NEW ATABAPO PIKE HELP ID PLEASE

[calgaryflames]

Hi this is my first ever pike,i looked for a while it was labled as atabapo red fire pike.their was a few that made it to my area.its about 4" i choose the smallest one hoping it would be a female and color up crazy.

let me know what type of atabapo this is looks as if its already turning red ,fins,checks and tail are already red at only 4" could this be one of the crazy pike that i we all dream of.

thanks guys give me your expert opinions

sorry for crap pics the damb pike wont stay still for a second its very active

 

[BigPic]

atabapo II

 

[calgaryflames]

hey guys this pike hasnt ate since i bought it last weekend.it ate my peacock bass but i have only offered it pellets since.how do i train this thing to pellet feed

 

[ryansmith83]

Mine always took pellets after a few weeks. If they're in good shape, you can go a week or two without food.

One trick you can try is to keep feeding pellets and occasionally (every few days) feed it one small meal of something it likes just to keep its appetite up. For instance, my 5" saxatilis pike refused everything but bloodworms when I got him from the LFS, so every 5 days or so I'd give him a very small amount of bloodworms while feeding the rest of his tankmates exclusively pellets. First he ignored them, then slowly over the course of a few weeks started chewing them and spitting them out, then one day he just started devouring them. I guess he decided he'd rather eat them than be hungry. It probably helps that other fish in the tank were chowing down.