*Pikes & Snooks* Yea or Nay?

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balton777

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Recently I decided to make a big change to my tank. I sold almost all my CA/SA cichlids in my 265 gallon tank and I'm replacing them with a shoal of nine wild morph snooks. I kept my Sveni pike though.

My question is can the sveni be kept with snooks or will he be eaten? I can put him in another tank if it's necessary.

Question two. Yesterday I made an impulse buy and picked up a baby 2" cincta pike. I can grow him out in another tank, but will he eventually be able to live with the snook or do they typically get too aggressive? I can take him back if I need too.

Thanks for sharing any info, tips or experiences. :)
 
I think eventually the snook will inhale the sveni. Cinta get big and bulky enough I think it would be okay given enough size.
 
That's what I was thinking too regarding the Sveni.

The Cincta will eventually get huge so he won't be eaten....but will he kill all the snooks?
 
I'd raised this question before when I considered getting some snook. One of the concerns expressed is that most pikes fight by mouthing/jaw-locking, and I was told that a snook has a fairly delicate mouth when it's extended. I was afraid if the pike decided to get rough with the snook and go head to head with it, the snook may injure its mouth. Just something to think about, because my lent pikes go at all their tankmates with their mouths open constantly and most of the other cichlids will engage them.
 
My cincta is pretty mellow, hardly ever goes at anyone. Then it is usually the big lugubris sp that starts it.
 
Smaller Pikes will have a greater chance of being eaten by the Snooks. A larger Pike will have nothing to fear from the Snooks though. Eventhough Snooks are large and have big mouths, they are easily pushed around by more aggressive fish. My 12" male was chased around by a 4" Polleni and 2" female HRP that I couldn't catch to remove from the tank. I noticed that Snooks are more attracted to very active, smaller fish. Fish like that will be eaten pretty quickly. I also have to agree with Ryan too.
 
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