Bichirs with Clown Loaches

[Gage Zamrzla]

Sorry if this is asked often but would a bichir, not sure what kind yet, be compatible with clown loaches? I have a shoal of 10 all but one are 2"-4" the biggest being around 6"-7". If I were to get a bichir it would probably be around 4"-5". My main concern would be the bichir killing/eating the loaches.

 

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

as long as the bichir cant fit the loach in their mouth, you should be good.

 

[MichaelMan]

you can be surprised what fits in their mouths lol.

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Depends on what kind of bichir

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

i have 10 bichirs ranging from 3-10" and growing in with 6 clown loaches that range from 2-4" and there fine. I worry about how fast my ornate and weeksi are growing but they dont pay any attention to the loaches anyways

 

[Delhezi222]

Like others said, if they can't fit into the polys' mouths you should be fine. With that said, you should be 100% sure that they can't. If a poly tries to swallow one of the loaches, the loach will most likely stick out its subocular spines and get lodged in the poly's threat, killing them both.

 

[Gage Zamrzla]

I've decided to pass. I got to work this morning and walked through all the tanks before we opened and a bichir had a black skirt tetra in it's mouth, a tertra I would have thought was too big to be eaten. Thanks for the input everyone, much appreciated.