polypterus

I currently own 2 bichirs in separate tanks. The Senegal is 5 1/2 inches while the delhezi is 4 inches. Would the Senegal be able to eat him?

I have a little bichir in a 10 gallon grow out tank (don’t worry 125 gallon is on stand by) and he just started freaking out he swims frantically around the tank jumping and swimming into things and then he just sits still for a little while and starts doing it again when he sits still he looks...

My smaller female moke (moke 1)has been sitting in the left hand corner of the tank almost all day today. I saw her on the right side of the tank for a second. But the larger moke (moke 2) had the smaller mokes finlets in his mouth again. Moke 2 is so gentle, so it’s very bizarre. Over the past...

Hey all i have another question about my poly. I've noticed since I bought my female lap from the LFS that whenever I do a large water change like 80-100 percent (I know I shouldnt but sometimes my tank is really dirty so i do it) my poly will exhibit some sort of fin rott or degrading. After a...

Just a little update on my endli. He's now swimming around the tank a lot more, and he'll swim to the top of the tank when I feed him, rather than wait for the pellets to hit the ground. He hasn't grown very much, but he's awesome nonetheless. I've attached a couple pics of him I took recently...

Hello.. I am a research assistant in the ichthyology dept at the American Museum Natural History. We have an aquarium behind the scenes, and we have 2 african lungfish, each in identical tanks. We have had them for years and there have been no problems until now. One lungfish is perfectly...

Hey guys! i know i haven't been posting in a while and also was too busy to make a new polyset up but i have again run into another problem. My lapreidei bichir who i have had since this may is doing alright. However, I feel like she has internal parasites because she hasn't grown a bit in the...

I am currently working on developing a website that will provide articles on ropefish care, feeding, breeding progress, etc. The website is being created as there is an unfortunate lack of concise information regarding the species. It is my goal to accumulate everything I can into one, easy to...

I am unfortunately having some serious issues with my polypterus that I thought would have caused his death by now but he doesn’t appear to be getting any worse or better... He is 4in long, first one to be introduced to a brand new cycled monster tank. Now his tank mates are: 1 silver arowana 2...

Hi! I am thinking about stocking options for my 210 which will house polypterus. I was going to put in 4 american cichlids (JD, severum, firemouth and EB acara) but decided I just want to just have 4-6 oddballs in addition to the polys. The small albino sen will also go with the cichlids in a...

I explored the Georgia Aquarium today and didn’t see any polys. I don’t remember seeing polys at the Shedd either. Both are fantastic aquariums obviously and have various freshwater specimens such as Australian lungfish, gars, and stingrays. Why the lack of polys though? Is it because they...

Some one help please. I have a Senegal bichir and hes about 5 and a half inches but recently I noticed this weird dust looking stuff on his head and his color has gotten a lot darker than normal. Is this normal or a parasite?

There was a semi discussion about this on one of my other threads about my endli. One guy said that mine looked WC with a little bit of CB traits; the other said mine was a flat-out CB. Here are some pics for visual aid. What do you guys think?

Finally! A couple of shots with the mouth open!

I am trying to find a species similar to Hoplias. Similar in every aspect. The only hang up is, Hoplias, Channa (obviously), and Macodon are prohibited species in Oklahoma. I want this species because my son wants a "dinosaur" and I love ancient aggressive fish. (Probably because I, too, love...

Has anyone tried putting a callichthys catfish with a senegal bichir? I have both that are about same size, 5 inches.

...in plain sight. Enjoy!

My endlicheri loves eating shrimp pellets, and because my bass can't fit them in his mouth, he's having his fill. However, my pbass is coming REALLY close to swallowing the shrimp pellets before they even hit the ground. I'm at the point where I have to put in more than one Hikari pellet at a...

When I bought my endlicheri, I'd been eyeing bichirs for a while. My LFS had senegals, baby ornates, albino senegals, delhezi, and, of course, endlicheri in stock. I loved the look of the endlicheri species; I guess I liked the look of lower jaw species. The ones visibly for sale were selling...

I took these at my LFS; they are all on my list for my future upgraded tank. What kind of bichirs are these? The name started with an E.