4-5'' Albino Senegal with 2 3'' S. American Lungfish??

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Hello, today at the lps my dad got his order in. He had ordered 2 S. American Lungfish and they came in smaller than expected. They were supposed to be 4'', but when we got their they were 3''. On top of that, they were 24.99 each!:WHOA: Anyways, I look over to the tank above where they usually have their primitives such as gars and aros, polys etc and I see this beatuful albino Sengal bichir at about 4-5'' for 10 dollars. I am thinking of getting him but I worry he will bother my smaller lungfish. The bichir is a little wider than the Lungfish!
Please help if you can..
-Alex
P.S Tank is a 150 and tankmates will be thin bar dat, lungfish x2, bala x2, and alage eaters, flagtail proch.
 
u should know the lung will get bigger than ur 150 o.o and i think it should be fine for a little
 
Hao;3594483; said:
u should know the lung will get bigger than ur 150 o.o and i think it should be fine for a little
I know lungs get huge!
 
depending on how big the algea eaters are you might loose them wen puttin the sen in.
 
u should know the lung will get bigger than ur 150

There is only one species that gets that large, the Ethiopian. South American lungs can reach 4 feet, but three feet is average. A three footer will fit just fine in a 150 (I own one).

I'd keep the lungs solo until they are bigger than the bichir, they're fragile at that size.
 
oh really? i see pretty interesting
 
not to steal any thing from the op but what is the going rate for sals...as the op's price could go either way...
 
I don't care about the alage eaters, there just their for the alage until I get my flagtail. Should I get him or not??
Also which species shall I get?
 
Well i went back to the lps and the albino senegal was sold... :( But I looked up in the primitive tank for other bichirs that were about 4''. Their were only 10''ers in the tank. Just as I was about to leave, the owner tells me'' I thought I saw a 4'' Ornate in their.'' So he goes and takes the cave out and their is a cute lil 4'' ornate bichir in the tank. So I decided to get him... he only cost me 20 dollars! I will post pics after accumlation!
 
ornates get like 16 inches an will live up to like 25 years if nothin kills it.
 
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