In the following days I intend to buy 2 Senegal bichirs and 1 delhezi bichir for a 75 gallon tank that I am setting up. Is there any plant recommendations? Any recommendations for tank mates?
Anubius or Java Fern attached to rock could work. They don’t require a bright light.Is there any plant recommendations
I suggest a group of Congo Tetra but must be large enough to not be eaten. Avoid aggressive species such as cichlids.Any recommendations for tank mates?
Congo tetras would make excellent shoaling fish for this tank. You may also want to try a severum and a leopard ctenopoma with an African Knifefish to finish out the stocking. Be sure to get the severum and ctenopoma small and grow them up without feeders if you try this mix.In the following days I intend to buy 2 Senegal bichirs and 1 delhezi bichir for a 75 gallon tank that I am setting up. Is there any plant recommendations? Any recommendations for tank mates?
These are awesome fish, but I'm not sure I would try the scat in a 75 gallon. They tend to get large, and they like to be in schools. I'd probably recommend a 6' 125 gallon tank as a minimum for this fish to hold a group of 5-6 of them.Like I said, Congo tetras. Also other fish such as leopard ctenopama, African butterfly fish, Tiger Scat, Silver Dollar. Any plants work - I have Jungle Vallisneria, Anubis’s, Java Fern, among others.
Silver dollars will eat plants. I currently have a group of 10 in my 300 gallon aquarium, and they shred plants, romaine lettuce, etc. You may want to try a half-dozen roseline sharks instead of the SDs. I've kept these sharks before and never had any problems with them. Plus, they look awesome if you want to have maybe six roseline sharks with 6-10 male congo tetras.Thank you for sharing this information with me. I did read that silver dollars were good with bichirs and I’ve definitely seen those a lot more in the pet stores near me. So I will definitely probably look into the silver dollars more than the Congo tetras at this current point and then later down the road get Congo tetras. This information is very helpful. Thank you for all the help so far and I can’t wait to post hopefully about the bichir when I get it.