picked up 2 xingu 1's today, they are my first pikes. how big will they get? i plan on keeping them with sevs and bp's and a royal plec, will this work or should they go with the big boys?
school me on my first pikes
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Very nice choice of Pike, they get beautiful and lots of members here have and enjoy them. They get to about 12-14 inches, they should (key word "Should") do fine with your stock list. The BP's and Sev's get large and tall enough to not be considered food. They are also aggressive enough to not get killed hopefully, but pikes have their own personalities and can kill these fish if they decide too. What I would watch for is aggression between the two pikes as they get older. Being that you purchased them together young, they should (again, "should") be okay together.
The first mistake most people make when buying pikes is( after not researching ) purchase at least three if getting more than one. As these get older especially if both are males is possible aggro between the two. If you purchase 3-4 of them you will have a better chance of a pair thus being more apt to be able to keep two. Keep an eye out for aggro between these two as the get older. With only two the dominant one will focus solely on the subdominat one.
Other than that I don't see a problem with there potential tank mates.
Other than that I don't see a problem with there potential tank mates.
ShadowStryder;1374794; said:
You know what is funny about that....I research till the cows come home, and it still makes 0 sense until I have the fish and can apply it in the real world. I would not be surprised if others were this way as well and just can not think of how to word it. That being said, this is the first time I have EVER heard you should buy groups of three or more. Is it my "lack" of research that put me into this quandary?
bigspizz;1374934; said:
I wasn't meaning to offend anyone its just that it is the number 1 mistake made by most fishkeepers at one time or another, me included. I have made a many impulse purchases in my past.
( and more than likely in the future)
Its just that with pikes they tend to be so conspecific aggro (like alot of cichlids and I am not telling you something you don't already know I am sure) that you can try to disperse the aggro somewhat this way. Hopefully until the point of a bonded pairing and then you can remove the extra. Pikes rarely do well (most of the time) in conspecific groups unless given enough space. I currently have 3 different Cren species in a 125 and it has worked for me so far. They were essentially raised from 3-4 inches together and are now subadults. But it could turn around and bite me in the arse. I'll find out eventually.
