Wet Pet pike for a 75?

[Renegade Aquatics]

Since it seems I'm about to finally get a 75 gallon, I've been looking at all kinds of things I would like to get. One of those things I'm considering getting is a wet pet pike cichlid, I would like one that is personal and interactive. Problem is, I can't really find much on what species would be good, I've only found an old thread on here saying C. lenticulata and C. cincta would be good. However as far as I'm aware C. cincta grows rather large and I don't think it would fit. So could C. cincta live in a 75 alone comfortably? Are there any other pikes that would be good wet pet material?

 

[Hendre]

darth pike

 

[mrrobxc]

Cincta cannot fit in a 75.

Stick to a saxatilis complex species.

 

[jamntoast]

sax group pikes will fit like mrrobxc said, i found with mine it wasnt so wet pet-ish, maybe that was just the personality of mine. it would come from its spot to grab food, rarely would come to the top, it would usually hang out in its spot watching me waiting for food. it wouldnt get all excited and do laps at the front like a traditional wet pet would. like i said could have just been mine. my regani are much more of a wet pet oddly enough. they are all up in my buisness looking for food when i hover over the tank. they are the only dwarf species i can speak on though. you could easily fit a pair in a 75g tank though and have room for some other fish too

 

[Renegade Aquatics]

Cincta cannot fit in a 75.

Thanks, I presumed as much, just wanted to make sure

sax group pikes will fit like mrrobxc said, i found with mine it wasnt so wet pet-ish, maybe that was just the personality of mine. it would come from its spot to grab food, rarely would come to the top, it would usually hang out in its spot watching me waiting for food. it wouldnt get all excited and do laps at the front like a traditional wet pet would. like i said could have just been mine.

What exact sax group species it was. I assume just a regular sax, no?

 

[mrrobxc]

sax group pikes will fit like mrrobxc said, i found with mine it wasnt so wet pet-ish, maybe that was just the personality of mine. it would come from its spot to grab food, rarely would come to the top, it would usually hang out in its spot watching me waiting for food. it wouldnt get all excited and do laps at the front like a traditional wet pet would. like i said could have just been mine. my regani are much more of a wet pet oddly enough. they are all up in my buisness looking for food when i hover over the tank. they are the only dwarf species i can speak on though. you could easily fit a pair in a 75g tank though and have room for some other fish too

The only pike I ever had that was a wet pet were my cincta pair. I really miss them.

I've kept lenticulata, Tapajos 1, Tapajos 2, cincta, Zebrina, Johanna, sveni, saxatilis, lepidota, cf. lepidota from Uruguay, regain, notathalmus, compressiceps, Xingu 1, Venezuela, belly crawlers, and an unknown species and my cincta were the most personable. That being said, my male was close to 16 inches.

 

[Renegade Aquatics]

my male was close to 16 inches.

Looking at pictures they seem to be quite girthy when compared to most other lugubris species as well

but say if I were to get set on a lugubris species, would there be one that would be good in 75?

 

[mrrobxc]

There wouldn't be one. A seventy five is too small unfortunately. All get over a foot long and even slim ones like Zebrina are too much for a 75 to handle. Even the larger saxatilis likes would struggle in a 75.

 

[mrrobxc]

I'd do a pair of menesezi or anthurus, proteus, or sveni personally. As a matter of fact. I'm getting a pair of sveni for my 75 as a trade for my deppii as I am not fascinated by the deppii. Pikes are the true passion and found a guy willing to trade my group of herichthys deppii for his bonded pair of grown sveni.

Pikes all the way!

 

[Renegade Aquatics]

I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm willing to devote a pair of sax group pikes. I've just never been a fan of them personally. However I will consider a dwarf species for my other 40b .
Also you said earlier that some of the larger sax species would be pushing it in a 75, I am curious as to what those species are, because as far as I'm aware most sax species get 6-8in. maybe 10in. for a larger species.
I am also curious about the minimum tank size to keep a single C. lenticulata by itself.