Can a 10 inch bichir live with a 4 inch bichir???

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No.
I have 1 poli endliceri and 3 senegalus.
Guess what.? All of my senegalus die in the mouth of endliceri.
I don't trust lower jaw polys with anything that can fit in their mouths.

Of the big 3 upper jaw people seem to have the most issues with ornate. I haven't owned one because of their reputation for not getting along with other polys. My issue was my teugs they killed and ate a ropefish. They didn't get a second chance they left my house that day. But they did kill a small lj poly at the new home they went to a couple days after getting there.
 
The ten-incher will live just fine with those 4-inch fish. The big question is: will the 4-inchers live with the 10-incher? Big fish eat little fish; it might happen the first day, it might happen after a week or a month...or it might work out long enough for the little guys to grow out of the danger zone. But don't deceive yourself; it's always a risk.
 
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The ten-incher will live just fine with those 4-inch fish. The big question is: will the 4-inchers live with the 10-incher? Big fish eat little fish; it might happen the first day, it might happen after a week or a month...or it might work out long enough for the little guys to grow out of the danger zone. But don't deceive yourself; it's always a risk.
okay i think i may try it out also the delhizi bichir went out of stock so im not getting it anymore so im getting to ablinos Senegal bichirs and one palmas palmas bichir
 
Lower jaw polys are the same as any other poly. I have 18 to 20 inch endlis, pbb, congicus, ect ect living with smaller polys between 6 and 8 inches. Lack of experience aside each fish has its in personality in the end anything can happen but ime lower jaws/upper jaws show the same amount of predation.

That said for some reason young endlis do tend do cannibalize more than others.
 
Lower jaw polys are the same as any other poly. I have 18 to 20 inch endlis, pbb, congicus, ect ect living with smaller polys between 6 and 8 inches. Lack of experience aside each fish has its in personality in the end anything can happen but ime lower jaws/upper jaws show the same amount of predation.

That said for some reason young endlis do tend do cannibalize more than others.
I didn't think you were still on here frank still got that dark lap?
 
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I didn't think you were still on here frank still got that dark lap?
Sup dude. No i ended up selling it. Too many laps for me lol

I did get a teeny tiny ornate smallest poly ive ever seen with my own eyes.

Shoot me a text if ya ever need to chat, i come on to check pms every now and then but not enough to know whats going on. Uh oh gotta run i hear sirens lol stocking police... streets are hot bro :ROFL:
 
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