Bichir Exhibits

[Burbotman]

I posted this a couple of years ago, however I was back last weekend so here it is again.

Public Places to view Bichirs

Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumhellar Alberta.

Wonderfull "Dinosaur" museum complete with a display on prehistoric fishes. There is both a Sturgeon Tank and of course a Polypterus tank.
First pic is of the Header above the tank, the second is of 2 of the 3 inhabitants of the tank. The endi is an old brute at easily over 20 inches. There is a slim 15" ornate in the tank but not in the picture.

It was great to see a crowd of people around the tank appreciating what we all do.

 

[smpage]

Sweet! Gotta make a trip to Canada sometime. There's a lot of good setups up there apparently!

 

[Hilltopperpete]

I'll get some pics next time I go, but the Houston Downtown Aquarium has a tall 500g or so (eyeballing it from memory) cylinder tank of bichirs next to the entrance. There's probably about 30 bichirs paddling around-- just awesome to watch. It's mostly senegals, and many of them are 12"+.

 

[Burbotman]

Almost worth a trip itself is this 2 plus foot Ornate at Disney's AK in Orlando. 2 plus foot is not a typo---the ornate was massive both in length and girth. My crude measurments put it at 25 1/2". (I am sure people thought I was a little off by my efforts)

 

[Cohazard]

sweet, thanks for sharing the pics!

I can't wait till my ornates are that big!

 

[Thalan]

wow, I might actually have to go to disney now.....

 

[Delhezi222]

Yeah, I saw that ornate at disney. It was massive, and they had a couple other big ones too.

 

[srikamaraja]

OWN.

 

[Hao]

awesome endli -drools-

 

[benzjamin13]

Nice