Birchir tankmates?

[Eric A]

Hi everyone.

A few potential tankmates that I want to either clear or pass with bichirs.

- PBass
- Retic ray
- CK and RCK
- LSN
- Silver aro
- asian aro

 

[HarlanAshmore]

lol @ $10000 of fish

 

[Eric A]

potential tankmates

lol @ $10000 of fish

Potential.

Okay not 10 000

- PBass - 500
- Retic ray - 1000
- CK and RCK - 500 together
- LSN - 500
- Silver aro - 350
- asian aro - 500

$3350

 

[HarlanAshmore]

depends that asian aro could cost $20000 but anyways back to the potential tankmates

 

[Eric A]

wanna be like that? GREEN asian aro

 

[HarlanAshmore]

lol

 

[cr8on]

Hi everyone.

A few potential tankmates that I want to either clear or pass with bichirs.

- PBass
- Retic ray
- CK and RCK
- LSN
- Silver aro
- asian aro

Depends on what bichir species you're looking at, but generally the following applies:

P-Bass - Will work when they are a similar size, no good in the long run as the P-bass will easily outgrow a bichir of the same size and eventually swallow him. Not good for either fish, your bass could be injured from the bichir's spines.

Retic Ray - Should work.

CK and RCK - Should work fine unless the knife is WAY bigger than the bichir.

LSN - Should be fine, they stay relatively small.

Silver Aro - Will work most of the time as they inhabit different levels of your tank. Only concern would be when the bichir surfaces for air, if the Aro is heaps bigger there could be a problem. Usually safe though.

Asian Aro - Pretty much the same rules apply as for Silvers.

 

[Eric A]

Ornates and Enderlichi.

50cm bichirs i'm pretty sure. Knifefish will be same size when I get them. PBass will be smaller.

 

[cr8on]

Should be alright then, good luck getting 50cm Endlis in Australia.

 

[Eric A]

I don't mean buy them at 50cm, I don't have 4k to throw around. I'll buy them when small and grow them up.