Bichir going from seemingly healthy to really sick fast

[The Masked Shadow]

Sorry to hear what happened.

I enountered the spiraling and swimming erratically on my senegals. I have a few died and when i checked the mouth, it had trumpet snails on it, likely it greedilly eat the pellets and swallowed some MTS as they do it. They likely choke and trying to take it off by swimming erratically. I was able to save one by placing it on a swallow container and it spatout the snail. It is rare accident, but i cant get rid of my snails.

I’ll have to watch for this. Mine eat the snails. I’m not sure why, as they are all extremely fat. but I have watched my Senegal prey on small snails traveling across the ground.

 

[Leo1234]

I don’t have many pics, as he hides most of the time. My Moke has a very green head and fins. Skinny. Head pattern is different than my other bichirs. Pattern is quite unique and easier to spot than on a polli.

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Yeah, I remember once mine got bigger I figured it probably wasn’t a moke especially with the pattern and size, but wasn’t sure what species. Yours is really cool. Love the green on it