Pike Cichlid

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I wish i had taken pictures of my pair...:(...they were AWESOME!! Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures...sucks...cuz they were tight! Males was easily 14" and female was about 10"....beautiful was she!!
 
the pellets are the only thing you said that i don't. i have been trying pellets and he just spits them out. he loves shrimp & cut worms. i have to cut the worms because if i don't, the worm hangs out of it's mouth and the other fish will latch on to it and smash each other around the tank. i have some pics of when i first bought the fish and will take some new pics tomorrow for compairison
 
For sure man...for sure! I was surprised actually when my pikes started eatin pellets...i didn't even really have to try..they just started eating them on their own. Now they take Omega One pellets, the Super Veggie and Super Color...as well as the sinkin pellets...great stuff! I have to say though the cocktail shrimp and other meaty foods are the main stay of the diet. Can't wait till they get big enough to take on crayfish! :D My xingus got that large...it was PYSCHO!! how determined they were! Unrelenting...just hammered the heck outa it! I took off the pinchers first...lol...didn't wanna risk injuring my babies...man i miss them! Aunry buggas! They were the DOMINATE fish in my 125! My female jag and Oscar would go outa their way to avoid them....many times i had to clean up water on the floor from them freakin out cuz the pikes came to close...lol...
 
mine is dominate too.... no other fish in the tank will chase him. when i first put him in there was a good 20 second lip locking session between him and my jag. the next day the jag had a large round chunk missing from his tail and he never messed with the pike again
 
Is the cocktail shrimp just the stuff that you buy at the grocery store?
 
Yuppers!! Tis great stuff! I buy salad shrimp cuz its a little smaller and easier to break up, but when they get bigger the cocktail shrimp will be much more practical!!
 
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