Are Bichirs Tank Buster?

[FishGoneWild]

Are bichirs known to be tank buster like other monster fish? My bichirs get skittish when I walk up to the tank and start swimming all crazy. I hear a "THUMP" from them crashing into the tank every now and then. Can the impact of them swimming into the glass break the tank? What's the chance of something like this happenning?

 

[Scorponok]

Do you have the monsterfishkeepers magazines from Japan? Bichirs are all over those mags.

 

[amesbien]

Do you have the monsterfishkeepers magazines from Japan? Bichirs are all over those mags.

lolwut?

Fishgonewild - I think it would depend on the size of the bichir...If you keep upperjaws, besides ornates I doubt they could actually break glass. A huge lower jaw, like a 2.5 ft endli might be able to i guess.

 

[Delhezi222]

lolwut?

Fishgonewild - I think it would depend on the size of the bichir...If you keep upperjaws, besides ornates I doubt they could actually break glass. A huge lower jaw, like a 2.5 ft endli might be able to i guess.

Agreed. It would have to be a huge lower jaw.

 

[is300zx]

I would be more worried about them busting their head or spine than them busting a tank.

 

[Cohazard]

I would be more worried about them busting their head or spine than them busting a tank.

That's what I was thinking. The glass on my 180g is pretty thick so I'm sure even a 2.5 ft. lap would go brain dead if it slammed into the glass.

 

[tigerlover2006]

It should not happen unless your tank has very thin thickness like 6 mm. Anything above 10 mm is hard for bichirs to break.

 

[jdryden]

I was always under the impression that the term 'tank buster" was simply refering to a large fish, not the ability to actually bust a tank...

 

[channarox]

bichirs are tank busters?
i never had a problem with my bichirs. (they are little though.)
why would they swim all over?
hungry?
skittish?
i highly doubt they could or would break a tank.

 

[Cohazard]

I was always under the impression that the term 'tank buster" was simply refering to a large fish, not the ability to actually bust a tank...

I think it started out referring to fish that actually could break a tank (such as RTC), but later was applied to just large fish in general.

skittish?

yeah, they can be at times. I have my setup in the dinning room, and they still freak out if I make too much noise moving stuff around under the stand.