Bichirs in a 100G

[Deaths Sting]

I meant two sens in the 100 G i have now lol. By the way you have one of the best Avatars on the site

yah, 2 sens in a 100g = lucky sens

thanks, heres the link just for fun..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CJQSlxbqFU

 

[davcheng]

you could probably keep every species of upper jaw polys that stay 14" or under.

 

[Gobrian44]

what exactly do you define as upper jaw polys? i'm a little new but have been doing a lot of research. But i have heard a lot of people say that

 

[David R]

The upper/lower jaw thing is explained in the primer.
You could keep way more than 2 sens in that tank, and it will take an ornate a while to get too big for it, so if you're planning on upgrading to something with a bigger footprint (5x2' minimum for ornates IMO) then get a few of each.

 

[Gobrian44]

The upper/lower jaw thing is explained in the primer.
You could keep way more than 2 sens in that tank, and it will take an ornate a while to get too big for it, so if you're planning on upgrading to something with a bigger footprint (5x2' minimum for ornates IMO) then get a few of each.

Okay thats what i was planning to do. Thanks for all the advice. What about Endli or dez?

 

[LittleMonsterFun]

Yes to del, no to endli.

You could get a good combo of senegals, albino senegals, and delhezis in there. and many other species

 

[Gobrian44]

Yes to del, no to endli.

You could get a good combo of senegals, albino senegals, and delhezis in there. and many other species

Well looks like thats what i will be doing. Thank you very much.

 

[David R]

Endli will be fine for a while but will need something bigger like the ornate.

 

[King-eL]

Go for it! Get as many as you can afford. Most LFS sells captive breeds bichirs anyway and even a captive endli will only max out 16-18 inches or smaller. Just make sure your filter can hold the bio-load. Bichirs looks better when there are more in the tank. 75g is actually a minimum bichir pile comm IMO. Any tank with less than 18" width and less than 40" length won't work for a upper/lower jaw bichir comm. It might only work with upper jaw bichir minus the ornate, weeksii and the tuegelsi.

Small upper jaw species
-Polypterus senegalus senegalus
-Polyopterus mokelembembe
-Polypterus palmas palmas
-Polypterus palmas buettikofferi
-Polypterus delhezi
-Polypterys palmas polli
-Polypterus retroppinis

Large upper jaw species
-Polypterus weeksii
-Polypterus tuegelsi
-Polypterus ornatipinnis

Lower jaw species
-Polypterus bichir lapradei
-Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri
-Polypterus ansorgii
-Polypterus bichir bichir
-Polypterus endlicheri congicus

Just stay away from these three species as even captive breed can get up to 20"+.
-Polypterus ansorgii
-Polypterus bichir bichir
-Polypterus endlicheri congicus

 

[peewee]

they would just pile up with each otehr with no problems at all, just with proper filtration.