Hhmm, no wonder my wife gets mad at me, she said i dont go FB but i go check this forum everyday, lolz
Bichir only tanks
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Also not sure where you are located but Wet Spot is in Oregon and so is Aquatic Day Care. Toyin is out of Texas and Neds is Massachusetts. Picking one closer to you could bring those shipping cost down, along with picking up at the airport as opposed to home delivery. Just more to think about, lol
I Was just on the wet spot site, they got both the speckled and the gold dust in wc and at from what ive seen in pricings, is a damn good price. The senegals i pretty much figure to be TBs, but they too are 1/2 the cost of others. All 4 are about the 3" mark also, which would be perfect.
Wet spot is a great vendor, Ive ordered a number of times from them and always been happy. Great communication too.
Total opinion here but I think the palmas palmas look better than polli. And Im suprised a delhezi is not on your wish list
Im in Pittsburgh lol. I did notice they were in oregon. Texas?, well that isnt bad, done it a few times on the bike. As long as livestock is healthy on arrival, and its in the states, the shipping is gonna be what it is. I try not to get hot over those things, i think ahead and add to the order with odd things to cut the shipping where possible. Sometimes it works lol
Now that im getting much better info and i have a better understanding of tank, i will be looking into these others (many i never heard of, like the red endli... i wanna see that)
Im sure my picks may change, but now i got a much better view of things.
....... i hear that "A" word resinating in my head
lol
Red bichir is just another name for polypterus endlicheri. Endlicheri's are lower jaw species. They get big ranging about 15"+ and bigger.
I was just looking at a few, i do like the red endlicheri and the delhezi, the gold dust and im still trying to find out the name of the other i like, its a marbled one. Still got others on a big list i found. Its cool, its seperated into upper jaws and lower jaws. Im gonna go down the list and check them all out tommorow.
Do you know if theres an aggression difference between the wild caught and the tank raised? I would think yes as the wc would have a refined sence of survival, but im not sure.
I ended up selling off most of my upper jaws and I found agression wether wild caught or captive born was not really an issue. The upper jaws except for ornate seem to be a bit more on the mild side. With my lower jaw whole different story, they establish a pecking order like cichlids and there seems to be the alpha which in my tank is my endli. Some tail bites here and there and a little chase and bite but thats about it. Here is where the numbers help. It does spread agression and no single fish gets the brunt of it.
