Picked up a baby Senegal Bichir, first one for me.

[polish]

Well after reading up on these interesting creatures for a bit I had to have one of my own. I remembered Petsmart had some SMALL Senegals (They had them titled "Dinosaur Bichir") in stock so I went yesterday and got myself one for my Bday. It is in my 20g long right now with 7 Corys which I know won't work long term obviously but I want to grow it out in here for now. I'd say it's about 2.5" right now, give or take a little. They are really cool fish and it was only $6, which I didn't think was to bad. I may go get it a couple friends to grow up with. The girl said it was the first one she has ever sold and they had at least 4 more in stock. I only have one photo for now and I'm lucky I got this one, literally the second I snapped the picture the lights went out for the night. It seems to really enjoy night time, I have a small night led on one side of the tank and I watched it cruise all around as I went to bed last night.

http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103102-1/MVC-012F_005.JPG

I know it's not the best photo, I will try to get another tomorrow.

http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103094-1/MVC-008F_005.JPG

Full tank photo, it seems to like it.

From my research my tank should parameters should be ok for this little fella but I'll post anyway. Ammonia 0.0, Nitrates <40ppm, Nitrites 0ppm, PH 7.5, Temp 79*.

I feed the tank sinking Shrimp Pellets and Hikari sinking wafers "For bottom feeders", along with a few flakes for the few guppies who call this tank home and a little bit of Mysis shrimp. Should this be adequate for now?

[dbcb314]

wow I REALLY like that aquascape... wow

[V1xIII]

Just got my first poly about a month ago. He's a senegal, about 6". Awesome fish, definitely going to get more and different species of them when I get a larger tank.

Most amusing fish i've owned by far.

[Tifftastic]

My baby senegal that I bought at Petsmart is by far the reason I started loving fish. Mine was maybe an inch when I got him though.

Yours is so cute I love them when they still have the stripes and your aquascape is awesome.

[haynchinook334]

OOOHHH NOOOOO!!!! another poly addict!!! you can never stop at one.

[Tifftastic]

Oh man I totally want more . . . its a good thing I am a broke college student and cant afford to fill my apartment with tanks LOL

[haynchinook334]

Oh man I totally want more . . . its a good thing I am a broke college student and cant afford to fill my apartment with tanks LOL
wait in till you graduate, and start make buku bucks.

[Tifftastic]

haha I dont think a highschool bio teacher is gonna make crazy amounts of money . . . but for sure it will be more than I make now

[haynchinook334]

haha I dont think a highschool bio teacher is gonna make crazy amounts of money . . . but for sure it will be more than I make now
where ever there's a will, there's a way.

[polish]

Thanks for the compliments. :)

Yes, I already want more. I was just in my room and once again it is cruising all around in the area lit up by the night time LED. I may have to go to Petsmart tomorrow to get it a friend to grow up with.

In the future I could definitely see myself picking up some of the less common ones, the more I look around here the more I want one of them. They are unique fish for sure.

[haynchinook334]

they are!!!!

[Tifftastic]

Oh I definately agree. I have had mine for about 8 months now. He begs whenever I look at the tank and gets really crazy if I (or any of my friends) looks at it for too long and he's not getting any food. Its quite comical.

[Cohazard]

The excitement and captivation of your first poly is a great feeling; enjoy it as much as possible :)

Congrats on getting one of these awesome fish, have you fed it yet? I looove watching baby polys eat, they're freakin adorable! :ROFL:

[Austin]

I freaking love mine, had him about a month, he rocks! crazy little thing!

[andyjs]

You will get addicted. I got my first (ornate) in June and I already have 3 (added 2 sens). I'm really thinking about a delhezi, but that would definitely be the last one until I upgrade the tank.

[polish]

Congrats on getting one of these awesome fish, have you fed it yet?

Yep, but it isn't quite big enough to eat a whole wafer or shrimp pellet. So it kind of shakes it until a little piece comes off. Even for being so small it's got a pretty big mouth though.

