Havent really seen Marms go that crazy but the Acutirostris are sweet.
Ive always kept mixed tanks with lil to no probs.
Ive always kept mixed tanks with lil to no probs.
Pike Mix in a Large Tank
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Looks like you have your mind made up already, but my experience with cobra pikes:
I started with 6 4" juvies in a 340 gallon indoor pond this past winter. Lots of hiding places, dithers (for about 2 months), pvc pipes all over, and NO live food (pellets only). It took about 2 months for the first casualty. At that point the largest was about 7-8". He got moved indoors to my plec tank after he killed another one. So the last 3 went out into a 300 g outdoor pond about 2 months ago with a mix of bocourti, festae, a kraussi, a temporalis, and some other mixed dispensable fish - including a 7" lenticulata who was mean. Very mean. Anyways, the 3 cobras offed the lenticulata, and another cobra was offed last week. So now I'm down to 3 - all male. I stripped down my pond today but left the 2 cobras in it with a big kraussi and some mixed hybrids. I'm sure I'll be down to one in there pretty soon. Anybody interested in buying some male 7-8" cobras? I have the feeling that's the only way to save them from themselves
If your tank is 350 gallons and you want to mix these pikes, be very careful. Or be very lucky.
J
I started with 6 4" juvies in a 340 gallon indoor pond this past winter. Lots of hiding places, dithers (for about 2 months), pvc pipes all over, and NO live food (pellets only). It took about 2 months for the first casualty. At that point the largest was about 7-8". He got moved indoors to my plec tank after he killed another one. So the last 3 went out into a 300 g outdoor pond about 2 months ago with a mix of bocourti, festae, a kraussi, a temporalis, and some other mixed dispensable fish - including a 7" lenticulata who was mean. Very mean. Anyways, the 3 cobras offed the lenticulata, and another cobra was offed last week. So now I'm down to 3 - all male. I stripped down my pond today but left the 2 cobras in it with a big kraussi and some mixed hybrids. I'm sure I'll be down to one in there pretty soon. Anybody interested in buying some male 7-8" cobras? I have the feeling that's the only way to save them from themselves
If your tank is 350 gallons and you want to mix these pikes, be very careful. Or be very lucky.
J
Wow, the Cobra story is rough. Peanut has pretty much steered me toward the acutirostris but before this long thread I had read Taz's on being able to have some pikes in with other fish and he just said above that even Marm's have worked out ok for him.
There is a possibility that a LFS here in Houston may be pulling a pair of Marm's in from somewhere in the NE (positive it is not Rapps because he has mentioned Rapps before). The owner of the LFS was initially going to keep the pikes himself but I sort of brought up my interest. I don't know the size but I have a feeling they are substantial because we are probably talking about $300 cost to me.
The acutirostris seems like the safer play but the other alternative is pretty interesting.
There is a possibility that a LFS here in Houston may be pulling a pair of Marm's in from somewhere in the NE (positive it is not Rapps because he has mentioned Rapps before). The owner of the LFS was initially going to keep the pikes himself but I sort of brought up my interest. I don't know the size but I have a feeling they are substantial because we are probably talking about $300 cost to me.
The acutirostris seems like the safer play but the other alternative is pretty interesting.
2 for 300 better be at least 8" ea. It is a tuf choice but it comes down to size/temp which Id say go for Acu's. But if the marms are comin in, get em 
still would like a pic of the tank and fish
still would like a pic of the tank and fish
I know your the man peanut when it comes to pikes but I would be more worried about the king kongs harassing the pikes. He already stated they are dinner plate sized parrots. If he is going to add a 5-6" pike the Parrot will have considerable size and an even bigger discrepency of mass on the new pike. They also have a more formed mouth unlike the blood parrots that can't actually even bite anything. In a tank that big I would think it would work but I remember Redtailfool having to get rid of a king kong for agression reasons and ones the size of a dinner plate are nothing to shake a stick at. Just my two cents
Yea aren't king kong parrots supposed to be mixed with red devil or sumthing like that? I think that you might just want to make sure you get a peacful pike but make sure it is the same size as your parrots. That is just what I think.
Chad
Chad
I am going to watch the size situation a little bit because some of these parrots are a little tougher than inflated footballs that move at a snail's pace.
