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Pike (Esox Lucius)

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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.
 
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#6 ·
Nope, the biggest pike found in the whole world was found in Scotland around The Loch Ness.
 
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I don't really know yet, it was such a long time ago since I did it LOL. I will add some extra stuff to it and hopefully I'll do many more profiles once I get going.
 
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