GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER BETTER!!

[chiefmojo]

1. My name is Greg
2. Been in the hobby for about 18 years
3. Got my first Pike my first year in the hobby. Was a belly crawler.
4. I have no pikes right now.
5. I have kept Lenticulata, Marmorata, Cincta, Venezuela, Johanna, True Strigata
6. I usually stick to Hikarri gold and freez dried shrimp. I feed them as much as they want
7. They all were alittle different.
8. Most started out at about 3" and usually ended up at 15-16"
9. My favorite is Marmorata and Lenticulata, but Cintca and Strigata is up there as well.
10. I have a 900 gallon set up

 

[clgkag]

Can't wait to see that 900 set back up.

 

[Catfish Pownage 63]

1. Spencer
2. i have been keeping fish for 7 years now
3. only about a week (i was into them way before i got one)
4. 1 rather docile he doesn't bother my other fish
5. he is a lenticulata saved from the dreaded petco suprisingly
6. feed him a balenced diet with frozen beefheart, bloodworms, jumbo mysis shimp and various hikari pellets
7. also about a week
8. i got him at 4in. and is now 4in.
9. tie between marmorata, lenticulata, venezuela,
10. my brand new 125g
also i have question not to get off topic but is it possible to get cichlid community with only pikes

 

[Krontra]

jake
1 1/2 years
havent yet but doing research on switching to them now =]
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african cichlids atm, 1albino eureka, 1red zebra, 1blue johanni, 1austus, 1electric yellow lab, 1red banded, 1cory catfish, 1flathead catfish, 1pleco
2 times a day
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65g for my africans but im selling them possibly to get a pair of pikes or a few dwarfs

 

[davion2183]

1. Andy
2. 1 year plus
3. Haven't got any yet, but planning to get a Labrina
4. 0
5. None yet
6. None as of yet, having no pikes
7. None as of yet, having no pikes
8. None as of yet, having no pike
9. None as of yet, having no pikes
10. Its a 150 gallon tank I think.

 

[Heyguy74]

1. My name is Will
2. 30+ years
3. Three weeks ago
4. a trio 1male and 2 females
5. Crenicichla Notophthalmus
6.The like freeze dried krill, frozen Mysis and bloodworms. They wont touch anything else
7. A few days.
8. 4" inches for the male 3 inches for the females. They are pretty much full grown
9. Notophthalmus, Marmorata and Lenticulata and Tapajos red.
10. 40 breeder for the pair. The other female was being harassed so I moved her out of the tank. Currently setting up a 180 for a pair of the big ones.

 

[Grinch]

1. What is your first name? Nate
2. How long have you been in the hobby??? Almost 30 years on and off
3. How long have you been keeping Crenicichla??? 13 years or so
4. How many pikes do you have? 2 currently
5. List all the species that you have. C. venezuela and C. strigata
6. What do you feed them and how many times a day? every other day cichlid pellets... occasionally frozen food
7. How long did it take your new pike to color up after you put it in the tank? varies depending on the size/age... the ones I have now change colors depending on their mood
8. How large were they when you got them, and how much have they grown since you had them? Both were tiny pinky-sized fingerlings that hadn't been broken onto pellets
9. What is your fav. type of pike? Lugubris (big) species
10. What size tanks do you keep your pikes in? Venni is currently in a 75 and will be moving to a 120... strigata is in a 45 but will be moving to a 75 or 90 soon.

 

[Satanoperca3298]

1.My name is Graham
2. I've been in the hobby since about 1980
3. Ive been keeping Crenicichla since about 1998
4. Currently I'm keeping Dwarf pikes, and have 21 at the moment
5. Pike species : regani, regani (barcelos), compressiceps, notophthalmus.
6. They are housed each, with a species of Satanoperca, so they get what they get, so, frozen bloodworm, mysis, artemia, and chopped prawns and mussels. They also get Tetra prima, granular promin, spirulina flakes, and live daphnia.
They are fed 4 times a day
7. It takes any new pikes around 24 hours to gain their proper colours
8.Most bought at 3 inch now 4 inch or so
9.My favourite pike is probably C. Regani, but C. Cametana pushes it close
10. My 8 tanks are 6 @ 48 x 15 x 18, with 2 more @ 40 x 15 x 18, hence why I now keep dwarf pikes
Graham

 

[Satanoperca3298]

Just spawned my C.regani (Rio negro), they have about 100 fry free swimming. Spawning ph was 5.5ph and 2gh. Spawned in a 40 x 15 x18 tank, with S.leucosticta and rams as tank mates.
Spawned them quite a few times.
I also have C.regani barcelos and purus in other tanks, think the barcelos will spawn within next month
Graham