Do bichirs make good pond fish?

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Snoke FIsh

Snoke FIsh

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I just got a nice 11'' ornate bichir, I'm keeping him a 75 gallon for the time being. I want to put him in a 2000 gallon outdoor pond but I fear I might never see him again, I've had some experience with bichirs before and all the ones i kept were either super skittish or just hid all the time. Anyone with more experience with bichirs please share your experience.
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The (not so) little guy ^^^
 
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Snoke FIsh said:
I just got a nice 11'' ornate bichir, I'm keeping him a 75 gallon for the time being. I want to put him in a 2000 gallon outdoor pond but I fear I might never see him again, I've had some experience with bichirs before and all the ones i kept were either super skittish or just hid all the time. Anyone with more experience with bichirs please share your experience.
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The (not so) little guy ^^^
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The ornate bichir will probably escape or be eaten from wildlife. I personally had 2 ornate bichir escape a 180gal in the basement unfortunately both died.
 
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tlindsey said:
The ornate bichir will probably escape or be eaten from wildlife. I personally had 2 ornate bichir escape a 180gal in the basement unfortunately both died.
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What drives them to escape? My pond has a red eared-slider, and she hasn't escaped (I know different principle, different animal) cause my pond is only filled 75% of the up so there's a 25cm barrier if that helps. And in terms of wildlife, my area doesn't get the usual predators, the main cause of concern are kingfishers but they don't target large fish.
 
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