Good afternoon! (Or morning, or night)
First post here. Quick back ground, most of my experience is with koi and goldfish. Between the ponds I own and the neighborhood ponds that I help maintain and advise, I’ve been taking care of about ten koi ranging from 23” to 34”, and more goldfish than I could count if I wanted to for perhaps five years now. I also have three indoor tanks and am currently breeding a line of bluegrass guppies from show parent stock.
All of this has little to do with Bichir, but I figure an introduction was in order.
My question concerns Senegal Bichir tank dimensions. I’ve read plenty of forums saying 55 is a bare minimum and 100+ is better. I’ve also seen tons of people explain that length and width is much more important than height since they take supplemental gulps of air from the surface.
So would a Zoomed 50 gallon lowboy aquarium be suitable for a Senegal Bichir? 48”x24”....and 10” high. While 4 feet by two feet is great for most Bichir, I feel like 10” May be TOO low. I’m not concerned about the water quality that may result from the smaller volume, it would end up being hooked up to a canister filter and then run through a sump. Im just wondering if the 10” height, which, when space to breathe and a possible sand bed is factored in, would probably result in 8” of water, would be TOO shallow? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!!
First post here. Quick back ground, most of my experience is with koi and goldfish. Between the ponds I own and the neighborhood ponds that I help maintain and advise, I’ve been taking care of about ten koi ranging from 23” to 34”, and more goldfish than I could count if I wanted to for perhaps five years now. I also have three indoor tanks and am currently breeding a line of bluegrass guppies from show parent stock.
All of this has little to do with Bichir, but I figure an introduction was in order.
My question concerns Senegal Bichir tank dimensions. I’ve read plenty of forums saying 55 is a bare minimum and 100+ is better. I’ve also seen tons of people explain that length and width is much more important than height since they take supplemental gulps of air from the surface.
So would a Zoomed 50 gallon lowboy aquarium be suitable for a Senegal Bichir? 48”x24”....and 10” high. While 4 feet by two feet is great for most Bichir, I feel like 10” May be TOO low. I’m not concerned about the water quality that may result from the smaller volume, it would end up being hooked up to a canister filter and then run through a sump. Im just wondering if the 10” height, which, when space to breathe and a possible sand bed is factored in, would probably result in 8” of water, would be TOO shallow? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!!
