Pike advice

[sevs and sajicas for me]

New to pikes not new to fish. I'm currently planning a SA cichlid tank in a 135 gallon tank. I plan on stocking it with a single severum, a group of guianacara, BN pleco, and potentially a pair of aequidens of some sort. I was considering a pair or so of pike cichlids (or potentially just a single). I've researched the regani pike but my water is a bit on the hard side with a pH of 7.8. I've seen the compressiceps pike suggested as a better match but wanted to know if there were any other options that would not eat or beat up on the other fish?

 

[kno4te]

Dwarf pikes should be fine for ur tank. They are safe and peaceful.

mrrobxc Rocksor

 

[Reiner]

I'd go with something that grows a bit bigger then a dwarf something like a C.sveni perhaps

 

[sevs and sajicas for me]

Thanks guys. What is the aggression level like with sveni

 

[mrrobxc]

Saxatilis pikes are a good bet. You can find Lucius, Sveni, and a white sports variant right now among the US vendors. Rapps has sp. Orinoco. Regain are floating around. And conoressiceps are around too.

Given the tank size, I’d get a saxatilis. But compressiceps are very beautiful even though they’re dwarves.

As for water, only thing that matters is that it’s clean. That’s unless you’re trying to breed

 

[sevs and sajicas for me]

Thanks mrrobxc Honestly I'd prefer just an individual. Not really interested in breeding

 

[sevs and sajicas for me]

Man that saxatilis is an attractive species. But unless i want to stick with a dwarf, it appears the only one that seems available right now is the lucius unless i want to pay the over priced shipping from wetspot for a sveni

 

[mrrobxc]

Man that saxatilis is an attractive species. But unless i want to stick with a dwarf, it appears the only one that seems available right now is the lucius unless i want to pay the over priced shipping from wetspot for a sveni

Check out all the online sources. There are three saxatilis type pikes available now. Aquascapeonline has saxatilis.

 

[sevs and sajicas for me]

Check out all the online sources. There are three saxatilis type pikes available now. Aquascapeonline has saxatilis.

Thanks for the tip. Never used aquascapeonline before. That saxatilis is nice but 85 is more than i'm willing to spend on one right now. Will have to keep looking for other options.

 

[kno4te]

Could try exotic fish shop. He has a menezesi in his stock. Hard to tell with pics but might be an option.