I just picked up my first Pike tonight 
Found it being listed as a "golden pike" But it looks alot like a proteus (sp?) except it has vertical stripes. It has a solid black line threw the lateral line. a tail spot. As well as what looks like 3 close spots on it's dorsal fin? And it's about 3"
Once he/she settles in I'll take a pic for a positive ID but is this likely to be the fish?
Found it being listed as a "golden pike" But it looks alot like a proteus (sp?) except it has vertical stripes. It has a solid black line threw the lateral line. a tail spot. As well as what looks like 3 close spots on it's dorsal fin? And it's about 3"
Once he/she settles in I'll take a pic for a positive ID but is this likely to be the fish?
Until then its mostly only speculation as to what you have. LoL 
If these don't do it. I'll stake her out.. she's very smart.. and fast.
I ended up dragging the husband back to the LFS and the male was still there.. so 3/40$ or 15$ a pop.. we ended up with him and 2 of the "Gold Pikes" It'll be interesting to see how everyone grows up. She immediatly flared her gills at the male, smacked him around abit. And now they are buddies. I wish I woulda gotten a Pike alot sooner. just the past few days these guys are far more entertaining then my Oscar ever was. Any big dos or don't with these guys as far as husbandry goes? i feed the tank a mix of frozen bloodworms, krill, and NLS pellets 1-2x a day. tanks temp is in the mid to high 70's and the waters otherwise pretty standard. atm they're with some boisterus juvi Bichir and a TT. I expect to have to move everyone but the dwarfs in the next 6 months.
