How has your Bichirscaping changed over the years? Pics pls before and after.

As the title states, how have your Bichir tanks evolved over the years? I started keeping Polypterus back in 2001 with a Delhezi and a Sen.
Tank decor stayed the same for the first five years until I joined MFK and started to see others tanks.
Here is my look back on my tanks. Here are the first 4 phases I went though from about 2001 to 2011. Next Post will be more current.

Pics are out of order with the fourth one being the original tank set up.

In 2012 I started with live plants after seeing JamesF tank. I also made the move to sand and never looked back

And finally this past summer I moved to a 180 gall. This is the current set up. I had found the light Pfs had washed out the patterns on some of my bichirs. The darker mix has complemented most of them quite well with the exception of my congicus who has blacked out

I started out with 2 bichirs in a 75g and progressed to the 180 with 13 bichirs, and 2 gobies
MFK has certainly inspired my keeping

Khapham_1997 said:

NOCEEEE!!!! Loving your big weeksii!


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I find it hard to get pictures of him in the new set up. He is very active in the plants, but does not come out and stay still very long

Khapham_1997 said:

I can tell! Barely see any bichirs in your 2014 set up


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The tank is actually quite overstocked
3X laps
2 X weeksii
1XCongicus
2X delhezi
1X endi
1X sen
2X ornate
1x ansorgi/endi
Add a gar and a couple of gobies

They really like the jungle
Most pics are like this

Every now and then I catch them out in the open