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Chris E
02-07-2009, 6:59 PM
I'm looking getting a senegalus soon (once tank is cycled etc) and am wondering if it would be better by himself or should I get some tankmates for him. Tank is 48 x 18 x 18 - 65 gallons.
Was thinking about congo tetras, pantodon butterfly and a synodontis catfish.
Good or not?
they will be his food haha
beblondie
02-07-2009, 9:20 PM
sounds like good tankmates tho some tetras may go missing after the bichir grows some
King-eL
02-07-2009, 11:04 PM
Synodontis catfish. are not a good tankmates for bichirs. They are a lot more worst than pleco. I used to have a feather fin synodontis and it keep rasping on the slime of my bichirs and gars.
beblondie
02-07-2009, 11:45 PM
And i have had the this combo and they were all fine together.The whole thing boils down to each indiviual involved
i think the butterfly will do.
And i have had the this combo and they were all fine together.The whole thing boils down to each indiviual involved
:iagree:
Kept Synodontis ocellifer and Synodontis eupterus with senegals before and never had issues.
Chris, what species is your syno? :welcome: to MFK by the way!
Chris E
02-08-2009, 1:29 AM
Don't have a syno yet, tank is still cycling. Am wanting to make sure I don't make any stocking mistakes as poly's are quite expensive here - $130 nz dollars, and would prefer not to lose anything prematurely.
tcarswell
02-08-2009, 1:34 AM
Get more bichirs of similar size! Try a delhezi
Chris E
02-08-2009, 1:40 AM
Not sure if we can get them over here, have only seen senegals and ornates. I know we can't get polys that have the prominent lower jaws, for some strange reason.
I don't think my tank is large enough for an ornate either :cry: my lfs has one ornate that is about 4inchs long, he is quite awesome looking, but my chances of getting him a bigger tank later are pretty slim.
Cohazard
02-08-2009, 3:02 AM
They will work except the tetras. I tried congo tetras once, and my bichirs went after them. Even though they couldn't eat them whole, they will grab them, kill them, then rip em' apart.
Chris E
02-08-2009, 3:35 AM
They will work except the tetras. I tried congo tetras once, and my bichirs went after them. Even though they couldn't eat them whole, they will grab them, kill them, then rip em' apart.
Hmmm - at $13 per congo over here it could be an expensive way of feeding them, not to mention a bit messy:eek:
Silver dollars are better.
Cichlaholics Anonymous
02-08-2009, 8:44 AM
For midwater schooling fish that really is the better option, unless you scap that and just go with a pair of Thysochromis or some other african riverine cichlid