polypterus & african butterfly compatibility

So I've got a 125g tank with current stock:

3x ~12" endli
2x ~10" moke
1x ~12" palmas polli
1x ~8" ornate
1x ~15" rope fish

Obviously they will all be getting an upgrade in the future, but that's going to be after I move in the next 6 months.

So here's the question: Would it be advisable to have a school of african butterfly in the tank as well. Filtration is not going to be an issue as I currently have an fx6 on the tank and am going to put another one on in about a month once my pond filter gets cycled. I'm more worried about the endli's thinking they're food. Obviously endli's can get big enough and butterflies can stay small enough that there might be an issue length wise, but will the thickness of the butterfly protect it? Or simply the fact the bichirs won't see it as food?

I had a butterfly in a tank with a FL spotted gar and the gar killed the butterfly, but gar are middle to top swimmers, bichirs are not. Hence why I am posing the question to you all amazing people.

Thanks in advance!

baconmeupscotty said:

I think they might work for a while but the endlis could easily pick them off at night.

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That's what I was afraid of.

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Marauder225 said:

I haven't had any issues with my butterfly's and polys, I have a school of 4 butterfly's with my 8-12 inch grow outs of teugelsi and ornates. I have a lot of floating plants in the tank for the butterfly's to hide in also which could be the reason it's been working.

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I have a lot of floaters too, but lower jaw poly's jaws are so much bigger than upper jaw polys which is why the endlis worry me. I've kept senegals with AFB and had no problem. Course senegals are kinda small compared to endlis anyway...