Here are a couple more photos.

http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103110-1/MVC-004F_006.JPG
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http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103114-1/MVC-007F_006.JPG
http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103116-1/MVC-008F_006.JPG
And one more tank shot. :)

[polish]

Well no friends for him today, I went back to Petsmart but the only Senegal they had left was dead as a door nail. I wonder if the others died too or someone bought them, they had like 6 2 days ago. Wish I would have bought more then.

Then I went over to a LFS and they had a REALLY nice Ornate that was around 4" and looked very healthy. However the price tag was a little high for me, $50 for the little guy. I thought that was pretty high, am I right in thinking that? This stores prices are typically pretty high, so I didn't want to take the plunge without checking here. If it's a good deal I may go get it but I was also concered it was likely big enough to eat my baby Senegal.

[polish]

Woo Hoo got another poly for my new guy to grow up with, it was the smallest they had at my new favorite LFS (It's strictly a fish store and it shows, way better selection and prices but not the best hours but I'll deal with that). They had a gorgeous 8" Senegal and 6" Albino Senegal but those were far to big. Anyway I was so happy to see a small Senegal sitting next to the Albino for only $10. I am slightly concerned as it's quite a bit larger than my current baby so I *HOPE* he doesn't get eaten but I don't think it should be an issue. Anyway here are a few crappy pictures of my new guy.

http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103137-1/MVC-018F_005.JPG
http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103139-1/MVC-020F_003.JPG
http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103141-1/MVC-021F_001.JPG
http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103143-1/MVC-022F_001.JPG

I am not positive it's a Senegal but for the price I doubt it's anything else. It was just marked "Poly". If anyone can confirm I'd appreciate it, I know the pictures aren't the best. :)

[matejakezman]

shouldnt be much of a concern.
my baby senegals are doing fine with a bigger endi.

and your tank seems to have plenty of hiding spaces too.

[polish]

Thanks for the input thats what I'd hoped, so far so good. I broke up a tiny shrimp into small pieces and the new guy already went to town on it. He was like a little bulldog tearing up the little pieces. Then he was sitting in that Wisteria plant thats in the middle of my tank growing out of that log, I presume waiting for a guppy to swim by. It was hilarious I couldn't find it for the life of me then I look up and it's just sitting there in the plant.

[MsMassPoly]

next thing you know you will have 60 like me ;).

[polypterus77]

Belive me, ones you try bichirs you need them in your tanks 4 ever :D

when my polys die after 10 years (the big girl jumped out of the tank and the other one i don't have any idea, may be he was sad or that f.... pleco :irked:) i decide to try other kinds of fish, but no one gets close to polys, so now im back and just got a baby senegal 2" (its the only one i can find over here :() and im enjoing it 100% he is a little pig, just put him in the tank and 5 minutes later he was hunting the brine shrimp that i put in the tank :naughty:

[polish]

Yes, they are quickly climbing up my favorite fish list. I sit and watch them scoot around the tank, they are quite amusing.

[polish]

Well sad news, I lost my little Poly today. :( He was just cruising last night but when I went home for lunch today I noticed my BioWheel Mini was just flowing really slow so I pulled the inlet tube to look inside, and what do I see. But my little poly all smashed inside and obviously not alive. I feel bad because it's my fault but I would have never thought he would try to swim into the dang inlet. The filter is rather old and the pickup strainer has been smashed a few times moving it. So it's got some gaps but I never would have though in a million years the fish would squeeze his way in only to get sucked into a plastic impeller death trap. I will be covering the strainer in foam tonight to prevent this from happening again but the other Poly I got this weekend is bigger so I doubt he'd fit but I'm still covering it, lesson learned I guess. :(

http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103152-1/0827081231.jpg

Poor guy.

http://gallery.indystars.org/d/103154-1/0827081253.jpg

Filter inlet of death, take note if you have something like this. You'll want it covered.

The bigger Poly is doing fine, but less a freind.

[pwmin]

sorry for your loss :(

[polypterus77]

man that sucks, sorry about it