ornate bichirs something to eat... these pike eat like crazy.. if the venezuala will get 15inches long... I imagine he is going to be that big soon,,,

 

[balnbryant]

I currently have a Venezuelan just over 12" and he eats like a beast, but that makes it fun to keep pikes. And they grow pretty fast, seemed like mine grew an 1" a month.