What can live with a Pike Cichlid

[Joeybsmooth]

I have Lonely Pike Cichlid in 50 gal. What can join him.

 

[sinibotia]

Depends on what kind of pike cichlid?

 

[mikem691]

5X5 is the king of pikes. he was here a few days ago after not seeing him here for a long while. what pike do you have?

 

[Nils]

From what I've heard pike cichlids are pretty aggressive and are opportunistic hunters. It would probably attack any smaller kind of fish in the tank. Maybe another it's own species?

 

[Joeybsmooth]

Not my fish , but he looks like this .
IMG_20130305_121253_zps82ff99d3.jpg Photo by rcbrownr7 | Photobucket

 

[sinibotia]

I think that's chrenicichla lepidota? 7 inches max.... In that size tank I dunno if there's much you can add with him.

 

[Joeybsmooth]

How about a Paku or a Red Devil.

 

[sinibotia]

Maybe if you've got a massive upgrade in mind.... Not in a 50 gallon

 

[Joeybsmooth]

Abut how big would I need for those. I might can move some people around .

 

[raccioppi83]

for those 2 fish.. I would say nothing short of 250G

 

[sinibotia]

for those 2 fish.. I would say nothing short of 250G

What he said!

 

[Joeybsmooth]

Well dang . How about just the Devil ?

 

[raccioppi83]

a single Devil? 55G a Devil and the pike... still 200-250G

 

[Freakgecko91]

You're going to have to match temperaments. Medium sized pikes are voracious predators, hence the stream lined body and large mouth. They will eat anything large enough to fit in their mouth. They typically will be quite territorial as well. In a 50 gallon, you're not going to have much wiggle room for larger semi-aggressive cichlids that would be able to live with a pike.

Pacu (especially black pacu) get huge. They honestly have no place in the pet trade.

Red Devils are highly territorial and one of the more aggressive cichlid species. I honestly wouldn't put a single devil (without any tank mates) in anything less than a 75 gallon. Again, that's by itself.

As for the pike, you could try adding some bottom dwellers such as synodontis catfish (eupterus is particular, although they do get quite large) or hoplo cats (South American, very cool catfish genus, pretty well armored). Avoid any small fish, such as tetras. You could try tinfoil barbs or silver dollars (not in addition to the catfish, one or the other). You would need to get them close to or larger than the pike, and could do a group of three of either fish, as long as you kept up on water changes and were prepared to remove, should things head south


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[Joeybsmooth]

Thanks for all the help guys/gals/