Well since snakeheads are illegal for me, ive been looking for an alternative with similar long shape and some aggression, as it turns out the pike cichlids are quickly becoming my favorite "snakehead replacement," so score one for pikes being legal in the US!!
pikes and snakeheads
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The eating Mickey Mouse line just reminded me....
A friend of mine took in his neighbors 2' snakehead for what was supposed to be a few weeks while the guy moved. After week 6, Sunday turned into live pink mice night.
A friend of mine took in his neighbors 2' snakehead for what was supposed to be a few weeks while the guy moved. After week 6, Sunday turned into live pink mice night.
Magnus30 said:
actually bowfin are far more ancient and more related to gars..... I believe they are related to gars
I have a 7" lenticulata and it is one mean sucker. The guy I got him from had him in with a few guachas and it was beating the crap out of them. Now hes terrorizing my catfish so I had to separate them. He literally grabs onto the catfishes fins and tries to rip them off. He is definately my most aggresive fish.
Just like Pikes there are peaceful and aggressive Snakeheads. They are not all mindless killers.
Size does affect 'tude though....a pike that grew to the size of some of the snakeheads would definately be a force to recon with...oy
rumblesushi said:
dude they do have some similarities...check out Channa pleurophthalma they look very similar to the pike cichlids...and actually the pikes and snakeheads do very similar things when they get agressive, they both flare out their throats and mouth and robotically move in circles around each other...Don't try to make other members feel stupid for asking questions when you really don't know much more about the topic
what about the north american pikes or other fish in the north that get 4-6 ft+, they have rows of teeth and look vicous, would they qualify?
