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my brother has 2 meekis and 1 ellioti (was mine i foolishly gave it to him) in one of his tanks, he has no issues with them at all might help that they all grew up together from a small size. Jim

was offered this little fella yesterday by my LFS for as good as nothing as they dont know what it is, any ideas? sorry its a bad pic fish is currently about an inch long.

well after re organising my tanks im now looking for some possible tank mates for my salvini he is in a 160Litre tank (100x40x40) was thinking of rainbow cichlids ormaybe a convict, any other suggestions appreciated Jim

they look great good luck with the wee nippers jim

will go bigger yes but at the moment there is pleanty of space for them, was told the pike looked like a zingu II but after alot of looking and research i think ots only a Crenicichla Gaucho so that will ony get to 6" like the Salvini Jim

cheers for the comments he is in a 160 litre tank (100cm x 40cm x 50cm) and his tank mates currently are a pike cichlid, 4 silver dollars and a pictus catfish Jim

got myself a new friend today a Salvini Cichlid, liked them for a long time now and when i saw it in the shop i couldnt say no Jim

the tank is 2.5 foot and been as they are both only 3" tops thought it would be alright for now. planning on getting a bigger tank for them as soon as money allows hopefully within 2 months unless a bargain appears sooner Jim

had my 2 pike cichlids (Crenicichla sp. xingu II) now for a week but the slightly larger 1 literally keeps the other penned in a small corner of the tank where he hides behind the heater, there are pleanty of hiding places for them both and the tank is not to well lit. is there anyway of...

slight re work on the Tank with my Pikes Cichlids in and this is my Comunity tank, mainly gourami with a couple of catfish and sharks Jim

looks great with the new ones in there too. hope the runt makes it Jim

here are a couple of my pictus, he's prob about 5" now Jim

looks very much like it but mine have not got spots on the head, maybe someone more knowledgable can confirm Jim

cheers re jigged it a bit tonight before i took the pics want to get another big plant over the weekend for the left hand side Jim

just a few pics of my current tank with my little Pike Cichlids in will be upgrading to a much bigger tank before they get to big. Jim

thanks for the info ill make sure i keep the topic updated will they be ok together? the slightly bigger one is giving the other a hard time but i think its just a settling in thing working out who's boss, going to move my pictus to my comunity tank as i done want him becoming dinner for them...

okthanks for that and a good tank size for 2 adults?

cheers for the info so what makes a good tank mate for these or nothing really? Jim

they have been having bloodworm as its all i currently have that they will take, have cichlid pellets but they dont want to know. in the spring was going to get them some earthworms too, as ive read they like them. Jim

any idea how big they get?

i should of said that, all other fish have been removed from the tank apart from my large silver dollars, pictus, and 2 bristlenose cat fish. Jim

Evening people, got toldabout the site so thought id sign up to help my hunt for info i brought a couple of pike cichlids at the weekend only small at the moment (approx 3") but having a little issue working out exactly which ones they are, the shop just had them listed as pikes and when i...

Great looking fish, maybe one day ill try keeping some myself Jim