Pike Cichlid, RBP, and Oscar

ChaldoChris416 · 04-23-2006, 02:13 PM

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

emc7 · 04-23-2006, 03:36 PM

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.

JandaSeve · 04-23-2006, 05:20 PM

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?

JandaSeve · 04-23-2006, 05:29 PM

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...

ChaldoChris416 · 04-24-2006, 12:31 AM

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

**Cichlid Man** · 04-24-2006, 03:49 AM

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.

Vip · 04-24-2006, 05:04 AM

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

ChaldoChris416 · 04-24-2006, 06:05 AM

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

Vip · 04-24-2006, 06:14 AM

got a pic of him, there my fav cichlids.

ChaldoChris416 · 04-24-2006, 11:10 AM

I dropped the camera in the tank yesterday taking a pic of my black piranha

**Cichlid Man** · 04-24-2006, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaldoChris416

I dropped the camera in the tank yesterday taking a pic of my black piranha

LMAO!

Did the pirahna eat it?

ChaldoChris416 · 04-24-2006, 05:17 PM

it got scared lol

wildtiger · 04-24-2006, 06:57 PM

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?

**Fishfirst** · 04-24-2006, 09:43 PM

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.

**Cichlid Man** · 04-25-2006, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishfirst

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.

Depends. Pirahnas can be dangerous to other fish, however they're not as aggressive as some of the cichlids out there.

**Fishfirst** · 04-25-2006, 09:14 AM

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

ChaldoChris416 · 04-25-2006, 04:06 PM

I sold the piranha's and got a black ghost knife

**Scuba Kid** · 04-25-2006, 06:07 PM

uh....i think the black ghost knife will get picked on...

ChaldoChris416 · 04-25-2006, 06:18 PM

actually him and the pike cichlid stay hiding in the same place lol they're boys always stay with eachother

**Scuba Kid** · 04-25-2006, 06:19 PM

i wouldnt count on it staying like that. as people have said before, pike cichlids are mean.

04-23-2006, 02:13 PM	#1
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	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

04-23-2006, 05:20 PM	#3
JandaSeve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 127 User Feedback: (0)	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? __________________

04-23-2006, 05:29 PM	#4
JandaSeve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 127 User Feedback: (0)	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... __________________

04-24-2006, 03:49 AM	#6
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100 User Feedback: (0)	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. __________________ 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.

04-24-2006, 05:04 AM	#7
Vip Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16 User Feedback: (0)	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 __________________ www.tropicalfishchat.net Want to see a 1850g TANK???Click ME!

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04-23-2006, 03:36 PM	#2
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,589 User Feedback: (0)	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.

04-24-2006, 12:31 AM	#5
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	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

04-24-2006, 06:05 AM	#8
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	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

04-24-2006, 06:14 AM	#9
Vip Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16 User Feedback: (0)	got a pic of him, there my fav cichlids. __________________ www.tropicalfishchat.net Want to see a 1850g TANK???Click ME!

04-24-2006, 11:10 AM	#10
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	I dropped the camera in the tank yesterday taking a pic of my black piranha

04-24-2006, 05:17 PM	#12
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	it got scared lol

04-24-2006, 06:57 PM	#13
wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362 User Feedback: (20)	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? __________________

04-24-2006, 09:43 PM	#14
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,487 User Feedback: (1)	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. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

04-25-2006, 09:14 AM	#16
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,487 User Feedback: (1)	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 __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

04-25-2006, 04:06 PM	#17
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	I sold the piranha's and got a black ghost knife

04-25-2006, 06:07 PM	#18
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,874 User Feedback: (1)	uh....i think the black ghost knife will get picked on... __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

04-25-2006, 06:18 PM	#19
ChaldoChris416 I'm Addicted 2 Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 89 User Feedback: (1)	actually him and the pike cichlid stay hiding in the same place lol they're boys always stay with eachother

04-25-2006, 06:19 PM	#20
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,874 User Feedback: (1)	i wouldnt count on it staying like that. as people have said before, pike cichlids are mean. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

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