So iv kept African pike for a number of years but they have always been in a mixed pred tank I'm know looking to set up a biotope for these guys currently have three 12" fish in an 8foot long but cants seem to find any info on there environment what plants water type etc any one got any info on this would be greatly appreciated
African pike
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This link is quite useful for finding plants that are from the general area...
http://www.aquariumplants.com/category-s/212.htm
and practical fish keeping did quite a nice article on an African biotope.
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/articles/how-to-set-up-an-african-biotope-aquarium
from what I've seen, the river biotope of the odoe is going to be quite murky, so not one you'd specifically want to mimic
http://www.aquariumplants.com/category-s/212.htm
and practical fish keeping did quite a nice article on an African biotope.
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/articles/how-to-set-up-an-african-biotope-aquarium
from what I've seen, the river biotope of the odoe is going to be quite murky, so not one you'd specifically want to mimic
Thanks for the reply certainly got some reading to they gave been on my list for breeding for a while going to give them the attention know and hopefully breed these guys well that's the end goal any way thanks again
Their breeding is great and very rewarding to watch!
Did you see the report I put up some years back?
Did you see the report I put up some years back?
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John2708
What kinds of tankmates have you been able to keep with yours? Once mine got a good amount of size on him he's not tolerated a lot of tankmates, mostly taken swipes at bigger fish. I'm away at college so my parents are taking care of the tank and want to sell the pike unless I can find some colorful active fish to keep him with.
Sounds like they want saltwater or cichlids lol. I kept mine with numerous species of catfish never an interaction. However with fish that occupy the same region of the tank ofcourse there has been some fights in the last few years, none never bad enough for me to make any split decisions. Kept her with wolves and SD. She was second in command to my black wolf. Still have her black wolf is gone still have gold wolf, haven't seen them fight or even chase eachother in months. Used to have SD, before the black wolf ate them, she half way chased them. Charged but never bit. Could try SD tough and heal fast. Not the most colorful. Try other characins or catfish if you wanna keep her. Issues with cichlids is either they'll be to aggressive or could end up badly hurt by the odoes teeth, mainly be worried about their eyes. It could work though. I had mine with a smaller jag for months as the jag grew it got more territorial would mess with the odoe till the odoe messed it up. Learned ts lesson got bigger then messed with my curu and that was the end of it.