African Tank
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There's a slightly older post regarding bichir enclosures here on MFK. There are a couple of shots of some of my tanks on the second page:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70910&page=2
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70910&page=2
seems like alot of fish but the butterfly, congo tetras ,kribs and mabye the bush WILL be eaten ornates get 18'' at least
Yeah the ornate has been taken off the "potential" list... will stick to senegalus, albino senegalus, and delhezi.killerfish;948909;948909 said:seems like alot of fish but the butterfly, congo tetras ,kribs and mabye the bush WILL be eaten ornates get 18'' at least
That was just a "possibility" list... I was trying to think of any fish from that area I could just to see what was out there.
Are jewel fish from the same region???
If you're going to stay strictly biotope then should you have Albino Sens in there? ooh theres controversy!
ROB
ROB
lol I take it those are man made?berserker;949683;949683 said:If you're going to stay strictly biotope then should you have Albino Sens in there? ooh theres controversy!
ROB
Rope Fish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus) are also found in the same areas as their Polypterus cousins. And yes...the Jewel Cichlids (Hemichromis sp.) are also found in the same localities. In my personal experience, Jewel Cichlids can get pretty aggressive and territorial...even moreso than 'kribs' and can sometimes cause problems with the relatively unaggressive polypterids.
When trying to set up a 'biotope' or community tank, it should be obvious that you will have to tailor the current and adult sizes of the fish you're considering to the current and adult sizes of their potential tankmates. Polypterus ornatipinnis is certainly one of the largest (if not the largest) of the 'upper jaw' bichirs and potential tankmates will need to be chosen carefully so that they don't become menu items.
Albino P. senegalus aren't really 'man-made'...albinos are born in the wild but rarely survive for long because they're so obvious to predators. The fact that albinos are present in the fish trade is because the fish are captive-bred and thus don't have to fear much from predators that would normally pick them off quickly in their natural environment.
-Joe
When trying to set up a 'biotope' or community tank, it should be obvious that you will have to tailor the current and adult sizes of the fish you're considering to the current and adult sizes of their potential tankmates. Polypterus ornatipinnis is certainly one of the largest (if not the largest) of the 'upper jaw' bichirs and potential tankmates will need to be chosen carefully so that they don't become menu items.
Albino P. senegalus aren't really 'man-made'...albinos are born in the wild but rarely survive for long because they're so obvious to predators. The fact that albinos are present in the fish trade is because the fish are captive-bred and thus don't have to fear much from predators that would normally pick them off quickly in their natural environment.
-Joe
Thanks a lot of the help Fruitbat. I am new to these kind of fish (I didn't know they existed til like a week ago).
I have ruled out ornates. Too big for my tank. I will stick the the senegalus and delhezis.
I have ruled out ornates. Too big for my tank. I will stick the the senegalus and delhezis.
