New Chain Pickerel!

[caribemob]

i understand blu rock. i just want some vicious native fish buddy, if you point me in that direction i'm there

 

[Louie]

Great looking fish . They get way nicer looking as older. What are you feeding him?

 

[Noto]

Green sunfish are the most aggressive fish I've ever kept.

 

[caribemob]

do any of these native fish have teeth besides gar

 

[Noto]

Bowfin are very toothy. But they need a big tank.

 

[blurock]

Thanks Louie! I can't wait for it to grow and really get its pattern in. I took those pics a day after I got it, so the pattern should come out even more as it settles in and I'll get more pics.
I'm feeding it guppies outta my feeder colony at the moment. Only thing small enough for it to eat.

Caribemob, bass and sunfish are usually pretty aggressive. Rock bass and Green Sunfish are good if you want something aggressive. You're really not going to find anything in the world of natives to compete with your piranhas though... Gar are your best bet there, but if you only have a 75, those aren't really an option...
And i can't really think of anything native that are "toothy" aside from trout, and those are not something to be kept in a tank. They require a very large area to swim, current, and a chiller.
Walleye have teeth, but I havn't really heard of people having success with them in tanks, and they get very large, will need over a 75gal

 

[caribemob]

bottom line is i love the grass pickerel but i need the tank to have some movement at least by one other fish

 

[blurock]

Then you don't want a pickerel...
An active fish that is going to give you movement in the tank, is going to stress the pickerel, and most likely be the end of the fish.
You'll have movement in the tank in that you will have to feed live, so you'll have guppies or whatever your feeding moving around in the tank

 

[caribemob]

what do you think of two pickerels and a delhizi birchir

 

[blurock]

Here's some new pics of him, now that he's settled in and eating well