Above: In the picture is a nice premium quality African Odoe Pike swimming in one of our aquariums, when one of us snapped this picture.
Comments: These are fabulous predatory fish with long sharp teeth.
Origin: Tiger Fish are found living across a wide region of Africa, where a few are captured and shipped to aquarists throughout the world.
Maximum Size: In aquariums Tiger Fish can grow to be almost 30" long and even bigger, which is an extreme size, so these fish are best for a very experienced aquarist with a huge aquarium.
Behaviors: Odoe Pikes are usually very aggressive fish which is why they should probably be kept alone.
Compatibility: These fish should be kept in a species only tank, because they'll attack any other fish that's in the aquarium with them.
Some catfish with prickly fins may be able to survive with this fish.
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Temperature: Odoe Pikes live best from about 75 to 80-degrees F. with 78 being perhaps ideal.
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Feeding: Premium Fish Food Pellets is best to feed to Tiger Fish.
Smaller sized pellets when they're small, and larger sized pellets when they've grown bigger, is the ideal food for these fish.
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Water Conditions: They've adapted to a wide range of water conditions throughout Africa, so they can easily adapt to most types of water in aquariums, and as usual it's best not to try to change the pH or alkalinity.
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Aquarium Size: even young small Odoe Pikes need a large aquarium and eventually need to live in a huge aquarium.
Decor: Odoe Pikes do not need gravel, and a layer of gravel more than 1/4" thick will usually fill with bits of uneaten food that will contaminate the water.
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Live plants are beautiful and improve the water quality, and Odoe Pikes seem to do better in an aquarium with plants. Perhaps this is because they are bubblenest breeders.Aquarium Filter: Bio-Wheel Filters are highly recommended.
Life Span: Odoe Pikes can live for several years. Keep the water conditions excellent and feed them premium foods, and they may live even longer lives.
Gender: We don't know how to tell males from females.
Names: The scientific name is Hepsetus odoe.
All of our fish are Premium Quality Fish from the best suppliers in the world. Our fish have better health, more energy and brighter colors, as you can see in our pictures on this website.
We have 380-aquariums with lots-and-lots of popular aquarium fish plus lots-and-lots of rare fish!
We consider ourselves to be the link between the world's best sources of fish and the world's best customers. We love our work, and we are very responsible about caring for our fish and then shipping them carefully.
We also offer lots and lots of information about keeping and caring for pet fish, all from the knowledge of the Bailey Brothers, who have a combined total of 100+ years of experience as breeders, wholesalers, and retailers of pet fish!
Our fish and our customers are treated with the best of care, and we work energetically everyday to make sure every customer enjoys their new fishy friends.
When you purchase pet fish from us, you know you're receiving premium quality fish and premium quality service.
"Received my fish last night and was so pleased! They all arrived alive and appeared to be healthy.
"Once in the tank, they became very active and are now thriving in their new home.
"Beautiful fish, I asked for color and aquariumfish delivered. Processing and shipping was extremely quick."
Nevin and DrTom, the Bailey Brothers
This website is owned and operated by the Bailey Brothers, DrTom and Nevin, who've been together in the fish business for more than 50-years.
The Product Manager has been with the company for more than 35-years.
So we feel very confident that this is the fishiest crew anywhere.