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no studies have concluded as to whether they're solitary in the wild. however, in my limited experience, they have no problems co-habiting with a large number of their fellow polys in a reasonably sized tank (in fact, they do develop some sort of a pack hierarchy).

it's all about how fussy your bichir is. PB(B)s and endlicheri generally whack anything food related that touches the water. Lapradeis are a lot fussier - I've had one who went 3 months without eating anything and it still looks fat. sometimes you gotta starve em if you're really serious about...

Looks like one of those pesky infections. Salt and praziquantel should do the trick.

20” GAL with Polypterus ranging from 16” - 29”. Will it work? By work I mean a peaceful cohabitation with no one getting chunks taken out of them. I am aware this has been asked before but I’d like to gather this forum’s contemporary views on the same. Appreciate all responses!

Large Polypterus Bichir Bichir (if it is used, pls do PM for credits) cheers josh

We wish you the best! btw do you have any plans to keep the old bb in the media alive during the transport or are you gonna start over by cultivating new bb

Best of luck and would be great to have pics of the move!

@jaws7777 is the man when it comes to sumps...gave me lots of good tips when i was designing my sump. Cheers man

is it gonna be tough moving the 300g?

Contact toyin! @Hao can help haha

If you do, gotta get one above 23” at least - here’s another (prolly last) addition PBB . About 26” They look v diff from small / medium ones

For sure get as big a sump as possible (as close to the main tank's dimensions as possible). Out of curiosity, @Polyaddict86 and @kno4te , why the preference for acrylic over glass? I do notice acrylic tanks are much more popular in North America whereas glass tanks are preferred in East Asia.

Pump that boy up!

Thanks buddy - happy to share it with the forum :) Cheers! can't match your water clarity though that's for sure. Also, I do not have a sp. candy bar! Thanks, gotta keep the passion within this forum burning. Only way to do that is with some good ol' bichir pix

Another week has come and gone. probably too close in time to the previous update to actually appreciate any differences but here we go! Medley of Turkana, chad, and a few other misc bichirs

good to know! which is why my mantra for laps now is buy big (i.e. 20" and above where possible) - you're buying time tbh

wow dude.. do you do change out this amount weekly? @jaws7777

This sort of behaviour is triggered by: water change - either a positive or negative reaction to it. If it's obvious uncomfortable thrashing, add more anti chlorine/chloramine. my bichirs are normally v active after a water change (sometimes it induces spawning too) hunger after a heavy meal...

welcome back to the hobby! happy bichir-ing :) - regarding the tank size, keep with weekly 20-30% WC and you should be golden

koloton/koliba are one of, if not the, slowest growing lap (and laps in general are notoriously slow growers). Mine grew 1" in the past 1 year.