Other Kinds of Fishes to Mix with Bichirs?

[Experiment397]

for a 90 id think youd want to stick with UJ's but im no poly expert. the Hujetas would be fine in a 90. could do some angelfish, not really that monsterous but they would get to an impressive size in a 90. african knives, X nigri i believe, could work as well. some of the more peaceful SA cichlids could be an option for you too.

 

[Zilch]

If you're planning on planting some leopard ctenopoma would be awesome too

 

[magpie]

Yeah I would stick with upper jaws - if you look at the stickies up top there's one on the species and it separates them out, gives general sizes etc.

I'm not sure on the dimensions of the 90 - do you all think the big 3 UJs could live in there? I am not sure if they would.... Hopefully others will chime in. (Big 3 are Weeksi, Ornate, Teugelsi)

If you went planted african tank, some african butterflies would be cool for the top level. Even if you don't go planted, they at least like some floating plants. Mine will bicker on occasion and the plants break the line of sight to minimize that.

But yeah, some of the smaller SA/CA cichlids could work like sajica, rainbow cichlids, or blue acara.

 

[Hendre]

Pink tail chalceus, very greedy eaters and not entirely suitable. Mine was too busy at 5" for my 4 foot imo. They will hurt themselves

Tbh there aren't really suitable gar like fish...

 

[Polyaddict86]

You can look at yellowtail barracuda or odoe pike, they can be with UJ poly.

 

[AnaWelch]

I will definitely check on your suggestions. The dimension of my 90-gallon tank is 48 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 and it weighs 160 lbs. Isn't it the yellowtail barracuda is one of the smallest of its kind? Are they territorial as well?

 

[Polyaddict86]

I will definitely check on your suggestions. The dimension of my 90-gallon tank is 48 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 and it weighs 160 lbs. Isn't it the yellowtail barracuda is one of the smallest of its kind? Are they territorial as well?

I think they grow 8"-10" and they can be with group, same as odeo pikes.

 

[Experiment397]

no odoes. not a big enough tank. yellowtail cudas would be okay, hujeta gars would be better. they can be territorial so either keep 1 or more than 3. thats why i would stick to hujetas. 3 cudas wont leave a lot of swimming space as they are pretty active and thats not a super long tank. delhezi and senegals would be good choices. as would ropefish. ctenopoma would work great in there. the tank is wide enough you could maybe do a lima shovelnose cat as well

i say no odoes because they can be skittish and 4' isnt very far for them to swim across if they get spooked. also they are fairly territorial in small tanks from what ive heard from everyone keeping them. Im looking to get 3 of them for my 125 but also have plans to build an 8' tank in the next 2 years

 

[Polyaddict86]

no odoes. not a big enough tank. yellowtail cudas would be okay, hujeta gars would be better. they can be territorial so either keep 1 or more than 3. thats why i would stick to hujetas. 3 cudas wont leave a lot of swimming space as they are pretty active and thats not a super long tank. delhezi and senegals would be good choices. as would ropefish. ctenopoma would work great in there. the tank is wide enough you could maybe do a lima shovelnose cat as well

What about a long nose gar/ needle nose gar?

 

[Experiment397]

Polyaddict86 needlenose would work. i sold a lot of those for 75-90 gallon tanks before i got into fire. the store i worked at didnt bring in any tanks longer than 48" unless it was a special order. i would really recommend checking out some of the acara species as well as some of the calmer CA/SA cichlids like firemouths and sajica