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**Cichlid Man** · 08-31-2005, 03:42 PM

Common name-Pike
Latin name-Esox lucius
Habitat-lakes and slow flowing clear rivers amoung weeds.
Distribution-Northern Europe including the UK.
Size-Up to 100cm
Tank size-400L
pH-6.5-8
GH-to 20 degrees
Temp-15-21 degrees C
Food-in wild, perch, bleak, minnow, rudd, worms when young. In captivity, dead fish, prawns.

This is an amazing freshwater predator of european waters which will stalk and lunge at fishes of a similar size with no hesitation. It's not fussy as far as water conditions are concerned as long as the water is clear and extremes are avioded. I've kept them in a 150g tank with gars and snakeheads and they display a similar disposition though are territorial amoungst themselves.
Young fish have more incredible markings than adults.

08-31-2005, 03:42 PM	#1
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Pike (Esox Lucius) Common name-Pike Latin name-Esox lucius Habitat-lakes and slow flowing clear rivers amoung weeds. Distribution-Northern Europe including the UK. Size-Up to 100cm Tank size-400L pH-6.5-8 GH-to 20 degrees Temp-15-21 degrees C Food-in wild, perch, bleak, minnow, rudd, worms when young. In captivity, dead fish, prawns. This is an amazing freshwater predator of european waters which will stalk and lunge at fishes of a similar size with no hesitation. It's not fussy as far as water conditions are concerned as long as the water is clear and extremes are avioded. I've kept them in a 150g tank with gars and snakeheads and they display a similar disposition though are territorial amoungst themselves. Young fish have more incredible markings than adults. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.