Successful Pike Tankmates?

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iHonesty

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List what you have successfully kept with your pikes!! Preferably if your pikes are the larger species (lugubris)!
 
Discus, Bichirs, African Arowana, Dorado, Syno Cats, Eel Tail Cats, Tigrinus Cat, Bolt Cat, Sturgeon Cat, Pacman Cat, other Pikes, Fire Eel, South American cichilds, Earth Eaters, Gars, Stingrays
 
I have a trio of large Lenticulata. These are the fish that have been with them as they grew...Tigrinus,Mbu puffer,rays,Uara's,Venny pikes,black wolf fish,armatus,vampire gourami,oscars,cuban cichlids,bichirs,black arowanas,malawi trout,geophagus surinamensis. I might missed a couple but these all did good along the way.
 
Wow those are some extensive lists! The second one is pretty impressive considering the aggressive rep that Lents have!
 
Just for the records the pikes I hv kept with the listed fish include sp Venz, Lents, Atabapo I, Tapajos I, Sax & Atabapo II
 
Alright thanks, I was wondering what species you kept them all with. Were they aggressive towards any fish in your experiences? I see that you kept them with discus, and that's pretty impressive considering how delicate discus are. I like your matches. In the tank I'm setting up I don't think I could do the rays that you did unless they were retics or hystrix because my tank is a bit smaller. I'm probably gonna do a species tank for pikes. Any good combos on pike with pike?
 
Ahh my bad you didn't have rays in your list, it was the other guy up there. Oops!
 
Lol no way I could expect someone to hAve actually done that! HAha that'd be in my category of no way. In this category includes red devils, Midas, and probably jags if someone had a real mean one. I'm trying mine with an Oscar though. Not as bad as a flower but still a generally angry fish. I feel like I'm risking it with just that. Lol
 
I have had pikes in with almost everything, even flowerhorns. That said, I have never had a flowerhorn that was as crazy as everyone says. My pikes hae generally only been aggressive to other pikes.
 
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