Pike id/ info

[gorak]

Picked this up yesterday. Was labled as an "atabapo type 1 'red pike' ". It is 8-9". Here is some pics.

 

[gorak]

Info on species name, max size, possible adult pics. Color was redder in the store.

 

[Greenboy]

Some one had a similar one a while back! was also unsure on what it actually was... most thought it was a johanna though.

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/pls-id-is-it-atabapo.477934/

 

[gorak]

I think it matches Scatocephalus picture. It is exactly like the one in the upper left but a little bit more red. So by that it would be atabapo type1.

 

[Dis]

Really nice fish. How's he doing? Is he on pellets?

 

[gorak]

Thanks.

It wont take anything but live. I had to pull it from my 125gal. I put it in my 75gal. I am going to keep working on it. I have it with my brokopondo growout that is on pellets. Hopefully it will make the switch soon. I am going to give it more time, but long term if it won't switch I am going to have to sell it. I can't have fish on live.

 

[Rocksor]

At 8-9" it can easily go without food for 1 month. Start with frozen bloodworms or frozen something before going to pellets. I had a 6" female that wouldn't touch anything for 3 weeks, eventually it started to eat frozen bloodworm. It was by itself. Now it eats 6mm pellets with gusto.

 

[Urtheone]

This is my first post on Monsterfishkeepers.

In the pic is my Atabapo red pike. The local fish store after 6 months finally got another one and am very tempted to purchase it, however, I may have to keep them separate due to size.