I am the most indecisive person on earth I think. I've decided to go away from my live bearer idea and wanting to do something more interesting. Could I put a brown ghost knife fish in with a Senegal or delheizi bichir in a 75gallon for life? What other tankmates can I keep with them? The only other tankmate I really do want is a bristlenose pleco. Any thing else out there that would work maybe a big school of tiger barbs?
75 gallon tank
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All of those should be compatible but the tigers. I’d pass on them because they can harass the knife. I’d get a more peaceful tetra instead.
If you had to pick bichirs I would get the senegal because it is smaller and less of a threat to tankmates.
African butterfly fish would be cool and keep up with an African theme (excluding tetras and pleco).
You could also get one of the more peaceful cichlid varieties with the mix.
If you had to pick bichirs I would get the senegal because it is smaller and less of a threat to tankmates.
African butterfly fish would be cool and keep up with an African theme (excluding tetras and pleco).
You could also get one of the more peaceful cichlid varieties with the mix.
Okay that's awesome I do kind of want the delheizi just because I love the pattern! But would that bichir be a threat to the knife or pleco?
Probably not too bad of a threat, plecos are good at saying out of the way and the knife is big and odd shaped enough to avoid being a meal. Just keep an eye out and make sure the bichir is smaller than tankmates when purchased. I know with sens the captive bred are smaller, not sure if it’s true with dels as well.
Okay sounds like a plan! What other tankmates can live with a delheizi? Maybe a blood parrot? And a school of something?
75 isn’t too much space, so a blood parrot would limit other options.
BP, del (or two), pleco, and schooling fish is good. Butterfly and knife are possible targets for a parrot. It wouldn’t do much damage but it would stress them out. Maybe some convicts on top but they are unpredictable.
Leporinus is cool but nasty. If you have a bad one it would go after your other fish.
BP, del (or two), pleco, and schooling fish is good. Butterfly and knife are possible targets for a parrot. It wouldn’t do much damage but it would stress them out. Maybe some convicts on top but they are unpredictable.
Leporinus is cool but nasty. If you have a bad one it would go after your other fish.
Okay yah I don't want anything to hurt the knife maybe some Congo tetras and a gourami sounds kinda neat to me!
Larger gourami is good, stays out of the del’s space. Congos are hit or miss, fine in a large enough school.
The Masked Shadow
has some with a delhezi.
The Masked Shadow
has some with a delhezi.
My Congo’s murked 2 new ones. Had 10, and 2 days in was down to 8. But when you get them in one big group, they are fine. Delhezi’s are very active.
You could do a Congo River Basin Biotype. A Delhezi, 13 Congo Tetras, 4 African Butterfly Fish, and a pair of Bufflehead Cichlids.
Congo Tetras will hold there spot, and may be the top dawg of the tank.
You could do a Congo River Basin Biotype. A Delhezi, 13 Congo Tetras, 4 African Butterfly Fish, and a pair of Bufflehead Cichlids.
Congo Tetras will hold there spot, and may be the top dawg of the tank.