new pike, now questions

[killerfish]

wow hope it works out for you i could see alot of potential problems


as for the pikes if they don't get along now they will get along even less as they grow so mabye add some decorations to break up the line of sight and try them again but if they don't get along then most likely you will need to get them seperate tanks the sveni may get beaten up eventually

To say the least you'd be very luckey to get all those pike to live together peacfully

 

[misplacedsooner]

i added the 2 biggest tonight. so far so good, here are a couple of pics

mike

 

[ShadowStryder]

Hopefully as they mature you will get a bonded pair and then you can remove the odd one out. Once they are bonded the likely hood of one going skitzo on the other is greatly reduced. But it still happens on occassion, especial when moving to a new setup.

 

[misplacedsooner]

well so far the xingu are intimidated by the size of everyone else....the sveni included. the sveni is about an inch bigger han the largest xingu. to top it off im beginning to have some aggression issues between a jag and a freddie and when this happens the lawman of the tank ....the flowerhorn goes tearing after both of them which in turn really intimidates the pike. they dont seem to wantto use the pvc ive added for some reason. they just kinda hang togather in whatever area they havent been scared out of...on the good side they arent fighting each other like before. i may just call this off for a bit and return them to the tanks i had them in before for a bit.
mike

 

[misplacedsooner]

well i removed the larger of the 2 xingus, he was gettting beat on. the medium sized one looks to be making himself at home. i will continue to monitor the situation.
mike