Bichir setup questions
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It's a mokelembembe. I second the advice
The Masked Shadow
has given you. Almost everybody that has kept bichirs had a jumper.
I didn’t have a lid at the time due to the fact the tank I have didn’t come with a lid, had to make my own, so for the first week or two I had no lid and he jumped out during the night, found him at some point in the morning in a box, he was totally fine though.
I am in an animal science program and my teacher said that I really only need to have the tank running for 4 to 5 days before putting the fish in, but the people at the pet store said that I should wait 4-5 weeks before putting the fish in. What do you all recommend?
If you had a seeded biomedia aka cycled beneficial bacteria yes.
Yes true but you will have to cycle your aquarium with the fish in cycle or some use raw shrimp. A test kit will be a must to have at this time.
I also, after looking through my supplies, realized that I never got a heater. Is there any heaters that you all recommend?
So do I need to cycle the tank for 5 days or 5 weeks? Also where do I get beneficial bacteria?
Do you have a aquarium thats setup and running? If so you could take out a small bit of biomedia from it to jumpstart a Nitrifying cycle. I'm shocked the lfs didn't tell you anything about cycling a aquarium. Starting a new cycle will take around 5-6 weeks to complete cycle.
Sorry was at work
hope this helps
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/cycling-and-you.224559/
