Stone Pike Tank

[Hadrian]

Now that the damn Pike virus has worked its' way back into my DNA 18 years later...I'm thinking maybe I should do something large. I'd like to build a big tank to keep 6-8 large Lugubris Pikes of various kinds (+ another 6-7 cichlasomas). I am a stonemason/stone-sculptor by trade (www.Hadrianstone.com) so I thought I'd make something nice from stone/concrete on 4 sides and throw a glass or acrylic front on. Now the question-how big and what dimensions? I want them to be genreously housed even at full size (but not have more space than I need or more $$ spent than necessary). Pike-people please chime in with your 2-cents on size and dimensions. All the best to my fellow afflicted souls. Greg

 

[Taz2478]

6-8 Lugubris AND 6-7 Cichlasomas ... you talking long and wide.

shortest Id say would be 10'L x 4'W x 3'H

GL

 

[Peanut_Power]

Minimum would probably 8' x 3' x 2'. Depth isn't really a concern with Crenicichla, the width and lenght are huge factors though...as each species/pair will need to set up its own territory and be able to comfortably move around each other. I knew someone who kept a pair of lents. and marms. in a 750gal tank, they got along for a while, but eventually had to move one pair cuz they kept fightin. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. I had 3 Crenicichla sp. 'xingu II', 3 Crenicichla sp. 'cobra' and 1 Crenicichla lenticulata in a 125gal...haha. They are all Lugubris pikes, and none of them were adults, althought some of them were subadults. So the aggression wasn't intense, although there was a pecking order. Start them young, grow them up together. Remove the unpaired/picked on ones.

 

[Taz2478]

this aint The Price is Right LOL

I was giving the extra room (mainly L X W) so everyone has a happy space and not look cramped when they get big.

still cant wait to see whatever he does...