WELL!! Personally, I would make sure that the pike cichlid is AT LEAST half the size of the dats...since dats are predators, and if the pike is small enough, they are gonna try and eat it. Pikes are by far my fav. type of cichlid, as I have stated several times and many of you know. Stevo(Repair) learned this the hardway at the ACA since i stayed around and only really looked at the pike cichlids at the show...lol. There are three main families of pike cichlids , but i can't member the name of the third one, or how to spell if for that matter. I know it starts with an R though...
. The pikes from that family aren't encountered as often, and most of them have an atrophied swimbladder so they rest on their belly a lot of the time. I believe that sp. 'belly crawler' is in this family. ack..i gotta go..but i will finish this later...lol