What catfish would go well with bichirs???

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Khapham_1997

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King-eL said:
Always don't rush. Just save up for now. You rush things and if somethings goes wrong you end up with a dead fish, money lost and regrets. Save up for a bigger tank right now. Set it up well. Invest on right equipments. When you do have all the right setup, whenever you wanna buy fish can do anytime as long as you got the money. Lol!
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Lol. True! Thank you sir for you input! Btw, I love your bichirs and aul!


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King-eL said:
No synodontis catfish especially featherfin. They are just like pleco they rasp on the slime coat of bichirs. Some do have success but if it learn to rasp on the scales thry wont stop. They can do faster damage than a pleco would as they got teeth.
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I've never heard of this, what is it exactly? I've kept my bichirs with my featherfin since day 1 with no problems at all, what should I be watching out for
 
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King-eL said:
With 75g tank and with that much bichirs already, especially a congicus. I think it's best to wait till you upgrade. A 75g is even too small for a congicus when it's fully grown. We're not sure when u gonna move out but best to stick on your current stock for now. Many pimelodus type catfish get spook and in a small space they end up banging itselt on the tank wall and chances are they get a head trauma or a spinal cord injury. Many rob their snout and get infected.

When u get a bigger tank atleast 180g or bigger. Their are plenty of mid size pimelodus type catfish and doradid type catfish that would match the primitive look of the bichirs. Also some driftwood type catfish would look good too.
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What doradid catfish are you talking about?
 
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TheBroc said:
I've never heard of this, what is it exactly? I've kept my bichirs with my featherfin since day 1 with no problems at all, what should I be watching out for
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Synodontis loves to eat slimes coats of ganoid scaled fish. Some do some don't. I had 4x 8" featherfin syno, 3x angelicus syno in the past that were rasping the slime coat of my bichirs and gars.
 
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Karl K said:
What doradid catfish are you talking about?
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Their are plenty of doradid catfish out to name some. Raphael catfish, granulated catfish, ripsaw catfish and many more. Size range from smaller than an 1" to as big as 3 feet.
 
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Gulpers love bichirs......

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