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04-23-2006, 03:13 PM
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I'm Addicted 2 Fish
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Pike Cichlid, RBP, and Oscar
I just bought these will they get along since they're all small and will grow up togethar or will I have to seperate them when they grow out
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04-23-2006, 04:36 PM
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RBP? Give the pike PVC pipe to hide in. Suspect to answer depends on tank size, most predators don't like to share within their own territory.
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04-23-2006, 06:20 PM
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I suspect the RBP will eventually be picked on quite a bit since he will not get nearly as big as an oscar. Now as for pikwe cichlids, I really don't know much about them... I'm sure someone else will chime in on them. What size tank do you have them all in?
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04-23-2006, 06:29 PM
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Now wait a sec.... rbp... is that red blood parrot, red belly pirahna, red belly pacu? sorry I kinda answered you before I knew all the deails...
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04-24-2006, 01:31 AM
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Piranha, I'm taking out the Oscar when it's like 8-10 inches I have them in one of my 35 gallon hex's and I have an Empty 40 gallon hex I don't know what to do with I'm thinking about making it salt i heard you can keep a piranha per every 20 gallons I don't know much about the pike though
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04-24-2006, 04:49 AM
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Pirahna? I thought it was a red blood parrot.lol If the tank is at least six feet, when they're older there'll be few problems.
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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. |
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04-24-2006, 06:04 AM
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Pikes are nasty! and yeah like the other guys said the P will be picked on by the cichlids as P's arnt really preds
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04-24-2006, 07:05 AM
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the pike dug himself a nice spot under some rock and he likes to chill there until I hand feed him or something swims by
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04-24-2006, 07:14 AM
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got a pic of him, there my fav cichlids.
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04-24-2006, 12:10 PM
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I dropped the camera in the tank yesterday taking a pic of my black piranha
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04-24-2006, 12:46 PM
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Quote:
 Did the pirahna eat it?
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04-24-2006, 06:17 PM
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it got scared lol
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04-24-2006, 07:57 PM
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I keep 2 pike cichlids (13" - 14") in a 180 gallon tank and they won't allow anything else to live in the tank with them.
Do you know what kind of pike you have?
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04-24-2006, 10:43 PM
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I disagree with the masses here and say the RBP will be the dominant fish in the tank. The oscar is way to slow to even think about killing the RBP, and I've seen several cichlids get ripped to pieces.
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04-25-2006, 05:47 AM
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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. |
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04-25-2006, 10:14 AM
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yep... as long as the cichlid has a place to go where the piranha can't thats where the advantage come in favor of the cichlid
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04-25-2006, 05:06 PM
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I sold the piranha's and got a black ghost knife
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04-25-2006, 07:07 PM
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uh....i think the black ghost knife will get picked on...
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04-25-2006, 07:18 PM
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actually him and the pike cichlid stay hiding in the same place lol they're boys always stay with eachother
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04-25-2006, 07:19 PM
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i wouldnt count on it staying like that. as people have said before, pike cichlids are mean.
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