So i got a bichir from petsmart maybe a year or so ago, ive kept it in my 55 gallon long with a number of other fish, couple plecos, upside down catfish, some mosquitofish, red horse minnows and 2 killifish i caught in a drying ditch and a few black kuhli loaches.
A little over a month ago i had to move because i got a house and not wanting to take a chance on them all dying i took them to my dads house since he had a tank with a canister filter that had been emptied awhile back.
Filled it up let it cycle then brought my fish over so he could babysit while i got my tank cleaned good and set up with a sand substrate. Well last night he calls and tells me my bichir is giving birth, yes live birth.
Now back to the interesting part in the fact of there is only 1 bichir in this tank, and from what ive read they mate in pairs and lay eggs. He even got a picture of it squirting one out and apparently it had about 4 of em that he could tell.
Ill post the pictures he sent and when he wakes up im going over to try and get some more myself.
A little over a month ago i had to move because i got a house and not wanting to take a chance on them all dying i took them to my dads house since he had a tank with a canister filter that had been emptied awhile back.
Filled it up let it cycle then brought my fish over so he could babysit while i got my tank cleaned good and set up with a sand substrate. Well last night he calls and tells me my bichir is giving birth, yes live birth.
Now back to the interesting part in the fact of there is only 1 bichir in this tank, and from what ive read they mate in pairs and lay eggs. He even got a picture of it squirting one out and apparently it had about 4 of em that he could tell.
Ill post the pictures he sent and when he wakes up im going over to try and get some more myself.
Thx dad I (sincerely) needed that.